Tercera 30 Adds Anthropic, OpenAI, Palantir as Market Anchors
CHICAGO – October 16, 2026 -- Eleven vendors are new or returning on Tercera's fifth annual Tercera 30 ranking, the most turnover the growth equity firm has recorded in its Market Anchors category, as Anthropic, OpenAI and Palantir join that group for the first time.
The 2026-2027 list ranks the software and AI vendors and partner ecosystems with the greatest services growth potential for IT services firms. Tercera, an investment and advisory firm for AI and technology service firms, said the list reflects the shift across IT services in the AI era.
Single-vendor focus halves to 5% of IT services firms in Tercera survey
In Tercera's July 2026 survey of 378 technology services leaders, only 5% of firms focused on a single software partner, down from 10% a year earlier. Firms are moving away from single-vendor platform implementations. They now orchestrate data, systems and agents around domain processes and defined business outcomes.