OpenAI’s IPO move, paired with its latest manifesto, highlights a race to win consumers, automate enterprises, and advance toward AGI. For business and technology leaders, the implication is clear: Accelerate AI adoption, avoid lock-in, and focus on capabilities, not vendors, as the competitive landscape shifts.

Agentic AI is poised to revolutionize enterprise technology, but current architectures struggle to support its dynamic needs. Forrester’s Agentic Runtime Architecture (ARA) offers a solution, providing a framework for managing autonomous AI agents and enabling them to seamlessly integrate with existing systems. With the ARA, businesses can scale agentic AI to its full potential, driving efficiency, collaboration, and optimized business outcomes.

Anthropic has confidentially filed its S‑1 for a proposed IPO. On the surface, early investors, VCs, and late-stage backers are likely planning the biggest AI liquidity party of 2026. The company already has more money than it can spend after a fresh $65 billion Series H round at a $965 billion post-money valuation (nearly $1 […]

Hype around emerging technology is accelerating, but firms often misjudge when value will materialize and where risk outweighs upside. Forrester’s CaDI framework explains benefit timing by weighing catalysts against the dependencies and inhibitors that create drag. We apply CaDI alongside Forrester’s Benefit Horizon Model, using examples like AI security and trust, physical AI and robotics, and quantum computing. This report provides a repeatable method to place technologies on the right benefit horizon and test ambitious use cases, such as humanoid robot caregiving, before committing significant investment.

Forrester’s Model Openness Framework can help you assess the real degree of openness in any AI model, whether it’s labeled open source or commercial, across three key dimensions: reproducibility, usage rights, and community momentum.

IBM just closed its $11 billion acquisition of Confluent on March 17, 2026, acquiring the data streaming platform that more than 6,500 enterprises — including 40% of the Fortune 500 — rely on to power real-time operations. Confluent was also named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Streaming Data Platforms, Q4 2025. The deal could […]

The convergence and overlap of software development platforms have blurred traditional boundaries, making it difficult for firms to distinguish between tools once meant for specific roles or tasks. While this overlap gives buyers power and flexibility, it also creates confusion, as different platforms can support creating general business apps and process orchestration. Understanding the five primary types of software development platforms — agentic software development, app generation (AppGen), digital process automation (DPA), adaptive process orchestration (APO), and AI — helps enterprise leaders align tools with their software development goals.

Forrester’s Open-Source AI Model Openness Framework (MOF) empowers technology leaders to confidently select the best open-source AI models. Crucial is the MOF’s recognition that “openness” exists on a spectrum, not as an absolute. By understanding and assessing the degree of openness across various dimensions, technology leaders can make informed decisions aligned with their organization’s specific needs and risk tolerance. The MOF examines the three key dimensions of this spectrum: reproducibility, usage, and community.

You can use AI platforms to start building an autonomous, self-optimizing enterprise; avoid the risks of immature AI tools and raw frameworks; and empower every stakeholder while ensuring robust production. But to realize these benefits, you’ll first have to select from a diverse set of vendors that vary by size, type of offering, geography, and use case differentiation. Technology and business leaders should use this report to understand the value they can expect from an AI platform vendor, learn how vendors differ, and investigate options based on size and market focus.

In our evaluation of streaming data platform providers, we identified the most significant ones and researched, analyzed, and scored them. This report shows how each provider measures up and helps you select the right one for your needs.