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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Forecast: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/forecast/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/forecast/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/forecast.md",
  "title": "Forecast: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Forecast is on the AI workforce planning software map. We record 2 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated May 28, 2026.",
  "period": "July 22, 2025 to May 28, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
  "company": {
    "id": "CWC3C17",
    "slug": "forecast",
    "name": "Forecast",
    "aliases": [],
    "site": "https://www.accelo.com/forecast",
    "summary": "AI-powered resource management, capacity planning and financial forecasting for professional services firms, formerly forecast.app and now part of Accelo. Accelo says Forecast's predictive AI \"is now the core of Accelo's platform\". It recommends best-fit people by skills, availability and past work, forecasts demand from the pipeline, and runs replanning scenarios. An MCP connector links Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot Studio.",
    "founded": null,
    "categories": [
      "resource"
    ],
    "status": "active",
    "price_note": null,
    "update_channels": [],
    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
    "off_map": null,
    "merged_into": null,
    "category_names": [
      "Resource management and capacity"
    ]
  },
  "confirmed_product_launches": 0,
  "dated_product_launches": 0,
  "undated_launches": 0,
  "launches_data_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/data/launches.json",
  "count": 0,
  "launches": [],
  "launch_list": false,
  "indexed": true,
  "summary": {
    "text": "AI-powered resource management, capacity planning and financial forecasting for professional services firms, formerly forecast.app and now part of Accelo. Accelo says Forecast's predictive AI \"is now the core of Accelo's platform\". It recommends best-fit people by skills, availability and past work, forecasts demand from the pipeline, and runs replanning scenarios. An MCP connector links Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot Studio.",
    "source": {
      "name": "forecast.app",
      "url": "https://www.forecast.app/"
    },
    "from": "record"
  },
  "maps": [
    {
      "map": "workforce-planning-software",
      "title": "The AI workforce planning software map",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/workforce-planning-software/#co-forecast",
      "section": "companies",
      "name": "Forecast",
      "site": "https://www.accelo.com/forecast",
      "category": "Resource management and capacity",
      "what": "AI-powered resource management, capacity planning and financial forecasting for professional services firms, formerly forecast.app and now part of Accelo. Accelo says Forecast's predictive AI \"is now the core of Accelo's platform\". It recommends best-fit people by skills, availability and past work, forecasts demand from the pipeline, and runs replanning scenarios. An MCP connector links Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot Studio.",
      "what_source": {
        "name": "forecast.app",
        "url": "https://www.forecast.app/"
      },
      "price": "not published; demo requested",
      "price_published": false,
      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
        "items": [
          "Named agent",
          "Capacity and utilization",
          "Assistant",
          "Labor demand forecasting",
          "MCP or agent API",
          "Scenario modeling",
          "Project staffing"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 4,
      "scale": "No disclosed scale (No customer count opened. Osborne Clarke says the sellers included Balderton, Crane Venture Partners, SEED Capital and Heartcore.)",
      "founded": null,
      "founded_source": null,
      "fate": null,
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "forecast.app",
          "url": "https://www.forecast.app/"
        },
        {
          "name": "accelo.com",
          "url": "https://www.accelo.com/forecast"
        },
        {
          "name": "accelo.com",
          "url": "https://www.accelo.com/solution/resourcing-capacity-planning"
        },
        {
          "name": "accelo.com",
          "url": "https://www.accelo.com/ai"
        },
        {
          "name": "accelo.com",
          "url": "https://www.accelo.com/blog/forecast-accelo-brand-website-integration"
        },
        {
          "name": "techintelpro.com",
          "url": "https://techintelpro.com/news/ai/robotics-and-automation/accelo-acquires-forecast-to-bolster-ai-driven-psa-leadership"
        }
      ],
      "more_sources": 1,
      "cross_listed": false
    }
  ],
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  "timeline": [
    {
      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/forecast/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-05-28",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Forecast.app becomes Accelo.com",
      "summary": "Accelo completed the brand and website integration with Forecast. Forecast.app now redirects to Accelo.com and Forecast's predictive AI is the core of Accelo's platform.",
      "kind": "Rebrand",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI workforce planning software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/workforce-planning-software/#co-forecast"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor blog",
        "url": "https://www.accelo.com/blog/forecast-accelo-brand-website-integration"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-2",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/forecast/#event-2",
      "on": "2025-07-22",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Accelo acquires Forecast",
      "summary": "Accelo, a professional services automation platform, announced its acquisition of UK-based Forecast, an AI-powered project and resource management vendor. Terms were not published.",
      "kind": "Acquisition",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI workforce planning software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/workforce-planning-software/#co-forecast"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "TechIntelPro",
        "url": "https://techintelpro.com/news/ai/robotics-and-automation/accelo-acquires-forecast-to-bolster-ai-driven-psa-leadership"
      }
    }
  ]
}