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STAC accelerates financial technology decisions through rigorous, vendor-neutral research and industry-defining benchmarks. 

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Stay informed with benchmark releases, research highlights, and event takeaways from the front lines of financial technology. 
STAC Report
Posted: October 6, 2026
STAC-ML™ Pack for myrtle.ai VOLLO™ with AMD Alveo™ V80LL on a Blackcore® Technologies ICON 3132-SM+ server
STAC Report
Posted: October 5, 2026
STAC-N1™ Benchmark Results on AMD EPYC™ 9475F and AMD Solarflare™ X4522-PLUS NICs in a Supermicro AS -2015HS-TNR Server
STAC Report
Posted: September 28, 2026
STAC-N1™ Benchmark Results on Intel® Xeon® Gold 6558Q and AMD Solarflare X4542-PLUS NICs in a Jabil J322-S Server
News
Posted: September 24, 2026
From prompt to research task: Measuring the performance of AI agents for quantitative workflows
Research Note
Posted: August 4, 2026
STAC Trading Infrastructure Report
This report examines how firms assess investment into trading infrastructure
Research Note
Posted: June 17, 2026
Quantum in Finance: Adoption
This research note examines the adoption of quantum technology in finance.
STAC Report
Posted: May 20, 2026
STAC-AI™ Benchmark Results on Lambda 1-Click Cluster Cloud Instance with NVIDIA B200 SXM6 Blackwell Series GPUs
STAC Report
Posted: May 20, 2026
STAC-A2™ on HPE® ProLiant Compute XD230 with Intel® Xeon® 6980P Processors and Micron® MRDIMMs

Upcoming events

From deep-dive special interest groups to high-impact STAC Summits, our events bring serious technologists together to exchange ideas, challenge assumptions, and shape the next wave of innovation. 
21 October 2026

AI Quant Research and Risk Bootcamp

  • New York Marriott Marquis, 5th Floor | Remote
21 October 2026

STAC Summit – New York

  • New York Marriott Marquis, 5th Floor

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For over 15 years, STAC has helped financial institutions and technology vendors cut through complexity with data-driven insight.

Our benchmarks, research, and events provide the truth beneath the hype—so you can evaluate, compare, and adopt technology with confidence. 

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4 Reports Completed in 2025

NVIDIA

NVIDIA provides GPU accelerators that help financial service firms drive their business faster, with better analytics, at lower cost, through AI or traditional computational finance. In addition, an ecosystem of software and service vendors can accelerate time to market of NVIDIA-based solutions.

The three most recent reports are:

3 Reports Completed

INTEL

Intel is a leading provider of compute, storage, and networking technology. In financial services, Intel-enabled solutions help enterprises become more insightful, agile, secure, and efficient.

3 Reports Completed
KX

KX

KX provides the kdb+ time-series database, a leader in high-performance, streaming, real-time and historical data analytics. KX also offers a broad suite of business intelligence tools and solutions with rich visualization capabilities built on kdb+.

Performance insight you can act on.

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Testimonials

I wanted to thank the organizers of the STAC NY Event.  I enjoyed sharing my insights on the panel "Responsible AI" with my colleagues.  Glad to see Responsible AI taking centre stage in conversations now.  It is a pivotal movement in AI development.

Deepak Dube

PhD

Thanks for inviting us at Hyperspace to participate and present.  It was a fantastic first experience for us - and a great change to dive into the future of real-time RAG!

Ohad Levi

Co-founder & CEO Hyperspace

The STAC Summit in NY was an excellent high value event.  The content and sessions were superb, especially merging the AI components, which is certainly relevant to this space.

Floyd Christofferson

VP Hammerspace

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