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Research & perspectives

A clearer view.
A better question.

Enterprise AI benchmarks from practitioners. Explore the research, briefings, and perspectives behind the network.

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Reports · Program overview

Enterprise AI Pulse™

Understand how you compare overall—and against a similar cohort.

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Briefings · Program overview

AI Vital Stats™

A one-page briefing, benchmarked against peers. The data your stakeholders need.

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Perspectives · Program overview

The enterprise AI peer perspective.

Spend, vendor performance, roadmap, adoption, and yield. See your program in context.

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The deliverables

Intelligence you
put to work.

Every member receives a personal AI Vital Stats™ briefing, a peer comparison report, the quarterly Pulse findings, and access to four proprietary indices.

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Proprietary intelligence

Four indices.
A sharper perspective.

Composite scores and cohort comparisons you can bring into a board discussion. Updated with every quarterly wave.

AI Maturity Index™
Where your program actually stands. A 0–100 composite of penetration, vendor stack coverage, commitment depth, and governance discipline—reported alongside your cohort percentile.
Spend Index™
Where peers allocate. Peer-benchmarked budget direction across foundation models, compute, data, consulting, software engineering, and governance.
Heat Index™
What enterprises are rolling out next. Near-term adoption momentum across emerging technologies.
Vulnerability Index™
Which vendors are at risk, across both legacy and AI-native providers. Switching intent and displacement targets, weighted by stated spend.

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From maturity to measured impact.

The AI Yield Index™ activates once a baseline exists. It measures what your maturity converts into—wave-over-wave business impact across lines of business.

The Arcana model

Built for
the enterprise buyer.

Arcana is the Voice of the AI Customer. The Enterprise AI Pulse™ follows spend, vendor performance, technology roadmap, business unit adoption, and yield.

01 · SourcePre-screened. No paid panels.
Every respondent is a verified enterprise leader with budget authority—vetted on a personal call before they touch a single question. All responses anonymized. Reported in aggregate only.
02 · IndependenceNo spin. No bias.
The study is designed from the enterprise buyer’s perspective. No vendor pays to shape questions, sponsor the Pulse study, or get pre-publication access.
03 · FrequencyTime series, not snapshots.
Same topics, every quarter. A longitudinal record of enterprise AI behavior—so buyers can see how their program and their peers change over time.
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The member portal

Your research.
Always on.

Your AI Vital Stats™, the four indices, the use case library, and the full archive—updated quarterly as new data comes in. Members follow their peer cohort and program over time.

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Membership

A place for
your perspective.

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