OUR STORY

An atlas for the future since 2012.

We have spent over a decade bringing a scientific approach to a field that runs on opinion. The world's first independent AI trend-forecasting platform.

A scientific approach to a field that runs on opinion.

In 2012, two brothers founded Nextatlas in Turin. Luca Morena, a PhD philosopher, and Alessio Morena, a serial entrepreneur, set out to build the world's first independent AI-driven trend-forecasting platform.

More than a decade later, that founding conviction still drives us. Where the industry trades in instinct, we bring evidence: measured, benchmarked, and built to be defended.

THE ROAD SO FAR

A decade of firsts.

2012
Two brothers, one thesis

Luca and Alessio Morena found Nextatlas in Turin, to bring science to a field that runs on opinion.

2013
WORLD FIRST
The first independent AI trend platform

Big data and AI converge into the first Nextatlas platform.

2015
Customized platforms

Funding launches Nextventures, NextMenu, NextAudience and NextStyles.

2017
A research-grade team

Twenty people, including five PhDs in physics and machine learning.

2019
New eyes on culture

Sharper prediction models, and Reddit and Spotify join the analyzed sources.

2020
The data leaves the platform

The first API integration puts Nextatlas signal inside external software.

2021
WORLD FIRST
Generate

The world's first generative AI trend-forecasting service, built on our engine.

2023
The agents go to work

Generate becomes a suite of AI agents for market research.

2024
TasteOS

Every food and beverage tool, unified into one operating system.

2025
Foresight

The horizon extends to ten years, quantifying long-range scenarios from institutional knowledge.

2026
Underdogs Group

In 2026, Nextatlas joined Underdogs Group.

What's in a name.

Next + Atlas. Not only an atlas for the future, but the next evolution of a cultural atlas. A living, breathing map that charts the sociocultural change shaping the market, with the power of AI and data.

RECOGNITION & BACKING

Award-winning. Now part of Underdogs Group.

In 2026, Nextatlas joined Underdogs Group, the MarTech and AI group for marketing and customer engagement, extending our foresight across the marketing stack.

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AWARDS & HONORS
FASHION INNOVATION AWARDFASHION INNOVATION AWARD
FOOD TECH AWARDFOOD TECH AWARD
NC DIGITAL FESTIVALNC DIGITAL FESTIVAL
EU FUNDED PROJECTEU FUNDED PROJECT
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