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5 of 6 sources active
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Tracking what developers ship, investors fund, and enterprises adopt

From GitHub commits to SEC filings, scored by AI to separate real trends from noise.

Real-time Simulations

Real-time simulations provide immediate feedback and interaction for various applications.

B2B|SaaS|US|Tracked May 10, 2026

5/6

Sources with signal

Strong

Signal strength

668

Evidence points

Solid

Signal strength

B2B

Market tracked

Signal breakdown by source

We track real-time data from developer platforms, startup ecosystems, academic research, and enterprise filings to identify trends backed by hard evidence.

Hacker News

Community awareness · Last 14 days

Low signal
1stories
5 points

Upvotes from the tech community. More points = more attention.

Stories and discussion on Hacker News indicate tech community awareness. High HN activity often precedes mainstream adoption by 1-3 months.

-Show HN: HeatSpectra: Realtime 3D Surface Heat Simulation

GitHub

Developer creation velocity · Last 30 days

Strong signal
328new repos
58 stars

Stars are bookmarks from developers. More stars = higher quality projects.

New repositories signal active developer investment. GitHub creation velocity is a 3-12 month leading indicator of market adoption.

-amap-cvlab/ABot-World: Real-Time Interactive World Simulation on a Single Deskto…

-weymouth/LilyPad.jl: Semi-Lagrangian advection version of WaterLily for real-tim…

-jesusemans/pcubensis: Real-time 3D simulation of the Psilocybe cubensis lifecycl…

Y Combinator

Startup funding signal · Last 4 batches

Moderate signal
1startups
1 YC batches

YC runs batches twice a year. More batches = sustained investor interest over time.

YC-backed companies in this space represent the strongest conviction signal: venture capital betting on market potential.

-Inviscid AI: Real-time Physics Simulations for Industrial Facilities & Data Cent…

Stack Overflow

Developer adoption · Last 90 days

Low signal
1questions

Stack Overflow questions indicate developers actively using the technology. A 3-6 month leading indicator of production adoption.

-Regarding integrating an open-source 5gc with simu5g for end-to-end Handover sim…

Academic Research

Research publication signal · Last 24 months

Strong signal
337papers
1.4k citations

Citations count how often other researchers reference this work. More citations = higher influence.

Academic papers represent the earliest indicator. Researchers publishing findings that drive the next wave of applied innovation.

-A multi-fidelity deep operator network (DeepONet) for fusing simulation and moni…

-Hybrid TrafficAI: A Generative AI Framework for Real-Time Traffic Simulation and…

-A hybrid approach of traffic simulation and machine learning techniques for enha…

SEC Corporate Filings

Enterprise adoption signal · Latest filings

Low signal
0filings

Mentions in SEC 10-K/10-Q filings mean public companies are disclosing this technology as material to their business. This is the strongest enterprise validation signal.

All data is sourced from public APIs: Hacker News (Algolia), GitHub (Search API), Stack Overflow (Stack Exchange API), Y Combinator (public batch data), OpenAlex (academic database), and SEC EDGAR (regulatory filings). Numbers reflect verified matches. Each item is checked by AI to confirm it's genuinely about the topic, not just a keyword overlap.

What the data tells us

5 independent sources show real activity around Real-time Simulations. Developers are building tools (GitHub), the tech community is talking about it (Hacker News), investors are backing startups in the space (Y Combinator), researchers are publishing papers, and enterprises are disclosing it in public filings. When this many unrelated sources agree, it's not speculation. It's market movement.

B2B High relevance
B2C Lower relevance

Why this data matters

We don't guess. We count what's actually happening.

Most trend reports are opinions. Inqvey Trends is different . We track what developers are building, what investors are funding, what researchers are publishing, and what enterprises are reporting to regulators. When multiple independent sources point to the same trend, it's not hype. It's a real market shift.

Hacker News

Community awareness (1-3 month lead)

GitHub

Developer creation velocity (3-12 month lead)

Y Combinator

Startup funding conviction signal

Stack Overflow

Technology adoption (3-6 month lead)

OpenAlex

Academic research (earliest indicator)

SEC EDGAR

Enterprise disclosure (strongest validation)

Each source is scored on a 0-100 scale based on activity volume. When a topic shows up across multiple unrelated sources (developers on GitHub, startups at Y Combinator, filings at the SEC) that agreement between independent signals is what separates real trends from noise. We use AI to verify that each result is genuinely about the topic, not just a keyword match.

Data freshness

Sources are scanned daily. Hacker News and GitHub reflect the last 14–30 days. Y Combinator covers the last 4 batches. Academic papers span the last 24 months. SEC filings cover the most recent quarterly and annual reports.

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