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Financial Information Distribution Shift
who is capturing the value?
Two findings from the index: AI connector launches coincide with a major brand-discovery effect. AI assistants are rapidly becoming a new financial-data distribution shelf.
Base 100 = average cohort brand-search interest, August 2024–July 2025 · tracked monthly · event-aligned observational evidence · association, not causal proof · data revision 2026-08-08
One dataset, four decision contexts. The “Market Inputs view” column is our editorial assessment—not a company’s announced plan. It translates each row’s platform coverage and measured demand signals into a specific next move, then shows why.
How to read it: each recommendation combines shelf presence, search, traffic, social response and evidence maturity. It is the action Market Inputs believes management should consider next.
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MI-FACDI · FOUNDING EDITION · REV. 2026-08-08
Universe40 finance, market-data, brokerage and research companies
Tracked indexBase-100 cohort brand-demand level, calculated monthly and reported as a trailing 3-month average
Company diagnosticConnector Impact Signal, a separate cross-sectional 0–100 measure
Inference standardObserved association with tiered confidence; no causal or revenue claim
Suggested citation:Jacobi, L. (2026). Market Inputs Finance AI Connector Demand Index, Founding Edition, methodology v1.0, data revision 2026-08-08.
Luke Jacobi · Founder, Market Inputs · Index author
Former President of Benzinga and an operator across financial media, market data, retail-investor products and distribution. The index publishes its cohort, metric definitions, revision date, company-level evidence links, limitations and correction path so readers can inspect the work rather than rely on a promotional conclusion.
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Market Inputs · Finance AI Connector Demand Index · Founding Edition · Methodology v1.0 · Luke Jacobi, index author · Sources: Ahrefs API, Google Trends, X/YouTube public counts via Apify, Apollo, official OpenAI and Anthropic announcements and directories · Association ≠ causation · Not investment advice · Observation data through July 2026 · Revision · Dataset · Methods · Privacy & terms