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Explore the format of an AI Vital Stats™ briefing, peer comparison, and quarterly Pulse Report.
Illustrative samples—not actual findings or customer results. The company profiles, figures, and dates below are example data already used in Arcana’s public research preview.
Illustrative sample · example data. Not actual findings or customer results.
01 · Your briefing
AI Vital Stats™
The one-page briefing your board is asking for—updated every quarter, benchmarked against your peers.
Meridian Holdings · Q2 2026
AI Vital Stats™
At a Glance
Annual IT Vendor Spend
$440M
Annual AI Vendor Spend
$62M
2025 actual
AI as % of IT Vendor Spend
14%
LOB with Largest AI Impact
Customer Operations
AI Maturity Score
68
Scaling · Stage 3
Biggest Obstacle
Data Quality
Most Vulnerable Legacy Vendor
UiPath
Most Exciting AI Vendor
Anthropic
AI Vendor with Largest Spend
AWS
AI Compute
Spend Breakdown
Core Vendor Stack
Anthropic (Claude) · also: OpenAI, Google Gemini
Databricks · also: Snowflake (migrating)
AWS · also: NVIDIA DGX, CoreWeave (eval)
GitHub Copilot · also: Cursor, Claude Code (eval)
Deloitte · also: Accenture
OneTrust · also: IBM OpenPages (eval)
Governance & Risk Posture
Risk Framework
NIST AI RMF (Partial)
Regulatory Readiness
Partially Prepared
Board-Level Governance
Board charter
Sample data · Based on Meridian Holdings profile
Illustrative sample · example data. Not actual findings or customer results.
02 · Your cohort
Peer comparison.
Your AI investments compared with anonymized peers by industry and size. Spend comparison, vendor overlap, adoption benchmarks, and category allocation.
Benchmarks —
Peer Comparison
Peer group: 34 respondents
Total AI Spend
78th percentile among peers · 14% of IT budget (peer median: 9%)
Category Allocation (% of AI Budget)
Vendor Overlap — Your Choice vs. Peer Favorite
Emerging Tech — You vs. Peers
Sample data · Based on Meridian Holdings profile
Illustrative sample · example data. Not actual findings or customer results.
03 · The wider view
The quarterly Pulse Report.
Aggregated findings across the panel: adoption, budget direction, and the technology choices shaping enterprise AI.
Aggregated Findings —
Quarterly Pulse Report
Aggregated findings from 34 enterprise respondents
Heat Index — Top 5 Emerging Technologies
AI budget share — panel distribution
Median: 9% of IT budget · Mean: 11%
Top Vendors by Satisfaction
Adoption Snapshot — Core Categories by Deployment Rate
% of respondents with at least one production deployment
Key Finding
AI Governance is the fastest-growing category — up 95% YoY. Only 23% of enterprises report a mature AI risk framework.
Key Finding
Median AI budget is 9% of IT spend, up from 6% a year ago. The top quartile allocates 15%+.
Sample data · Full report available to members
Illustrative sample · example data. Not actual findings or customer results.
The member portal
Your research.
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Members access their AI Vital Stats™, the four indices, the use case library, and the full archive in a private portal—updated quarterly as new data comes in.
Illustrative portal interface. Scores and trends shown here are sample data, not a live member account.
Your AI Maturity Index
Q2 2026 · Updated quarterly · vs F1000 median 58
The AI Maturity Index
A 0–100 composite of penetration, vendor stack coverage, commitment depth, and governance discipline. Recomputed each wave. With your second response, this graduates into the AI Yield Index — what your maturity converts into, wave-over-wave.
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