Market finding · 2026-10-12
The buyer scenario changes the shortlist.
We asked AI this buyer question
We are a European automotive company. Which software engineering companies would you recommend for SDV, embedded software and AUTOSAR development?
Asked in English, German, French, Japanese.
What we foundThe same group appears in some European buyer scenarios and in none of the Japanese scenario answers. Buyer country and language changed together.
The group’s presence changes across buyer scenarios
European buyer, English
German buyer
French buyer
Japanese buyer
We followed the same companies in each question: N-iX, Intellias, SoftServe, ELEKS, Sigma Software, Ciklum.
Each number counts answers that recommend at least one of them. We chose these firms because they appeared in at least half of the answers about outsourcing to Ukraine.
The questions ask for different work. These counts describe AI answers, not the companies’ skills.
Language and buyer country changed together. This is not a language-only effect.
What AI actually said
Reference clients you can actually call, and a clear onshore/nearshore/offshore delivery mix.
Selected exact passages. These are AI statements, not verified facts about a supplier. Two full answers are available in the demo; the complete set is in the private dashboard.
One thing to check in your materials
Make your exact automotive capability clear: embedded engineering, AUTOSAR, connected-vehicle systems, or cloud work. Add references for that specific work.
A practical hypothesis to test, not a proven way to change AI recommendations.
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Exact questions and test conditions
Questions and test conditions
Automotive / SDV
We are a European automotive company. Which software engineering companies would you recommend for SDV, embedded software and AUTOSAR development?
Other languages
German
Wir sind ein deutsches Automobilunternehmen. Welche Softwareentwicklungsunternehmen würden Sie für SDV-, Embedded-Software- und AUTOSAR-Entwicklung empfehlen?French
Nous sommes une entreprise automobile française. Quelles entreprises d’ingénierie logicielle recommanderiez-vous pour le développement de véhicules définis par logiciel (SDV), de logiciels embarqués et de solutions AUTOSAR ?Japanese
私たちは日本の自動車会社です。SDV、組み込みソフトウェア、AUTOSARの開発を依頼するなら、どのソフトウェアエンジニアリング企業がおすすめですか？Each language is also a different buyer country. Differences are not a pure language effect.
GPT-5.6 Sol · Claude Sonnet 5.5 · Gemini 3.8 Flash · DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Search off and search available · 3 answer rounds · each answer in a new conversation. With search available, models could search and open pages, but were not forced to.
Search recorded by the API in search-available answers: GPT-5.6 Sol 30 of 30 · Claude Sonnet 5.5 30 of 30 · Gemini 3.8 Flash 1 of 30 · DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 30 of 30. All four models stay in the comparison. No record does not prove that a model did not search.
Counts describe sampled API answers, not market share, supplier quality or delivery safety. Reasons and risks are what AI said; we did not check them. We tested models through their APIs. Chat apps may give different answers.
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