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Rising Software Leaders This Week: Eight Markets to Watch

This week's Edition 5 Rising report shows which emerging software recommendations stand out across eight category-relative markets.

Rising AIQ tracks products that assistants surface as emerging choices. It is a standalone, category-relative ranking, separate from Best, Most Affordable, and Easiest to Set Up. This week's Edition 5 report covers the same 80 categories and four assistants as the full Cooper Index.

Eight signals to watch

Sales: Clay leads Sales Intelligence Rising at Rising AIQ 81. Its assistant positions are ChatGPT #1, Gemini #3, Claude #1, Perplexity #2. Its live footprint contains 2 Sources and 2 Mentions.

Marketing: Statsig leads A/B Testing Rising at Rising AIQ 80. Its assistant positions are ChatGPT #1, Gemini #2, Claude #2, Perplexity #1. Its live footprint contains 16 Sources and 26 Mentions.

Support: Zuper leads Field Service Management Rising at Rising AIQ 75. Its assistant positions are ChatGPT #1, Gemini #2, Claude #2. It has no category rank from Perplexity in this scope. Its live footprint contains 4 Sources and 5 Mentions.

HR: Ashby leads Recruiting (ATS) Rising at Rising AIQ 85. Its assistant positions are ChatGPT #1, Gemini #2, Claude #1, Perplexity #2. Its live footprint contains 20 Sources and 24 Mentions.

Finance: Pigment leads FP&A Rising at Rising AIQ 100. Its assistant positions are ChatGPT #1, Gemini #1, Claude #1, Perplexity #1. Its live footprint contains 15 Sources and 27 Mentions.

Productivity: Gamma leads Presentation Software Rising at Rising AIQ 100. Its assistant positions are ChatGPT #1, Gemini #1, Claude #1, Perplexity #1. Its live footprint contains 14 Sources and 20 Mentions.

IT & Security: Proton Pass leads Password Managers Rising at Rising AIQ 88. Its assistant positions are ChatGPT #1, Gemini #2, Claude #1, Perplexity #1. Its live footprint contains 19 Sources and 28 Mentions.

Engineering: Neon leads Database as a Service Rising at Rising AIQ 100. Its assistant positions are ChatGPT #1, Gemini #1, Claude #1, Perplexity #1. Its live footprint contains 2 Sources and 4 Mentions.

These are category signals, not cross-market scores. A high Rising AIQ shows strength within one category's emerging-product question and does not by itself imply leadership in Best.