# Futurum

> AI decision intelligence: research, benchmarks and live market signal for the people who have to choose.

The Futurum Group publishes AI decision-intelligence research: benchmarks, vendor
signal scoring and market analysis. Free to read, quote and cite — attribute to
The Futurum Group and link the canonical URL.

## How to query this site

This is a curated index, not the corpus. Three entry points serve all of it:

- MCP server: `POST https://trial.futurumgroup.com/api/mcp` — JSON-RPC 2.0, read-only, no auth.
- Content API: `GET https://trial.futurumgroup.com/api/content/posts/` — filters `kind`, `practiceArea`, `author`, `company`, `limit`.
- Search API: `GET https://trial.futurumgroup.com/api/search/?q=` — full-text, ranked, with snippets.
- Also on the content API: `/api/content/pages/`, `/api/content/people/`, `/api/content/companies/`, `/api/content/practice-areas/`.
- MCP tools: `search_posts`, `get_post`, `get_analyst`, `get_company_coverage`, `verify_quote`, `get_citation` and 10 more; agents.md lists them all.
- Operating manual: [agents.md](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/.well-known/agents.md) — auth, rate limits, citation policy, worked JSON-RPC calls.
- Full text: [llms-full.txt](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/llms-full.txt) — bodies, newest first, capped. One practice area at a time: the URL is on each area below.
- Feeds: [feed.xml](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/feed.xml) for everything, or one RSS feed per practice area — the URL is on each area below.
- Schemas: [openapi.json](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/openapi.json), [agents.json](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/agents.json), [agent-card.json](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/.well-known/agent-card.json), [mcp.json](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/.well-known/mcp.json).
- Everything on one page: [/for-agents/](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/for-agents/); the one-screen card: [/ai4me/](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/ai4me/).

## Pages

- [Futurum home](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/): AI decision intelligence: research, benchmarks and live market signal for the people who have to choose.
- [Products and services](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/products/): Ten Futurum products and services, and the single evidence base underneath them.
- [Futurum Intelligence Platform](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/products/intelligence-platform/): Market models, five-year forecasts and decision-maker survey data across eleven practice areas.…
- [Futurum Signal](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/products/signal/): Continuous, forward-looking vendor scoring across five analyst-weighted areas, refreshed when a…
- [Futurum AI](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/products/futurum-ai/): Ask a question in plain language and get an analyst-grade, cited answer grounded in Futurum data…
- [Research & Advisory](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/products/research-advisory/): Eleven practice areas of published research, plus inquiry and advisory time with the analyst who…
- [API & MCP](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/products/api-mcp/): A content API, a ranked search API and a read-only MCP server with sixteen tools. The research,…
- [Custom Research](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/services/custom-research/): Primary research designed around a question only you are asking, then written, designed and put…
- [ROI Spectrum](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/services/roi-spectrum/): Independent third-party proof of what your technology is worth, as a range a CFO can interrogate…
- [Living Research](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/services/living-research/): The premium format: research that re-authors itself around each reader and stays current between…
- [Labs, Testing & Validation](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/services/labs-validation/): Hands-on benchmarking and validation from Signal65, run by engineers rather than marketers, publ…
- [Amplify](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/services/amplify/): Research is worth what it reaches. Video, podcasts, field days, webinars and campaign assets thr…
- [Futurum for technology vendors](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/for/vendors/): Where to place bets and how to position: market sizing across 11 practice areas, Signal's predic…
- [Futurum for go-to-market leaders](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/for/gtm/): Turn a technology story into demand: custom research that gives it evidence, Signal65 validation…
- [Futurum for CIOs and technology buyers](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/for/cios/): What to buy, when, and from whom: predictive Signal scores, ETR spending intent, and benchmarks…
- [Futurum for developers and AI builders](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/for/developers/): A content API, a ranked search API and a read-only MCP server with sixteen tools. Free to read,…
- [For investors](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/for-investors/): ETR's fifteen-year panel of enterprise spending intent, Futurum Equities, and Signal's predictiv…
- [The coverage taxonomy](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/taxonomy-overview/): What a practice area is, the eleven Futurum covers, the filter code for each, and how a record g…
- [Methodology](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/methodology/): How Futurum produces what it publishes: the hybrid method, the five assessment areas, what feeds…
- [Futurum Research 2026: Key Issues and Predictions](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/futurum-research-2026-key-issues-and-predictions/): Futurum Research 2026 Key Issues & Predictions Download Report Request a Briefing or Inquiry Bec…
- [2026 Research Agenda: Key Topics and Coverage Areas](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/2026-research-agenda-key-topics-and-coverage-areas/): 2026 Research Agenda Key Topics & Coverage Areas Download Report Request a Briefing or Inquiry B…

## Content kinds

A slug is unique only within its kind, so `kind` travels with every record.

- Analyst Insights (412): https://trial.futurumgroup.com/analyst-insights/
- Press Releases (314): https://trial.futurumgroup.com/about-us/newsroom/
- Research Reports (155): https://trial.futurumgroup.com/research-reports/

## Practice areas

Every area below has its own RSS feed and its own full-text file, listed with it.

- [AI Platforms](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/ai-platforms/): 373 records, code `ai`. RSS: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/ai-platforms/feed.xml Full text: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/ai-platforms/llms-full.txt
- [Cybersecurity](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/cybersecurity-resilience/): 156 records, code `cyberSecurity`. RSS: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/cybersecurity-resilience/feed.xml Full text: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/cybersecurity-resilience/llms-full.txt
- [Semiconductors](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/semiconductors-supply-chain-emerging-tech/): 140 records, code `aiChipSets`. RSS: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/semiconductors-supply-chain-emerging-tech/feed.xml Full text: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/semiconductors-supply-chain-emerging-tech/llms-full.txt
- [Data Intelligence](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/data-intelligence-analytics-infrastructure/): 89 records, code `dataManagementAndAnalytics`. RSS: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/data-intelligence-analytics-infrastructure/feed.xml Full text: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/data-intelligence-analytics-infrastructure/llms-full.txt
- [CIO Insights](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/cio-technology-buyers/): 108 records, code `cioInsights`. RSS: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/cio-technology-buyers/feed.xml Full text: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/cio-technology-buyers/llms-full.txt
- [Channel Ecosystems](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/ecosystems-channels-marketplaces/): 140 records, code `channels`. RSS: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/ecosystems-channels-marketplaces/feed.xml Full text: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/ecosystems-channels-marketplaces/llms-full.txt
- [Intelligent Devices](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/intelligent-devices/): 76 records, code `aiDevices`. RSS: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/intelligent-devices/feed.xml Full text: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/intelligent-devices/llms-full.txt
- [Enterprise Software](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/enterprise-software-digital-workflows/): 354 records, code `enterpriseApps`. RSS: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/enterprise-software-digital-workflows/feed.xml Full text: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/enterprise-software-digital-workflows/llms-full.txt
- [Software Lifecycle Engineering](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/software-lifecycle-engineering/): 111 records, code `adm`. RSS: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/software-lifecycle-engineering/feed.xml Full text: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/software-lifecycle-engineering/llms-full.txt
- [Networking](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/networking/): 14 records, code `communicationsNetworks`. RSS: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/networking/feed.xml Full text: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/networking/llms-full.txt
- [Cloud & Infrastructure](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/hybrid-cloud-infrastructure/): 134 records, code `cloudInfrastructure`. RSS: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/hybrid-cloud-infrastructure/feed.xml Full text: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/hybrid-cloud-infrastructure/llms-full.txt

## Analysts (19)

- [Alastair Cooke](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/alastair-cooke/): Research Director, Hybrid Cloud & Infrastructure
- [Alex Smith](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/alex-smith/): GM, Futurum Research, VP & Practice Lead, Ecosystems, Channels, & Marketplaces
- [Benjamin Brown](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/benjamin-brown/): Vice President, Custom Research
- [Brad Shimmin](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/brad-shimmin/): Vice President & Practice Lead, Data Intelligence, Analytics, & Infrastructure
- [Brendan Burke](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/brendan-burke/): Research Director, Semiconductors, Supply Chain & Emerging Tech
- [Brian Martin](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/brian-martin/): VP, AI and Datacenter Performance
- [David Nicholson](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/dave-nicholson/): Technology / Executive Advisor
- [David Park](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/david-park/): Director of Custom Research
- [Donald Jin](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/donald-jin/): Research Director, Business Economic Value
- [Fernando Montenegro](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/fernando-montenegro/): Vice President & Practice Lead, Cybersecurity & Resilience
- [Guy Currier](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/guy-currier/): Chief Analyst, Visible Impact & Research Director, Ecosystems, Channels, & Marketplaces
- [Keith Kirkpatrick](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/keith-kirkpatrick/): Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Digital Workflows
- [Mitch Ashley](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/mitch-ashley/): Vice President & Practice Lead, CIO & Technology Buyers, and Software Lifecycle Engineering
- [Mitch Lewis](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/mitch-lewis/): Research Analyst
- [Nick Patience](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/nick-patience/): Vice President & Practice Lead, AI Platforms
- [Olivier Blanchard](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/olivier-blanchard/): Research Director & Practice Lead, Intelligent Devices
- [Russell Fellows](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/russell-fellows/): Head of Futurum Labs
- [Ryan Shrout](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/analyst/ryan-shrout/): President, Signal65
- [Tom Hollingsworth](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/tom-hollingsworth/): Research Director, Networking

## Leadership (9)

- [Alan Shimel](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/alan-shimel/): CEO & Founder, Techstrong Group, Inc.
- [Dan O’Brien](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/dan-obrien/): President & Chief Operating Officer
- [Daniel Newman](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/daniel-newman/): CEO
- [Deepak Surana](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/deepak-surana/): Chief Product Officer
- [Erik Bethke](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/erik-bethke/): Chief Technology Officer
- [M. Lee Sellers](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/m-lee-sellers/): President, Visible Impact
- [Nati Katz](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/nati-katz/): VP, Strategic Communications
- [Stephen Foskett](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/stephen-foskett/): President, Tech Field Day
- [Tiffani Bova](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/tiffani-bova/): Chief Strategy and Research Officer