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Frontier Tech

See which frontier technologies are ready for market

Space, robotics, physical AI, advanced manufacturing, and AI for materials, mapped sector by sector with readiness scores and the companies, deals, and investors behind them. Built for the teams scouting what comes next.

Technology readiness
Asset inspection robots
Space-based power
AI for materials
Deals by quarter
Deals tracked
876
Across space and robotics
Companies
60,000+
Filterable by stage, funding, and sector
Sector compasses
40
Solution landscapes across frontier and energy
Readiness
7 factors
Scored on the Currence Readiness Curve
Trusted by the teams that finance and build the energy system

See which frontier technologies are being deployed, and the companies and investors behind them.

Sector maps
See every frontier market end to end
Sector compasses that map each market, its solutions, and the companies building them.
Readiness
Know which technologies are ready to scale
Each technology scored on the Currence Readiness Curve, from technology and economics to deployment and demand.
Ones to watch
Find real traction before competitors do
Company case studies, deals, and investors, so you can source and partner early.

How teams use it

Corporate innovation teams
Scout technology that pays off in the next year or two.
  • Map a new sector before you enter it
  • Shortlist companies ready for pilots or partnerships
  • Give the board evidence behind each bet
Corporate venture and growth investors
Source deals before the market reprices them.
  • Track rounds, valuations, and co-investors
  • Find companies with real commercial traction
  • Compare readiness across competing approaches
Strategy teams
Know where your industry is heading.
  • Follow the technologies reshaping your sector
  • See which incumbents are moving and how
  • Spot acquisition targets early
Asset owners and operators
Find frontier tech that solves an operational problem today.
  • Compare robotics and inspection vendors
  • See deployments at peers
  • Pilot with the vendors furthest along

What’s in the solution

Data
Companies
60,000+ companies filterable by stage, funding, and sector
Deals and investors
Rounds, valuations, exits, and the investors behind them
Projects and pilots
Pilots and deployments across frontier sectors
Policy signals
Funding programs and regulation by region
Maps and scores
Sector compasses
Solution landscapes for space, robotics, physical AI, and more
Readiness scores
Each technology scored on the Currence Readiness Curve
Leaderboards
Leading vendors in emerging solutions
Research and analysts
Investment Trends report
Where capital is flowing, and what to watch
Ones to Watch case studies
Company deep dives on solutions, teams, and pilots
Deep dives
Market-level analysis, from space to industrial robotics
Analyst access
A session with our frontier tech analysts

Selected recent research

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Common questions

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What does the Frontier Tech solution include?
Companies, deals, and investors, projects and pilots, sector compasses, readiness scores and leaderboards, the Investment Trends report, Ones to Watch case studies, and access to our analysts.
Which sectors does it cover?
Space, robotics, and physical AI, advanced manufacturing, AI for materials, rare earths and magnets, water and adaptation.
What is the Currence Readiness Curve?
A framework that scores technologies on seven factors: policy, economics, players, deployment, demand, finance, and technology.
How is it delivered?
In the Currence platform, as Excel downloads, or inside Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Copilot through the Currence MCP. API access is available as an add-on.
I am already a client. Do I have this?
Yes, it is part of your subscription.

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