Third Bridge
Analyst-led expert calls and the Forum transcript library
4.4Enterprise / CustomBest for Teams that want transcripts before booking calls
Expert Network Transcripts Market Diligence
Overview
Third Bridge is a primary-research firm ($287M revenue in 2025) whose Forum library holds roughly 90,000 analyst-led expert call transcripts alongside live custom expert access. Reading transcripts before booking calls compresses diligence, and in 2026 its content is distributed inside Bloomberg, FactSet and Capital IQ plus an MCP server for AI workflows.
Key features
- ~90,000 analyst-led Forum transcripts
- Live expert calls and custom sourcing
- Analyst-moderated interview format
- Distribution inside Bloomberg, FactSet, Capital IQ
- MCP server for AI/LLM access to transcripts
Pros
- Analyst-led transcripts are structured and comparable
- Reading before calling cuts wasted call spend
- Forward-leaning AI/data distribution strategy
Cons
- Expert bench for live calls is smaller than GLG's
- Transcript coverage skews to larger, well-traded sectors