AI coding hits $34B as Claude Code and Codex take 70% of the market
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-11-04
Continuing the Menlo report thread: the AI app market is $77.3B, with coding at $34B (up 7.7x) and chatbots at $25B — together 76%.
- Claude Code and Codex combined hold $24B, 70% of the coding market; the rest grew 2.9x to $10.1B
- Coding is 96% AI-native
- Incumbents hold IT (ServiceNow 91%), data science, and HR
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