
Nick Patience
Vice President & Practice Lead, AI Platforms
What to buy, when, and from whom, with the evidence to defend the decision to the board.
Each one has an instrument that answers it, and an analyst accountable for the answer.
AI platforms, Net Score, last 8 surveys
61up 4 pts
The instruments above are products. This is where each one is described, priced and bought.
The full dataset behind the research: market sizing, five-year forecasts, buyer survey data and AI synthesis. Filter it, chart it, export it.
Continuous, forward-looking vendor scoring. Agentic AI does the scanning, Futurum analysts set the framework and hold the pen.
Inquiry, briefings, earnings coverage and the published research agenda. Analyst time, not just analyst output.
Signal65 puts the product on the bench and publishes what it measured. Third-party proof for a performance claim you need buyers to believe.
The analysts below are the ones who actually publish in them.

Vice President & Practice Lead, AI Platforms

Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Digital Workflows

Vice President & Practice Lead, Data Intelligence, Analytics, & Infrastructure

Vice President & Practice Lead, CIO & Technology Buyers, and Software Lifecycle Engineering


Research Director & Practice Lead, Intelligent Devices
Published work in these practice areas, newest first.
OPSWAT debuted its AI Content Inspector at GISEC Global 2026, introducing a new defense layer against semantic fraud and AI-generated content that bypasses traditional malware scans in enterprise environments.
HGC and Macroview Telecom co-launch an AI ASOC Workshop Series in October-November 2026, positioning themselves as trusted advisors helping enterprises modernize network and security operations amid critical SOC capacity gaps.
CodeRabbit’s evaluation reveals GPT-6 Astra catches 20% more bugs than GPT-5.6 Sol on cross-file reviews, demonstrating superior multi-system reasoning despite premium pricing at $10/M input tokens.
Guidewire closed FY2026 with $1.24B ARR (19% growth) and $1.48B total revenue (23% growth), with AI emerging as the primary catalyst for insurance customers’ cloud transition and platform modernization.
Nick Patience, VP and Practice Lead, AI Platforms at Futurum, shares his insights on GPT-6 Astra and what its cyber threshold and monitorability trade-offs mean for Anthropic and Google.
Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director at Futurum, analyzes how Adobe’s CEO succession positions the company to capitalize on surging enterprise demand for agentic AI and customer experience orchestration.
Bring the decision. We will show you what Futurum can see, with the analyst in the room.