Best programming language for startups?
Three of four put Python first. OpenAI says JavaScript. Across 20 picks, 7 different names. Four make every list.
Mostly agree
Every pick
Each model’s rank for everything any of them listed. A blank means that model left it out. From the list labeled Jul 2025.
| Pick | OpenAI | Claude | Gemini | Perplexity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| JavaScript | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| TypeScript | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Go | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Java | Not listed | 5 | Not listed | 5 |
| Ruby | 5 | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Rust | Not listed | Not listed | 5 | Not listed |
How much each list shifts
Across the saved months, Jul 2024 to Jul 2025. A tick marks a month where the list or its order differs from the one before.
OpenAI
Never changed
Claude
Changed once
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- Jan 2025
Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Go, Java
- Jan 2025
Gemini
Never changed
Perplexity
Changed once
Show each change for Perplexity
- Dec 2024
Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Go, Java
- Dec 2024