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London Index™ — August 2026
IV-LON-2026-08 · Published 2026-08-12 · Free to cite with attribution
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International Venue Research Institute™ · VenuClaw Bench
An open benchmark for testing how accurately AI venue-search systems understand real event briefs — capacity, layout, radius, evidence and honest uncertainty. Methodology is public; comparative results are published only after a validated benchmark run.
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Procurement & Cost
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