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Frontier Development research deskSection 11 · Page 10 of 11Last updated 26 October 2026

Measure	Score / 10
buyer_fit	9
depth	9
search_terms	9
sources	8

Clear separation of broad investment data, company announcements, list prices and hypothetical economics. The central niche market-size gap remains unresolved rather than filled with an unsupported forecast.

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The 2026 AI Index Report — Stanford HAI →hai.stanford.edu
Pricing — Together AI, snapshot checked 26 October 2026 →www.together.ai
Modal crosses $1B in Annualized Run Rate and raises $750M Series D — 14 October 2026 →modal.com
Announcing our Series F — Baseten, 22 June 2026 →www.baseten.co
Inside the AI Index: 12 Takeaways from the 2026 Report — Stanford HAI →hai.stanford.edu
Announcing our Series D and $1B ARR — Fireworks, 15 July 2026 →fireworks.ai
Rubrik to Acquire Predibase to Accelerate Agentic AI Adoption — 25 June 2025 →ir.rubrik.com
Nvidia Bets Big on Synthetic Data — WIRED, 19 March 2025 →www.wired.com