Forrester iconForresterSep 14, 2026 ~4 min source read

If Everyone Has AI, Where Will Advantage Come From?

When ChatGPT launched in late 2022, Forrester saw that generative AI would change how people engage with research. Analysts add perspective shaped by research, client engagement, and market observation.

If Everyone Has AI, Where Will Advantage Come From?

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Analyst and practitioner judgment add organizational context, accountability, and challenge that AI cannot provide.

Delivering value requires rethinking research delivery and embedding trusted insights into workflows where decisions happen.

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As a research and advisory firm, our mission is to help leaders navigate that balance with clarity and speed. We're doing the same for our own business by using AI to make our research more valuable and accessible while recognizing that clients still need our trusted experts to make critical decisions. When ChatGPT launched in late 2022, Forrester saw that generative AI would change how people engage with research.

How it works

  • In 2023, we introduced the research industry's first generative AI experience, Izola (now Forrester AI), to deliver fast, trusted advice grounded in Forrester's proprietary research, data, methodologies,...
  • Since then, we have evolved Forrester AI with our clients and brought trusted insights into their workflows through Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Copilot, and — starting today — Claude.
  • Analysts add perspective shaped by research, client engagement, and market observation.
  • It will continue to shape our research, products, experiences, and delivery models as we help clients bring trusted AI-powered insight and human expertise together at the moments that matter.
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What to take from it

W e call o ur strat egy AI + HI — trusted artificial intelligence pa ired with human intelligence, ju dgment, and lived experience. They understand the organizational context behind decisions — and know when to challenge clients who may be heading down the wrong path. Capture AI's power while elevating the human intelligence that turns insight into sound decisions and meaningful outcomes.

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  • Get The Guide Blog Predictions 2027: ​​Big Media Growth Engines Hit The Limit And Pivot Mike Proulx 30 minutes ago A decade of media growth is giving way to a period of reinvention.
  • Forrester's 2027 predictions reveal how leading media and technology firms will adapt as subscriptions slow, search evolves, and AI transforms consumer discovery and advertising.
  • Learn why AI resilience, governance, and contingency planning must become essential as enterprises embed AI deeper into critical operations.

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Share As technology and data leaders gather at Forrester's Technology & Innovation Forum Central, many are focused on the same challenge: using AI's speed and scale without losing the context, expertise, and accountability that only humans provide. Fo rrester AI becomes more powerful when paired with analyst expertise. AI + HI is what clients need to create durable advantage.

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Why Every Tech Vendor Needs a Real AI Story
Geoactivegroup iconGeoactivegroupSep 7, 2026

Why Every Tech Vendor Needs a Real AI Story

Every product roadmap conversation with a technology vendor now runs through one filter that has nothing to do with the roadmap itself: does the company have an AI story that a buyer's finance team would actually underwrite. Forrester Research just gave that gut check a formal structure. Its newly introduced AI Disrupt

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