# PeakMetrics: new features and launches

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/peakmetrics/
Covers: 2017 to Sept. 17, 2026
Updated: 2026-10-28
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "PeakMetrics: new features and launches", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/peakmetrics/, updated 2026-10-28

> We confirmed 5 product launches from PeakMetrics since September 2024. The latest, AI Perceptions, became available Sept. 17, 2026. We also record 1 funding round and 1 new company.

PeakMetrics sells a narrative intelligence platform to enterprises, agencies and government. It monitors news, social media, broadcast, podcasts and the open web, and flags new narratives, bot activity and deepfakes. AI Perceptions shows how ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok and Perplexity describe a brand next to its news and social data.

## Facts

- Site: [peakmetrics.com](https://www.peakmetrics.com/)
- Founded: 2017
- Category: Media monitoring and analysis
- Status: Active
- Price: not published; sales-led ('Book a Demo'), configured per customer with white-glove onboarding

## Every dated launch, newest first

### AI Perceptions

Available Sept. 17, 2026.

GEO product for communications teams that tracks how ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok and Perplexity describe a brand, which narratives, citations and sources drive the answers, and benchmarks against competitors.

Features: [AI-answer tracking](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-answer-tracking), [AI-cited sources](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-cited-sources).

Source: [PeakMetrics](https://www.peakmetrics.com/insights/peakmetrics-launches-ai-perceptions-a-new-geo-platform).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/peakmetrics/#launch-V040

### Smart Categories next evolution

Available May 5, 2026.

Adds author reach, profile and location signals and image and video classification to Smart Categories.

Features: [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis).

Source: [PeakMetrics](https://www.peakmetrics.com/insights/release-smart-categories).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/peakmetrics/#launch-V039

### PeakMetrics raises $6 million Series A

Announced April 9, 2026.

PeakMetrics closes a $6M Series A led by Moneta Ventures with Techstars, Parameter Ventures, VITALIZE Venture Capital and Gurtin Ventures, bringing total capital to $16.3M, to expand detection and lay the groundwork for corporate fact-checking hubs.

Source: [PeakMetrics](https://peakmetrics.com/insights/peakmetrics-raises-series-a).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/peakmetrics/#launch-E479

### MCP server

Available Jan. 20, 2026.

Model Context Protocol server that gives ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude live access to PeakMetrics narrative intelligence.

Features: [MCP servers and connectors](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-mcp-and-connectors), [MCP server](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-mcp-server).

[In the skills library](https://www.newsprint.com/skills/#launch-V038).

Source: [PeakMetrics](https://www.peakmetrics.com/insights/mcp_server_launch).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/peakmetrics/#launch-V038

### Smart Categories

Available 2025.

LLM-based classification that organizes monitored data into themes, tones and signals instead of Boolean searches.

Features: [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis).

Source: [PeakMetrics](https://www.peakmetrics.com/insights/release-smart-categories).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/peakmetrics/#launch-V037

### PeakMetrics 2.0

Available Sept. 26, 2024.

New platform version with narrative clustering algorithms and customizable threat score alerts.

Features: [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis), [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [PeakMetrics](https://www.peakmetrics.com/insights/peakmetrics_product_release).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/peakmetrics/#launch-V036

### PeakMetrics founded

Announced 2017.

Nick Loui and Bobby Lincoln founded PeakMetrics in 2017, rooted in defense and national security work.

Source: [Los Angeles Times B2B (sourced from PeakMetrics)](https://www.latimes.com/b2b/banking-finance/story/2026-05-21/peakmetrics-series-a-funding-ai-disinformation).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/peakmetrics/#launch-E478

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology