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77 AI trends, tracked from first mention to market movement: The Information's AI Inflection Index
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September 26, 2026 Hello, Every major shift in AI has a start date. Now you can see it. Introducing the AI Inflection Index, new with The Information Pro. AI Inflection Index tracks 77 AI trends across more than 9,500 of our articles, newsletters and briefings since late 2021. It shows when each theme first appeared in our reporting and flags the moment its coverage starts to accelerate, so you can see when a trend moves from “interesting” to “investable.” With AI Inflection Index, you can: See the first mention: Trace each theme back to when it first appeared in The Information's coverage. Spot the inflection: A theme is flagged the first quarter its coverage reaches 3x its baseline. Catch what's next: Follow emerging themes and a watchlist of trends that are still building. Trust the source: It's built on our original, sourced journalism, not social chatter or aggregated news. Take two of this month's biggest stories. Our reporting revealed that OpenAI's Astra model relies on a technique called recurrent depth, which boosts performance but hides more of a model's reasoning. We also found that finance AI startups Rogo and Hebbia are growing fast even as Claude for Finance looms over their market. One points to a shift in how models are built. The other shows frontier labs moving into specialized software. AI Inflection Index helps you see whether themes like these are gaining real momentum before they're priced in. Headlines tell you what happened. AI Inflection Index shows you what's accelerating. AI Inflection Index is the newest tool in The Information Pro. Pro subscribers also get Deep Research, our AI-powered tool built on more than a decade of our reporting; databases tracking AI data centers, chipmakers and generative AI startups; the Tech IPO Tracker; and org charts of 60+ tech companies. Before it's everywhere, it's in The Information. Subscribe to The Information Pro for $999 $749 and save 25% on your first year to access AI Inflection Index, Deep Research, 10+ proprietary databases, 70+ org charts and all of our exclusive journalism. Subscribe now Follow us Download our app Explore Our Newsletters Subscribe to The Information Sent to you@example.com | Manage your preferences or unsubscribe | Help The Information · 251 Rhode Island Street, Suite 107, San Francisco, CA 94103