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    Research calendar · Nov 2026 – Apr 2027

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    5
    RFIs open
    0
    In evaluation
    7
    Reports in the next 90 days
    5
    New markets

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    Six months of research at a glance

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    Nov 2026Dec 2026Jan 2027Feb 2027Mar 2027Apr 2027
    GenAI Application Development Platform ProvidersPlatforms · rfi openRFI closes Sep 28, 2026 · RFI 1 Jul–28 Sept · Briefings 18 Aug–9 Oct · Profile validation 25 Sept–30 Oct · Evaluation 27 Oct–30 Oct · Report 4 NovQuestionnaire ↓
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    GCC Enablement Service Providers - Design, Build, Setup & OperateServices · rfi openRFI closes Sep 27, 2026 · RFI 5 Aug–27 Sept · Briefings 15 Sept–23 Oct · Profile validation 5 Oct–16 Oct · Evaluation 12 Oct–30 Oct · Report 9 NovQuestionnaire ↓
    Agentic AI Service ProvidersServices · rfi openRFI closes Nov 16, 2026 · RFI 1 Oct–16 Nov · Briefings 2 Nov–16 Nov · Evaluation 13 Nov–23 Nov · Profile validation 23 Nov–27 Nov · Report 5 DecQuestionnaire ↓
    RFIBriefingsEvaluationProfile validation
    Data Science Service ProvidersServices · rfi openRFI closes Nov 20, 2026 · RFI 1 Oct–20 Nov · Briefings 2 Nov–23 Nov · Evaluation 13 Nov–27 Nov · Profile validation 23 Nov–27 Nov · Report 10 DecQuestionnaire ↓
    RFIBriefingsEvaluationProfile validation
    Customer Analytics & MarTech Service ProvidersServices · rfi openRFI closes Nov 20, 2026 · RFI 1 Oct–20 Nov · Briefings 2 Nov–28 Nov · Evaluation 13 Nov–2 Dec · Profile validation 23 Nov–2 Dec · Report 10 DecQuestionnaire ↓
    RFIBriefingsEvaluationProfile validation
    AWS Services PartnersServices · rfi openRFI closes Dec 11, 2026 · RFI 1 Oct–11 Dec · Briefings 2 Nov–30 Dec · Evaluation 13 Nov–11 Jan · Profile validation 23 Nov–15 Jan · Report 18 JanQuestionnaire ↓
    RFIBriefingsEvaluationProfile validation
    LLM Observability Platform ProvidersPlatforms · rfi openRFI closes Nov 30, 2026 · RFI 1 Oct–30 Nov · Briefings 2 Nov–13 Dec · Evaluation 13 Nov–30 Dec · Profile validation 23 Nov–10 Jan · Report 20 JanQuestionnaire ↓
    RFIBriefingsEvaluationProfile validation
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    RFI openServices

    Agentic AI Service Providers

    Agentic AI services partners are vendors that help enterprises design, build, deploy, and operate autonomous AI agent systems capable of planning, reasoning, tool use, and multi-step task execution with minimal human intervention. As enterprises move beyond assistive GenAI (chatbots, copilots, RAG-based Q&A) toward agent-driven workflows—where AI systems autonomously orchestrate tools, APIs, data sources, and other agents to accomplish complex business objectives—the need for specialized services has intensified. These partners provide capabilities spanning agent strategy and use-case identification, agent architecture design (single-agent, multi-agent, supervisor, swarm patterns), agent development using leading frameworks (LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen/AG2, OpenAI Agents SDK, AWS Bedrock Agents, Semantic Kernel), integration with enterprise systems via protocols like MCP and A2A, agent evaluation and testing, AgentOps and production monitoring, safety guardrails and human-in-the-loop governance, and managed agent operations. Engagements typically combine deep AI engineering expertise with industry domain knowledge to deliver production-grade agentic systems that are reliable, auditable, and aligned with enterprise requirements.

    RFI closes Nov 16, 2026

    RFI closes 16 Nov · report 5 Dec

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    RFI openServices

    Data Science Service Providers

    This PeMa report serves as a trusted industry standard for evaluating vendor competencies, helping businesses identify the top data science service providers. The Penetration and Maturity (PeMa) Quadrant by AIM Research highlights the key capabilities of leading industry players that provide data science services. The Quadrant plots the relative positions of various vendors in terms of their Penetration and Maturity. The Penetration index evaluates the headway vendors have made in the market, and the Maturity index identifies the progress in terms of the technology and work they deliver.

    RFI closes Nov 20, 2026

    RFI closes 20 Nov · report 10 Dec

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    RFI openServices

    Customer Analytics & MarTech Service Providers

    Customer Analytics & Martech Services is the integrated use of data analysis tools and marketing technologies to collect, measure, and interpret customer behavior and interactions, enabling businesses to make informed decisions, personalize experiences, and optimize marketing strategies for better engagement and growth.

    RFI closes Nov 20, 2026

    RFI closes 20 Nov · report 10 Dec

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    RFI openPlatforms

    LLM Observability Platform Providers

    LLM Observability platforms are tools and vendors that enable enterprises to monitor, evaluate, trace, debug, and optimize Large Language Model (LLM) applications and AI agents in development and production. As organizations scale GenAI-powered applications—from single-model chatbots and RAG pipelines to complex multi-agent workflows—the need for dedicated observability has moved from a developer convenience to mission-critical infrastructure. These platforms provide capabilities spanning distributed tracing of prompts and completions, LLM evaluation (automated scoring, LLM-as-a-judge, human-in-the-loop), real-time production monitoring (latency, token cost, throughput, error rates), quality and safety guardrails (hallucination detection, prompt injection defense, PII filtering), agent workflow observability (multi-step reasoning chains, tool-call visibility), and cost optimization.

    RFI closes Nov 30, 2026

    RFI closes 30 Nov · report 20 Jan

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    RFI openServices

    AWS Services Partners

    This Request for Information (RFI) is designed to assess and benchmark firms operating as AWS Services Partners - consulting, implementation, and managed services organisations formally accredited under the Amazon Web Services Partner Network (APN) that generate revenue by advising, migrating, building, and managing AWS workloads for enterprise and commercial clients. The assessment evaluates partners across two equally weighted dimensions: Market Penetration, covering AWS-attributed revenue and growth, APN tier and competency standing, client delivery traction, commercial model, and co-sell depth with AWS; and Technology Maturity, covering AWS practice breadth, architecture and engineering depth, certified talent depth, managed services operational capability, and security and compliance delivery. Responses will be used solely for independent market research and partner landscape analysis- all submissions are treated as confidential, and findings will be published only in aggregated or anonymised form.

    RFI closes Dec 11, 2026

    RFI closes 11 Dec · report 18 Jan

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