Open market overview

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Search by challenge, solution, provider or a specific term.

3,768 observed publications1,353 normalised providers20 portals
Translation notice: German catalogue text is translated automatically. Content that is already published in English retains its original title. The directly linked original source remains authoritative.

New since last update

New company profiles and knowledge items

Catalogue snapshot from 08/10/2026 compared with 30/09/2026. New profiles include editorially documented project participants; knowledge items are counted separately. The date on each item is its catalogue capture date, not necessarily its publication date.

12 impact areas

Where should a solution have an impact?

Impact areas describe real systems. They are more stable than trends and broader than individual industries.

5,038 knowledge items are classified. 660 have been editorially reviewed; 4,378 still require staged quality assurance or a status decision.

Taxonomy · 88 knowledge items

Media and the public sphere

All 3,768 observed content pieces are now classified within the SmartTech structure. 660 offerings have been editorially reviewed; all other classifications remain transparently marked as automatic pending quality assurance. The 77 reference items and additional curated sources are retained.

Newsrooms, publishing, broadcasting, social media, communities and the digital public sphere. Classification follows the subject and use case of the content.

Channel filters describe the use case, not the website where a source was published. Knowledge items may appear in several media areas. Areas without classified content remain visible.

3 matching knowledge items
Active

Observed

Publications systematically captured from defined portals.

Prepared

Curated

Original sources added selectively when they close an identifiable knowledge gap.

Later

Community

Traceable contributions with a disclosed role and verifiable provenance.

Market monitoring 2026

Original publications

3,768 results

fully taxonomically classified