Arcana Research

A private intelligence network for the executives deploying enterprise AI.

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Welcome

A member of our network has recommended you for consideration. Thirty minutes of your time per quarter produces intelligence that exists nowhere else in the market. Below you will find what membership entails, who participates, and how to apply.

Membership Benefits

What members receive

1
AI Vital Stats Tear Sheet
Your AI spend, vendor stack, and adoption posture — benchmarked against your peer group.
Delivered within 24 hours
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2
Peer Comparison Report
How your AI investments, vendors, governance posture, and maturity compare to enterprises at your scale. Anonymous. Unvarnished.
After each quarterly study closes
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3
Quarterly Pulse Study
Aggregated findings from a verified panel of enterprise AI practitioners across 6 core categories — including AI governance — and 15 emerging technologies.
End of each quarter
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4
Private Dinners & Community
Intimate gatherings of 16–20 senior leaders in San Francisco, New York, and London. Chatham House Rule. No vendors, no press, no keynotes.

Research Scope

What we research

Six core categories with deep vendor analysis, plus 15 emerging technologies tracked quarterly.

Foundation Models
Data Foundation
AI Software Eng
AI Compute
Consulting & SIs
AI Governance & Risk
AI Search / RAGAgent OrchestrationOpen-Source ModelsFine-tuningAI MonitoringKnowledge MgmtAI CybersecurityProcess AutomationSLMs / Edge AISynthetic Data+5 more

Participants

Who is in the room

Head of AIChief Technology OfficerChief Information OfficerVP EngineeringChief Data OfficerSVP ProductDirector of MLVP AI Strategy

Fortune 1000 practitioners only. No vendors in the data set.

Calendar

Upcoming gatherings

Private Dinner
AI Leaders Dinner, San Francisco
May 2026
16 seats
Accepting applications
Roundtable
Enterprise AI Roundtable, New York
June 2026
30 seats
Accepting applications

Eligibility

Qualification criteria

  • $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. We are selective because the data demands it, not for exclusivity's sake.

Thirty minutes per quarter. Every response anonymized. The methodology was designed by the team that built Gartner's benchmarking practice.

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