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The Arcana Network —

The largest peer community of AI technology buyers and users.

Enterprise AI decision makers who contribute data quarterly and share what they’re learning.

Membership —

Why Join the Arcana Peer Network?

Three movements that build on each other.

Voice of the AI Customer
I
The Network
Source
Fortune 1000 leadership.
Style
Fact-based. Buyer-perspective.
Team
30 years of peer research.
II
The Practice
Research
Spend, vendors, roadmap, LOB adoption.
Frequency
Quarterly time series.
IP
Four indices — AI Maturity Index™, Spend Index™, Heat Index™, Vulnerability Index™. With your second response, the AI Yield Index™ activates — measuring what your Maturity Index converts into, wave-over-wave.
III
The Reciprocity
Outcomes
Peer benchmarks · vendor G2 · LOB use cases · cross-functional collaboration.
Exchange
Research delivered in exchange for your time. All data anonymized.
Membership—

What members receive.

A tear sheet of your company’s AI vital stats

Your spend, vendor stack, adoption maturity, and technology roadmap — all in one place. The data your board and executive team actually asks for, ready to present.

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A peer comparison benchmark against Fortune 1000 companies

See exactly how your AI investments compare to anonymized peers in your industry and company size. Where you over-invest, where you under-invest, and where you’re ahead.

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The quarterly Pulse Report

Aggregated findings from every wave of the AI Enterprise Pulse. Heat Index rankings, adoption snapshots, and the trends shaping enterprise AI — published exclusively for members.

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Your AI Maturity Index score

A 0–100 composite of penetration, vendor stack coverage, commitment depth, and governance discipline — benchmarked against peers. Lands on your first response. With your second response, this graduates into the AI Yield Index: what your maturity actually produces, measured as wave-over-wave business impact.

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Four proprietary indices updated every quarter

AI Maturity Index (where your program actually stands), Heat Index (where new budget is going), Vulnerability Index (which vendors are at risk), and Spend Index (where dollars actually flow). With Wave 2, the AI Yield Index activates — translating your maturity into measured business impact, wave-over-wave.

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A private community of enterprise AI decision makers

A verified network of CTOs, CIOs, and Heads of AI. Invitation-only research dinners in major markets. Chatham House Rule. All participants are vetted enterprise decision makers.

How it works —

Four steps to membership

Step 01

Apply

Submit your application with your name, title, company, and work email. No questionnaires. No sales calls.

Step 02

Meet the team

We schedule a 30-minute introductory call. We walk through the research, answer your questions, and learn about your AI deployment. This is how we get to know each member personally.

Step 03

Participate in the Pulse

Complete the AI Enterprise Pulse — a 30-minute quarterly study covering your spend, vendors, and strategic priorities. This is the engine that produces everything else.

Step 04

Receive your intelligence

Within 24 hours: your AI Vital Stats Tear Sheet. After the study closes: the quarterly Pulse Report with aggregated findings across the panel.

Ready when you are.

Applications reviewed within two business days.

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What membership looks like —

More than a report

Your tear sheet arrives within 24 hours. The one-page summary your board has been asking for.

Your peer comparison lands after the study closes. For the first time, you know where you actually stand.

The indices update quarterly. You stop guessing where the market is going.

The dinners happen in your market. You leave with real connections, not a stack of business cards.

Private dinners —

Intimate gatherings. No agenda. Chatham House Rule.

You leave a dinner with three things: people you’ll actually follow up with, a clearer view of what your peers are dealing with, and something concrete to bring back to your team the next morning.

Upcoming

AI Leaders Dinner, San Francisco

May 2026

Enterprise AI Roundtable, New York

June 2026

The network —

Who you'll sit across from

Head of AICTOCIOVP EngineeringCDOSVP ProductDirector of MLVP AI Strategy

Fortune 1000 decision makers only. Every member is verified.

Eligibility —

We're selective because the data demands it

$1B+ revenue and 2,000+ employees

Active AI deployment beyond the experimentation phase

Budget authority or direct influence on AI vendor and infrastructure decisions

These criteria ensure the benchmarks and conversations remain relevant to every participant.

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Applications are reviewed within two business days.