Quarterly aggregate findings

What Shadow AI looks like in the wild.

Anonymized stats from the Northbeams customer base. What 27 tools, 143 sensitive prompts a month, and the 26.2% slower-to-detect penalty for shadow data actually look like in practice. Refreshed quarterly so the picture stays current.

First publication: Q3 2026 · All numbers aggregated, no per-customer attribution

01 / What you'll see in Q3 2026

Six numbers, every quarter.

A · 01

Most-discovered new AI tool last quarter.

The single tool that showed up in the most workspaces for the first time. Tells you what's about to land in your team's browsers and on their laptops.

Q3 sample placeholder. Example: "Cursor: appeared in 38% of customer workspaces for the first time this quarter."

A · 02

Median tools per 50-person company.

The center of the distribution, not an average. Useful for benchmarking your own inventory after install.

Q3 sample placeholder. Example: "Median: 31 active AI tools (up from 27 in Q2)."

A · 03

Most-blocked AI tool.

The tool customers most often mark Blocked, with a one-line reason. Useful for "should we block X?" decisions.

Q3 sample placeholder. Example: "ChatGPT (consumer): blocked by 67% of customers; primary reason cited is credentials and customer-PII paste."

A · 04

Trending sensitive-prompt categories.

Which categories of sensitive content the on-device classifier is catching most often this quarter.

Q3 sample placeholder. Example: "Top 3 caught: customer PII (38%), API credentials (29%), source code (18%)."

A · 05

Median time-to-first-block after install.

How long it takes a typical IT lead to make their first policy decision after seeing the Discovery Report.

Q3 sample placeholder. Example: "Median: 2.4 days from install to first Blocked policy."

A · 06

Catalogue coverage growth quarter-over-quarter.

How the top-100 enterprise AI tool catalogue moved this quarter. New tools added, old ones retired.

Q3 sample placeholder. Example: "92% to 94%; added Galileo AI, Atropos Health; retired one deprecated tool."

02 / What the publication looks like

Six numbers in 60 seconds.

A working sketch of how Q3's report will be laid out. Real numbers ship in July 2026.

SAMPLE FORMAT · NOT REAL DATA

Northbeams in the wild · Q3 2026 (sample)

Most-discovered new tool[Tool Name]
Median tools per 50-person company[N]
Most-blocked tool[Tool Name]
Top sensitive-prompt category[Category]
Median time-to-first-block[N] days
Catalogue coverage[%] of top-100

Methodology: aggregated across all paying customers. No per-customer attribution. Minimum cohort size: 25 workspaces per metric.

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