Veleonis and co/efficient released “Building Faster Than Trust”, a survey of 1,566 registered voters on eight major technology and AI companies and America’s AI buildout. Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI and X/xAI, rooted in AI, social media or both, are viewed negatively by 20 to 42 points. Voters readily name trust leaders in established categories: 54% choose Google for online search, 34%Apple for phone privacy, and 30% Microsoft for productivity software. The AI industry lacks a broad public constituency: Sixty-eight percent are more concerned than excited about AI, and 60% use AI tools rarely or never. “Trust is becoming a deployment constraint for the AI industry,” said Mark Drapeau, founding partner of Veleonis.