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Whitmont Papers.
Research on the fields, categories and technologies that will produce the next companies. Sourced, numbered, published as PDF. Free.
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Ten fields on one line.
The map is where the papers land. A field sits where the evidence puts it, and moves when a paper moves it.
Arriving now
- Vertical AIAccelerating
- Agentic softwareAccelerating
- Energy and electrificationAccelerating
- ComputeAccelerating
- Defence, security and resilienceAccelerating
Forming
- Robotics and physical AIEmerging
- Hardware, rebornEmerging
- Health, preventive and personalEmerging
- The built environment and climate adaptationEmerging
Ten years out
- Biology as engineeringEmerging
Fields
| # | Field | Horizon | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Vertical AI | Arriving now | Accelerating |
| 02 | Agentic software | Arriving now | Accelerating |
| 03 | Robotics and physical AI | Forming | Emerging |
| 04 | Hardware, reborn | Forming | Emerging |
| 05 | Energy and electrification | Arriving now | Accelerating |
| 06 | Compute | Arriving now | Accelerating |
| 07 | Biology as engineering | Ten years out | Emerging |
| 08 | Health, preventive and personal | Forming | Emerging |
| 09 | Defence, security and resilience | Arriving now | Accelerating |
| 10 | The built environment and climate adaptation | Forming | Emerging |
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