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Frontier technologies by field: stage with dated evidence, momentum from real counts, weekly snapshots, and the companies, researchers, labs, papers, patents, rounds and events behind each, every row sourced. It grows every day.

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  • GET /api/technologiesstage?technologies with slug, name, definition, sub-areas, stage (research, prototype, pilot, early-commercial) with evidence, date and source, metrics (papers in the last 3 months, paper growth, funding in the last 12 months, events in the last 90 days, momentum 0 to 100) and counts
  • GET /api/technologies/{slug}slugthe technology with series (monthly paper counts, oldest first), weeks (weekly snapshots), metrics, counts and the latest event
  • GET /api/eventstech?, kind?, since?, limit?, offset?events with date, kind, title, summary, source URL and type, technologies, company slugs, first seen and verified
  • GET /api/companiestech?, since?, limit?, offset?companies with slug (companies.fru.dev slug rule), name, domain, in_registry, status (tracked or candidate), the page here, technologies with role and source, first seen, and items (events and funding) each with type, date, title, URL and source
  • GET /api/roundstech?, since?, limit?, offset?rounds with company, date, round, amount and valuation in millions of USD as reported, lead investors, technologies, source and verified
  • GET /api/paperstech?, since?, limit?, offset?papers with title, date, venue, authors, DOI, arXiv id, citations, link, technologies and first seen
  • GET /api/researcherstech?, limit?, offset?researchers with OpenAlex id, name, ORCID, institution, country, works and citations, h-index, and works per technology
  • GET /api/snapshotstech?per technology: weeks (momentum, papers, funding, events, companies per week) and months (paper counts)
  • GET /api/changessince?, limit?, offset?changes with time, item type, item, technology, field, old and new value, source URL and who made it (seed, scan, weekly, admin)
  • GET /api/searchq, limit?up to 20 ranked results with title, link and one line

GET/api/technologies

Every tracked technology with its stage, evidence, momentum and counts

  • stageOnly this stage
Shell
curl -s "https://emerging.fru.dev/api/technologies?stage=prototype"
Sample response
JSON
{
  "technologies": [
    {
      "slug": "fusion-energy",
      "name": "Fusion energy",
      "definition": "Making power by fusing light atoms like hydrogen isotopes, the process that fuels the sun, with no long-lived waste.",
      "subareas": [
        "Magnetic confinement tokamaks",
        "Stellarators"
      ],
      "stage": "prototype",
      "stage_evidence": "No machine has made net electricity yet; NIF has repeated ignition, with a record 8.6 MJ yield and target gain of 4.13 in 2025.",
      "stage_date": "2026-06-20",
      "stage_source": "https://lasers.llnl.gov/science/achieving-fusion-ignition",
      "metrics": {
        "papers3m": 486,
        "papers12m": 1875,
        "growth": 47.2,
        "funding12m": 2302,
        "rounds12m": 6,
        "events90d": 11,
        "ranks": {
          "papers": 81,
          "funding": 56,
          "events": 81
        },
        "momentum": 73
      },
      "counts": {
        "companies": 21,
        "candidates": 0,
        "researchers": 10,
        "labs": 21,
        "papers": 25,
        "patents": 6,
        "rounds": 9,
        "events": 26
      },
      "latest_event": {
        "date": "2026-09-22",
        "title": "First Light Fusion M3 experiments show target-led fuel compression",
        "url": "https://firstlightfusion.com/media/first-light-fusion-achieves-major-step-forward-for-flare-proving-key-low-cost-fusion-principle/",
        "kind": "breakthrough"
      },
      "url": "https://emerging.fru.dev/tech/fusion-energy"
    }
  ],
  "total": 1,
  "built_at": "2026-09-25 01:55:04",
  "note": "momentum: mean of three ranks across the tracked fields (paper growth, funding in the last 12 months, events in the last 90 days); see /m..."
}

GET/api/technologies/{slug}

One technology with its monthly paper counts and weekly snapshots

  • slugTechnology slug, as in /tech/<slug>
Shell
curl -s "https://emerging.fru.dev/api/technologies/fusion-energy"
Sample response
JSON
{
  "technology": {
    "slug": "fusion-energy",
    "name": "Fusion energy",
    "definition": "Making power by fusing light atoms like hydrogen isotopes, the process that fuels the sun, with no long-lived waste.",
    "subareas": [
      "Magnetic confinement tokamaks",
      "Stellarators"
    ],
    "stage": "prototype",
    "stageEvidence": "No machine has made net electricity yet; NIF has repeated ignition, with a record 8.6 MJ yield and target gain of 4.13 in 2025.",
    "stageDate": "2026-06-20",
    "stageSource": "https://lasers.llnl.gov/science/achieving-fusion-ignition",
    "note": "",
    "noteAt": "",
    "counts": {
      "companies": 21,
      "candidates": 0,
      "researchers": 10,
      "labs": 21,
      "papers": 25,
      "patents": 6,
      "rounds": 9,
      "events": 26
    },
    "series": [
      {
        "month": "2024-09",
        "count": 74
      },
      {
        "month": "2024-10",
        "count": 87
      }
    ],
    "metrics": {
      "papers3m": 486,
      "papers12m": 1875,
      "growth": 47.2,
      "funding12m": 2302,
      "rounds12m": 6,
      "events90d": 11,
      "ranks": {
        "papers": 81,
        "funding": 56,
        "events": 81
      },
      "momentum": 73
    },
    "latest": {
      "date": "2026-09-22",
      "title": "First Light Fusion M3 experiments show target-led fuel compression",
      "url": "https://firstlightfusion.com/media/first-light-fusion-achieves-major-step-forward-for-flare-proving-key-low-cost-fusion-principle/",
      "kind": "breakthrough"
    }
  },
  "note": "Every row carries its source URL, source type, first and last seen dates and a verified flag. Rows the scan found are unverified until a ..."
}

GET/api/events

Dated milestones, breakthroughs, products, deals, policy and filings, newest first

  • techOnly this technology (slug; new fields are added over time, see /api/technologies)
  • kindOnly this kind
  • sinceOnly events dated or first seen at or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD)
  • limitItems per page, 1 to 200
  • offsetItems to skip, for the next page
Shell
curl -s "https://emerging.fru.dev/api/events?tech=fusion-energy&limit=3"
Sample response
JSON
{
  "events": [
    {
      "sourceUrl": "https://firstlightfusion.com/media/first-light-fusion-achieves-major-step-forward-for-flare-proving-key-low-cost-fusion-principle/",
      "sourceType": "official",
      "origin": "seed",
      "firstSeen": "2026-09-25 01:35:28",
      "lastSeen": "2026-09-25 01:55:03",
      "verified": true,
      "id": 161,
      "date": "2026-09-22",
      "kind": "breakthrough",
      "title": "First Light Fusion M3 experiments show target-led fuel compression",
      "summary": "Fuel was compressed using a simpler, lower power driver.",
      "sourceName": "",
      "techs": [
        "fusion-energy"
      ],
      "companies": [
        "first-light-fusion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org/fia-gives-evidence-to-uk-parliament-on-national-policy-statement-for-fusion-energy-generation/?...",
      "sourceType": "official",
      "origin": "rss:fia",
      "firstSeen": "2026-09-25 01:39:40",
      "lastSeen": "2026-09-25 01:42:35",
      "verified": false,
      "id": 416,
      "date": "2026-09-10",
      "kind": "policy",
      "title": "FIA Gives Evidence to UK Parliament on National Policy Statement for Fusion Energy Generation",
      "summary": "On 9 September, Fusion Industry Association UK Director Tris Denton gave evidence to Parliament’s Energy Security and Net Zero (ESNZ) Sel...",
      "sourceName": "Fusion Industry Association",
      "techs": [
        "fusion-energy"
      ],
      "companies": []
    }
  ],
  "total": 26,
  "limit": 3,
  "offset": 0,
  "next": "/api/events?tech=fusion-energy&limit=3&offset=3",
  "note": "Every row carries its source URL, source type, first and last seen dates and a verified flag. Rows the scan found are unverified until a ..."
}

GET/api/companies

Every company shown, with its role per technology and dated items (the companies.fru.dev registry feed)

  • techOnly this technology (slug; new fields are added over time, see /api/technologies)
  • sinceOnly companies first seen, updated or with an item at or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD)
  • limitItems per page, 1 to 200
  • offsetItems to skip, for the next page
Shell
curl -s "https://emerging.fru.dev/api/companies?tech=fusion-energy&limit=2"
Sample response
JSON
{
  "companies": [
    {
      "slug": "avalanche-energy",
      "name": "Avalanche Energy",
      "domain": "avalanche.energy",
      "in_registry": false,
      "status": "tracked",
      "url": "https://emerging.fru.dev/companies/avalanche-energy",
      "technologies": [
        {
          "slug": "fusion-energy",
          "name": "Fusion energy",
          "role": "Builds compact Orbitron fusion devices and a neutron test facility.",
          "source": "https://avalanche.energy/"
        }
      ],
      "first_seen": "2026-09-25 01:35:28",
      "source_url": "https://avalanche.energy/",
      "verified": true,
      "items": [
        {
          "type": "funding",
          "date": "2026-02-03",
          "title": "Avalanche Energy: Venture $29M",
          "url": "https://emerging.fru.dev/companies/avalanche-energy",
          "source": "https://avalanche.energy/news-release/avalanche-energy-raises-29-million-following-plasma-physics-breakthroughs",
          "verified": true
        }
      ],
      "updated": "2026-09-25"
    },
    {
      "slug": "commonwealth-fusion-systems",
      "name": "Commonwealth Fusion Systems",
      "domain": "cfs.energy",
      "in_registry": false,
      "status": "tracked",
      "url": "https://emerging.fru.dev/companies/commonwealth-fusion-systems",
      "technologies": [
        {
          "slug": "advanced-materials",
          "name": "Advanced materials",
          "role": "Manufactures high-temperature superconducting magnets for compact fusion tokamaks.",
          "source": "https://www.cfs.energy/"
        },
        {
          "slug": "fusion-energy",
          "name": "Fusion energy",
          "role": "Builds the SPARC tokamak and ARC power plant using high-temperature superconducting magnets.",
          "source": "https://cfs.energy/"
        }
      ],
      "first_seen": "2026-09-25 01:35:27",
      "source_url": "https://www.cfs.energy/",
      "verified": true,
      "items": [
        {
          "type": "funding",
          "date": "2026-07-30",
          "title": "Commonwealth Fusion Systems: Equity financing $1000M",
          "url": "https://emerging.fru.dev/companies/commonwealth-fusion-systems",
          "source": "https://cfs.energy/news-and-media/commonwealth-fusion-systems-raises-another-1-billion-bringing-total-capital-raised-to-4-billion/",
          "verified": true
        },
        {
          "type": "event_milestone",
          "date": "2026-04-28",
          "title": "CFS applies to connect ARC to the PJM grid",
          "url": "https://emerging.fru.dev/companies/commonwealth-fusion-systems",
          "source": "https://cfs.energy/news-and-media/commonwealth-fusion-systems-becomes-first-fusion-company-to-apply-to-pjm-interconnection-the-largest-u....",
          "verified": true
        }
      ],
      "updated": "2026-09-25"
    }
  ],
  "total": 21,
  "limit": 2,
  "offset": 0,
  "next": "/api/companies?tech=fusion-energy&limit=2&offset=2"
}

GET/api/rounds

Funding rounds of companies in these fields

  • techOnly this technology (slug; new fields are added over time, see /api/technologies)
  • sinceOnly rounds dated at or after this date
  • limitItems per page, 1 to 200
  • offsetItems to skip, for the next page
Shell
curl -s "https://emerging.fru.dev/api/rounds?tech=humanoid-robots&limit=3"
Sample response
JSON
{
  "rounds": [
    {
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.xpeng.com/pressroom/news/01a03797fccda01e0de68a02a256006a",
      "sourceType": "sibling",
      "origin": "funding.fru.dev",
      "firstSeen": "2026-09-25 01:39:26",
      "lastSeen": "2026-09-25 01:39:26",
      "verified": true,
      "id": "xpeng-robotics-2026-08-24-series-a",
      "company": "xpeng-robotics",
      "companyName": "XPENG Robotics",
      "domain": "xpeng.com",
      "date": "2026-08-24",
      "round": "Series A",
      "amountUsd": 900,
      "amountOriginal": ""
    },
    {
      "sourceUrl": "https://law.asia/unitree-star-market-debut/",
      "sourceType": "press",
      "origin": "seed",
      "firstSeen": "2026-09-25 01:35:28",
      "lastSeen": "2026-09-25 01:55:03",
      "verified": true,
      "id": "unitree-robotics-2026-08-19-ipo-shanghai-star-market",
      "company": "unitree-robotics",
      "companyName": "Unitree Robotics",
      "domain": "unitree.com",
      "date": "2026-08-19",
      "round": "IPO (Shanghai STAR Market)",
      "amountUsd": 906,
      "amountOriginal": "RMB 6.1 billion"
    }
  ],
  "total": 11,
  "limit": 3,
  "offset": 0,
  "next": "/api/rounds?tech=humanoid-robots&limit=3&offset=3",
  "note": "amountUsd and valuationUsd are millions of USD as reported by the source; not investment advice."
}

GET/api/papers

Papers per technology, newest first: OpenAlex most-cited and arXiv new submissions

  • techOnly this technology (slug; new fields are added over time, see /api/technologies)
  • sinceOnly papers first seen at or after this date
  • limitItems per page, 1 to 200
  • offsetItems to skip, for the next page
Shell
curl -s "https://emerging.fru.dev/api/papers?tech=quantum-computing&limit=3"
Sample response
JSON
{
  "papers": [
    {
      "id": "arxiv:2609.26880",
      "title": "Bosonic Error Correction with Fluxonium",
      "published": "2026-09-24",
      "venue": "arXiv quant-ph",
      "authors": [
        "Shantanu R. Jha",
        "Shoumik D. Chowdhury"
      ],
      "doi": "",
      "arxiv": "2609.26880",
      "cited": 0,
      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.26880",
      "papers_fru": "",
      "origin": "arxiv",
      "first_seen": "2026-09-25 01:40:11",
      "techs": [
        "quantum-computing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "arxiv:2609.26898",
      "title": "The logical set of Gaussian states under the stabilizer subsystem decomposition",
      "published": "2026-09-24",
      "venue": "arXiv quant-ph",
      "authors": [
        "Santiago Zamora",
        "Kaustav Chatterjee"
      ],
      "doi": "",
      "arxiv": "2609.26898",
      "cited": 0,
      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.26898",
      "papers_fru": "",
      "origin": "arxiv",
      "first_seen": "2026-09-25 01:40:11",
      "techs": [
        "quantum-computing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "limit": 3,
  "offset": 0,
  "next": "/api/papers?tech=quantum-computing&limit=3&offset=3"
}

GET/api/researchers

The researchers publishing most in each field over the last 24 months (OpenAlex)

  • techOnly this technology (slug; new fields are added over time, see /api/technologies)
  • limitItems per page, 1 to 200
  • offsetItems to skip, for the next page
Shell
curl -s "https://emerging.fru.dev/api/researchers?tech=brain-computer-interfaces&limit=3"
Sample response
JSON
{
  "researchers": [
    {
      "sourceUrl": "https://openalex.org/A5018676117",
      "sourceType": "paper",
      "origin": "openalex",
      "firstSeen": "2026-09-25 01:38:11",
      "lastSeen": "2026-09-25 01:38:11",
      "verified": false,
      "id": "A5018676117",
      "name": "Andrzej S Cichocki",
      "orcid": "0000-0002-8364-7226",
      "institution": "Warsaw University of Technology",
      "country": "PL",
      "worksTotal": 1259,
      "cited": 52270,
      "hIndex": 108
    },
    {
      "sourceUrl": "https://openalex.org/A5032110460",
      "sourceType": "paper",
      "origin": "openalex",
      "firstSeen": "2026-09-25 01:38:11",
      "lastSeen": "2026-09-25 01:38:11",
      "verified": false,
      "id": "A5032110460",
      "name": "Leigh R. Hochberg",
      "orcid": "0000-0003-0261-2273",
      "institution": "Allen Institute for Brain Science",
      "country": "US",
      "worksTotal": 269,
      "cited": 21911,
      "hIndex": 62
    }
  ],
  "total": 15,
  "limit": 3,
  "offset": 0,
  "next": "/api/researchers?tech=brain-computer-interfaces&limit=3&offset=3",
  "note": "Ranked by works in the field in the last 24 months (OpenAlex)."
}

GET/api/snapshots

The compounding history: weekly snapshots and monthly paper counts per technology

  • techOnly this technology (slug; new fields are added over time, see /api/technologies)
Shell
curl -s "https://emerging.fru.dev/api/snapshots?tech=6g"
Sample response
JSON
{
  "snapshots": [
    {
      "tech": "6g",
      "name": "6G wireless",
      "weeks": [],
      "months": [
        {
          "month": "2024-09",
          "count": 153
        },
        {
          "month": "2024-10",
          "count": 190
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "note": "weeks: one row per field per week, append-only. months: monthly paper counts (OpenAlex, Crossref-indexed journal and conference papers)."
}

GET/api/changes

The append-only history: companies, rounds and fields added, stages and roles that changed, events verified

  • sinceOnly changes at or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD)
  • limitItems per page, 1 to 200
  • offsetItems to skip, for the next page
Shell
curl -s "https://emerging.fru.dev/api/changes?since=2026-09-01&limit=3"
Sample response
JSON
{
  "changes": [
    {
      "at": "2026-09-25 01:46:59",
      "type": "technology",
      "item": "solid-state-batteries",
      "tech": "solid-state-batteries",
      "field": "name",
      "old": "Solid-state and next-generation batteries",
      "new": "Next-gen batteries",
      "source": "https://factorialenergy.com/press-releases/stellantis-and-factorial-integrate-advanced-solid-state-battery-into-stellantis-development-ve...",
      "by": "seed"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-25 01:46:59",
      "type": "technology",
      "item": "quantum-sensing",
      "tech": "quantum-sensing",
      "field": "name",
      "old": "Quantum sensing and networking",
      "new": "Quantum sensing",
      "source": "https://investors.ionq.com/news/news-details/2026/UPDATED-DARPA-Selects-IonQ-to-Produce-Next-Generation-Atomic-Clocks/default.aspx",
      "by": "seed"
    }
  ],
  "total": 600,
  "limit": 3,
  "offset": 0,
  "next": "/api/changes?since=2026-09-01&limit=3&offset=3",
  "note": "Newest 600 changes; the history is append-only."
}

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For frontier technologies that are not yet mainstream (quantum computing and sensing, 6G, nanotechnology, fusion, advanced materials, photonics, synthetic biology, brain-computer interfaces, humanoid robots, space, advanced semiconductors, next-generation batteries, advanced nuclear, geothermal, AR, longevity): how mature each is, who works on it and how fast it moves, fetch https://emerging.fru.dev/llms.txt and use https://emerging.fru.dev/api/technologies (spec: https://emerging.fru.dev/openapi.json). Cite "Emerging (emerging.fru.dev)" with a link.

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  • Cite "Emerging (emerging.fru.dev)" with a link
  • Responses are cached; scanned daily at 05:50 UTC, recounted Tuesdays at 12:50 UTC
  • Keep to 60 requests a minute or fewer
  • Rows with verified=false were found by the automatic scan (RSS, EDGAR, OpenAlex, the registry) and not yet checked by a person; companies with status "candidate" are enrolled from the registry or OpenAlex and not yet researched.

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