Comix Inc. announced the aggregated results of its “Generative AI Usage Status Survey,” conducted from April 13 to May 13, 2026. The company analyzed responses from 100 executives who had requested materials or applied for a free consultation. The results showed that 85% use generative AI for business, while Claude’s usage rate reached 35%. Generative AI adoption is shifting from the stage of “learning and trying” to a phase of “using AI safely and delegating work to it.” As background, Japan’s generative AI market in 2025 was commonly described as being led by ChatGPT, followed by Copilot, Gemini, and Claude. Among executives, however, the discussion has moved beyond whether to adopt AI and toward which tools to use, for which business tasks, and to what extent. In this survey, 85% of executives said they are already using generative AI in practical work. Going forward, companies will need more concrete support in areas such as security, quality control, prompt design, and ways to use agentic or execution-oriented AI. Key findings include: first, Claude is growing rapidly, creating a three-way competitive structure. ChatGPT had a usage rate of 39%, Claude 35%, and Gemini 31%. While external surveys in 2025 reported Claude usage at 6.4% to 13.1%, this executive survey found it had risen to 35%. Although the survey populations differ, Claude’s presence among executives is clearly increasing. Second, interest in execution-oriented AI is emerging. By extracting tool names from open-ended responses, the company found that 17% of executives mentioned Claude Code, 10% mentioned Genspark, 6% mentioned NotebookLM, and 4% mentioned developer-focused AI tools such as Cursor and Codex. Companies are beginning to move beyond simply asking conversational AI questions and are starting to have AI execute parts of document creation, research, development, and business improvement. Third, AI use cases are expanding across business functions. Areas where respondents want to use AI in