{
 "updated": "2026-10-13",
 "what": "Every dated launch, product announcement, funding round, acquisition, rebrand and shutdown we could put a source against, for the companies on the AI-for-PR map. Crawled from each vendor's own site, press releases, changelogs, repos and the Wayback Machine, then trade press. No date is inferred: a claim with no dated page behind it is not here. Every event was re-read on its source on 13 October 2026 and each correction checked again by a second, independent model; an event whose date no source states was taken out. Two sources would not open that day (Vuelio's 2021 Isentia acquisition, Knowatoa's founding), and those events keep their earlier reading.",
 "method": "Retrieval by eight crawl agents working to one spec, each event carrying the URL the agent opened. Categories assigned by TypeSafe's Jev (jev-1.13.0) from the announcement text alone, except that funding, acquisitions, rebrands, foundings and shutdowns are forced to Corporate in code. `catp` is Jev's probability on the category it picked; `ai` is its read of whether the announcement text itself claims AI. `w` is 0 routine, 1 notable, 2 defining. `conf` is the crawler's confidence in the date: high = a dated vendor page or wire release, med = trade press, low = a date only fairly established.",
 "categories": {
  "idea": {
   "n": "Story ideas",
   "d": "Newsjacking, trend and angle detection, alerts that surface a live opportunity to pitch."
  },
  "req": {
   "n": "Journalist requests",
   "d": "A marketplace where reporters post what they need and sources answer: HARO and its descendants."
  },
  "list": {
   "n": "Media lists",
   "d": "Journalist and podcast discovery, media-list building, matching a story to reporters."
  },
  "pitch": {
   "n": "Pitching",
   "d": "Writing and sending the outreach: pitch drafting, personalisation, sequences, campaign management."
  },
  "prw": {
   "n": "Press-release writing",
   "d": "Writing the asset itself: press releases, thought leadership, newsroom content."
  },
  "mon": {
   "n": "Monitoring",
   "d": "Watching what came back: coverage tracking, sentiment, share of voice, reporting."
  },
  "aeo": {
   "n": "AI visibility (GEO/AEO)",
   "d": "Tracking or improving how a brand shows up inside ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews."
  },
  "agent": {
   "n": "Agents",
   "d": "An autonomous agent the vendor says runs several steps end to end."
  },
  "plat": {
   "n": "Platform",
   "d": "Whole-platform launches, relaunches, rebuilds, tiers, integrations and APIs."
  },
  "corp": {
   "n": "Corporate",
   "d": "Not a product: founding, funding, acquisition, rebrand, shutdown."
  }
 },
 "events": [
  {
   "co": "Cision / CisionOne",
   "d": "1867",
   "t": "Cision's predecessor, Svenska Telegrambyrån, founded",
   "desc": "Cision traces its lineage to Svenska Telegrambyrån, a Swedish press agency (1867 per Wikipedia; Cision's own company history says 1876), which added a press-clipping service in 1892.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "low",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.cision.co.uk/about/history/",
   "srcname": "Cision (company history)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Vuelio",
   "d": "1999-08-04",
   "t": "Predecessor Entity Incorporated (Ether-Ray Ltd)",
   "desc": "Ether-Ray Ltd, later renamed Access Intelligence Media and Communications Ltd (the entity behind AIMediaComms/Vuelio), was incorporated in the UK.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "low",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03819220",
   "srcname": "UK Companies House"
  },
  {
   "co": "Meltwater",
   "d": "2001",
   "t": "Founded as Magenta News",
   "desc": "Jørn Lyseggen and Gard Haugen founded the company in Oslo, Norway, as Magenta News, a news-clipping/media monitoring service.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meltwater_(company)",
   "srcname": "Wikipedia: Meltwater (company)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Agility PR",
   "d": "2003",
   "t": "Founded as MediaMiser",
   "desc": "Company founded as MediaMiser by Martin Lyster, Chris Morrison, and Brett Serjeantson to provide media monitoring and analysis.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://www.agilitypr.com/aboutus/",
   "srcname": "Agility PR About Us page"
  },
  {
   "co": "Meltwater",
   "d": "2005",
   "t": "Rebranded as Meltwater News",
   "desc": "Company relocated headquarters to San Francisco and renamed itself Meltwater News.",
   "k": "rebrand",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "low",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meltwater_(company)",
   "srcname": "Wikipedia: Meltwater (company)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brandwatch",
   "d": "2007",
   "t": "Founded",
   "desc": "Magpie Search and Alert relaunched as Brandwatch, focused on tracking social media mentions.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.97,
   "src": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandwatch",
   "srcname": "Wikipedia"
  },
  {
   "co": "BuzzStream",
   "d": "2008",
   "t": "Founding",
   "desc": "BuzzStream, co-founded by Paul May, dates from 2008; based in Austin, Texas.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.buzzstream.com/about/",
   "srcname": "BuzzStream About page"
  },
  {
   "co": "Feedly AI",
   "d": "2008",
   "t": "Feedly Founded",
   "desc": "Feedly (originally Feeddo) was first released by DevHD in 2008 as an RSS reader.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.81,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feedly",
   "srcname": "Wikipedia"
  },
  {
   "co": "HARO",
   "d": "2008",
   "t": "HARO founded",
   "desc": "Peter Shankman founded Help A Reporter Out (HARO) as a Facebook group connecting journalists with sources.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.68,
   "src": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help_a_Reporter_Out",
   "srcname": "Wikipedia: Help a Reporter Out"
  },
  {
   "co": "PublicRelay",
   "d": "2008",
   "t": "Founded",
   "desc": "PublicRelay was founded in 2008, pairing media monitoring technology with human analyst review.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/publicrelay-receives-significant-growth-investment-from-tritium-partners-301379573.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire (PublicRelay release)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Muck Rack",
   "d": "2009",
   "t": "Muck Rack founded",
   "desc": "Greg Galant and Lee Semel launched Muck Rack as a free website for journalists to build online portfolios.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://muckrack.com/blog/2024/04/16/muck-rack-founding-story/",
   "srcname": "Muck Rack blog (15th anniversary post)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Talkwalker",
   "d": "2009",
   "t": "Talkwalker founded (as Trendiction)",
   "desc": "Talkwalker was founded in Luxembourg City by Christophe Folschette and Thibaut Britz, initially named Trendiction.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://handwiki.org/wiki/Company:Talkwalker",
   "srcname": "HandWiki company profile"
  },
  {
   "co": "Ahrefs Brand Radar",
   "d": "2010",
   "t": "Ahrefs Founded",
   "desc": "Founder Dmytro Gerasimenko: \"In 2010, we started working on a system that would crawl and index the web,\" the basis of Ahrefs, later home to the 2025 Brand Radar feature.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://en.ain.ua/2019/05/30/dmitry-gerasimenko-ahrefs-interview/",
   "srcname": "AIN.ua (Gerasimenko interview)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Prezly",
   "d": "2010",
   "t": "Prezly founded",
   "desc": "Jesse Wynants and Gijs Nelissen started building Prezly after seeing press campaigns shared poorly at an agency; incorporated 2010 in Belgium.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.prezly.com/about",
   "srcname": "Prezly About Us"
  },
  {
   "co": "HARO",
   "d": "2010-06",
   "t": "Vocus acquires HARO",
   "desc": "Vocus, Inc. acquired Help A Reporter Out; founder Peter Shankman joined Vocus as VP.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help_a_Reporter_Out",
   "srcname": "Wikipedia: Help a Reporter Out"
  },
  {
   "co": "NewsWhip",
   "d": "2011-04",
   "t": "NewsWhip founded",
   "desc": "Paul Quigley and Andrew Mullaney found NewsWhip in Dublin to track story momentum with social data.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsWhip",
   "srcname": "Wikipedia"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brand24",
   "d": "2011-09-06",
   "t": "Brand24 Founded",
   "desc": "Brand24, a Polish social listening company, was founded on September 6, 2011.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand24",
   "srcname": "Wikipedia"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brand24",
   "d": "2011-09-12",
   "t": "Brand24 System Launched",
   "desc": "Brand24 began commercially selling its monitoring system on September 12, 2011, six days after the company's founding.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "mon",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.53,
   "src": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand24",
   "srcname": "Wikipedia"
  },
  {
   "co": "NewsWhip",
   "d": "2012",
   "t": "Spike launch",
   "desc": "NewsWhip launches Spike, a tool that identifies and displays trending stories from news and social accounts.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "idea",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.8,
   "src": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsWhip",
   "srcname": "Wikipedia"
  },
  {
   "co": "Pitchbox",
   "d": "2012",
   "t": "Company founded",
   "desc": "Pitchbox founded by Alex Gopshtein and Michael Geneles; company has never raised outside funding.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/pitchbox/__d5PYTFjS7EIgzCZ717hUCxmL49NqzGyNHTZnY3pes3o",
   "srcname": "Tracxn company profile"
  },
  {
   "co": "Onclusive",
   "d": "2012-10-16",
   "t": "AirPR launches PR-talent marketplace",
   "desc": "AirPR (Onclusive's predecessor) publicly launched its marketplace matching startups with PR professionals.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.54,
   "src": "https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/16/airpr-launch/",
   "srcname": "TechCrunch"
  },
  {
   "co": "NewsWhip",
   "d": "2013",
   "t": "Seed funding",
   "desc": "NewsWhip raises a €825,000 seed round from AIB Seed Capital Fund, Enterprise Ireland and angel investors.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsWhip",
   "srcname": "Wikipedia"
  },
  {
   "co": "Signal AI",
   "d": "2013",
   "t": "Signal Media founded",
   "desc": "David Benigson and Miguel Martinez launched Signal Media in 2013 as a three-person startup from a garage in North London.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.dataiq.global/dataiq100/david-benigson-ceo-and-founder-signal-ai-2020/",
   "srcname": "DataIQ profile of David Benigson"
  },
  {
   "co": "Semrush AI PR Toolkit",
   "d": "2013",
   "t": "Prowly founded",
   "desc": "Joanna Drabent and Sebastian Przyborowski founded Prowly, a PR software company, in Warsaw, Poland.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.07,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://journal.prowly.com/349927-prowly-announces-leadership-transition",
   "srcname": "Prowly Journal: Prowly Announces Leadership Transition"
  },
  {
   "co": "Roxhill",
   "d": "2013-10-31",
   "t": "Roxhill Media Incorporated",
   "desc": "Roxhill Media Limited was incorporated in the UK on 31 October 2013, with founder Alexander Northcott appointed director the same day.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.01,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08756401",
   "srcname": "UK Companies House"
  },
  {
   "co": "Cision / CisionOne",
   "d": "2014",
   "t": "GTCR takes Vocus and Cision AB private",
   "desc": "GTCR acquired both Vocus and the Swedish Cision AB earlier in 2014, taking each private ahead of their merger.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.odwyerpr.com/story/public/3330/2014-10-14/cision-is-name-for-combined-cisionvocus.html",
   "srcname": "O'Dwyer's PR News"
  },
  {
   "co": "Determ",
   "d": "2014",
   "t": "Mediatoolkit Launched",
   "desc": "Determ, then named Mediatoolkit, launched publicly from Zagreb in 2014; the underlying product concept had been built in 2009 inside digital agency iStudio (now Degordian).",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.89,
   "src": "https://determ.com/about-us/",
   "srcname": "Determ (About Us)"
  },
  {
   "co": "HARO",
   "d": "2014",
   "t": "Vocus merges with Cision",
   "desc": "Vocus, HARO's owner, merged with Cision Inc., making HARO a Cision brand.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help_a_Reporter_Out",
   "srcname": "Wikipedia: Help a Reporter Out"
  },
  {
   "co": "Interview Valet",
   "d": "2014",
   "t": "Interview Valet founded",
   "desc": "Tom Schwab founded Interview Valet on the thesis that targeted podcast interviews could work like guest blogging did.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://interviewvalet.com/about-us/",
   "srcname": "Interview Valet About Us"
  },
  {
   "co": "JustReachOut",
   "d": "2014",
   "t": "JustReachOut founded",
   "desc": "Dmitry Dragilev founded JustReachOut to help solopreneurs, authors, and small businesses pitch journalists and get press coverage on their own.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://justreachout.io/about",
   "srcname": "JustReachOut: About page"
  },
  {
   "co": "BuzzSumo",
   "d": "2014-01-21",
   "t": "BuzzSumo Limited Incorporated",
   "desc": "BuzzSumo Limited was incorporated in the UK on 21 January 2014 (company #08854839).",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08854839",
   "srcname": "UK Companies House"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brandwatch",
   "d": "2014-05-22",
   "t": "$22 Million Growth Funding",
   "desc": "Brandwatch raised $22 million led by new investor Highland Capital Partners Europe, with Nauta Capital participating.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.brandwatch.com/press/press-releases/brandwatch-raises-22-million-growth-capital-led-highland-capital-partners-europe/",
   "srcname": "Brandwatch press release"
  },
  {
   "co": "Agility PR",
   "d": "2014-07-28",
   "t": "MediaMiser acquired by Innodata",
   "desc": "Innodata Inc. (NASDAQ: INOD) acquired MediaMiser, which continued operating under the MediaMiser name from Ottawa.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.agilitypr.com/pr-news/uncategorized/well-happened-weve-acquired-innodata/",
   "srcname": "Agility PR (MediaMiser) blog post"
  },
  {
   "co": "BuzzSumo",
   "d": "2014-09",
   "t": "BuzzSumo Pro Launched",
   "desc": "BuzzSumo Pro launched in September 2014, self-funded, following the company's January 2014 incorporation.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://startuptalky.com/buzzsumo-success-story/",
   "srcname": "StartupTalky"
  },
  {
   "co": "Cision / CisionOne",
   "d": "2014-09-15",
   "t": "Cision acquires Visible Technologies",
   "desc": "Cision acquired Visible Technologies, a social media analytics company.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "low",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cision",
   "srcname": "Wikipedia"
  },
  {
   "co": "Cision / CisionOne",
   "d": "2014-10-14",
   "t": "Vocus and Cision merge, take the Cision name",
   "desc": "GTCR-owned Vocus and Cision AB completed their merger, adopting the single name Cision and HQ'ing in Chicago.",
   "k": "rebrand",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.01,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.odwyerpr.com/story/public/3330/2014-10-14/cision-is-name-for-combined-cisionvocus.html",
   "srcname": "O'Dwyer's PR News"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brandwatch",
   "d": "2014-12-17",
   "t": "Acquired PeerIndex",
   "desc": "Brandwatch acquired London-based influencer analytics firm PeerIndex, its first acquisition.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.brandwatch.com/press/press-releases/brandwatch-buys-top-influencer-analytics-firm-peerindex/",
   "srcname": "Brandwatch press release"
  },
  {
   "co": "Agility PR",
   "d": "2014-12-24",
   "t": "MediaMiser acquires Bulldog Reporter assets",
   "desc": "Innodata's MediaMiser subsidiary acquired Bulldog Reporter's IP and assets: newsletters, journalist database, and media intelligence tools.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.agilitypr.com/pressrelease/innodata-announces-mediamiser-subsidiary-acquired-bulldog-reporter-leading-information-solutions-provider-pr-industry/",
   "srcname": "Agility PR press release"
  },
  {
   "co": "Cision / CisionOne",
   "d": "2015",
   "t": "Cision acquires Gorkana",
   "desc": "Cision acquired UK-based Gorkana for media monitoring and journalist database services.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cision",
   "srcname": "Wikipedia"
  },
  {
   "co": "Roxhill",
   "d": "2015",
   "t": "Roxhill Media Launched",
   "desc": "Founder Alex Northcott launched Roxhill Media in 2015 as an improved successor to his earlier company Gorkana, two years after the entity's 2013 incorporation.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://roxhillmedia.com/company/",
   "srcname": "Roxhill: Company page"
  },
  {
   "co": "BuzzStream",
   "d": "2015-07-16",
   "t": "Seed round",
   "desc": "Tracxn lists BuzzStream as raising $300K in one seed round, dated 16 July 2015; the round's amount is masked behind a Tracxn sign-up wall.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "low",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/buzzstream/__k8rul4GOvYprXiroxR6B64MW8p1GeusOAr5ryx-Jm50",
   "srcname": "Tracxn company profile"
  },
  {
   "co": "Vuelio",
   "d": "2015-06-24",
   "t": "Vuelio acquires assets of Cision UK",
   "desc": "Vuelio completed acquisition of Cision UK's operations, folding former Cision and Vocus PR software into the Vuelio brand.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.vuelio.com/uk/press-release-vuelio-acquires-cision-uk/",
   "srcname": "Vuelio press release"
  },
  {
   "co": "Vuelio",
   "d": "2015-07-15",
   "t": "Cision UK is now Vuelio",
   "desc": "Vuelio announced rebranding of former Cision UK website, marketing collateral, blog and social channels to the Vuelio name.",
   "k": "rebrand",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.vuelio.com/uk/blog/cision-uk-is-now-vuelio-social-media-changes-on-the-way/",
   "srcname": "Vuelio blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brandwatch",
   "d": "2015-10-29",
   "t": "$33 Million Series C",
   "desc": "Brandwatch raised a $33 million Series C led by new investor Partech Ventures to fund US expansion.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.brandwatch.com/press/press-releases/brandwatch-raises-33-million-fuel-social-intelligence-growth/",
   "srcname": "Brandwatch press release"
  },
  {
   "co": "Cision / CisionOne",
   "d": "2015-12-15",
   "t": "Cision agrees to acquire PR Newswire from UBM for $841M",
   "desc": "Cision and PR Newswire announced intent to combine, with Cision buying PR Newswire from UBM plc for $841 million.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.01,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ubm-plc-announces-the-sale-of-pr-newswire-to-cision-for-841m-and-proposes-to-return-245m-to-shareholders-300192895.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire (UBM release)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Agility PR",
   "d": "2016",
   "t": "Rebrands as Agility PR Solutions",
   "desc": "MediaMiser rebranded as Agility PR Solutions later in 2016 to reflect its expanded media database, monitoring, and analytics portfolio.",
   "k": "rebrand",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.agilitypr.com/aboutus/",
   "srcname": "Agility PR About Us page"
  },
  {
   "co": "Determ",
   "d": "2016",
   "t": "Mediatoolkit spins off as independent company",
   "desc": "Mediatoolkit separates from Degordian and spins off as an independent company; the team then grows rapidly.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "low",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://determ.com/about-us/",
   "srcname": "Determ About Us"
  },
  {
   "co": "Podchaser",
   "d": "2016",
   "t": "Podchaser founded",
   "desc": "Podchaser founded in 2016 by Bradley Davis and three co-founders as an \"IMDB for podcasts\"; Davis was based in Louisville, Ky.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://oklahoma.gov/ocast/about-ocast/news/podchaser-5-4-21.html",
   "srcname": "Oklahoma OCAST news"
  },
  {
   "co": "Agility PR",
   "d": "2016-07-14",
   "t": "MediaMiser acquires Agility platform from PR Newswire",
   "desc": "MediaMiser (Innodata subsidiary) purchased the Agility media database and monitoring platform from PR Newswire.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.agilitypr.com/pressrelease/mediamiser-innodata-company-acquires-agility-deliver-enhanced-media-intelligence-solutions-global-pr-industry/",
   "srcname": "Agility PR press release"
  },
  {
   "co": "OnePitch",
   "d": "2017",
   "t": "OnePitch founded",
   "desc": "OnePitch, a media-list-building platform for publicists, founded in San Diego by Beck Bamberger and Jered Martin.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/onepitch/__WSTzDl9h7m1K4DN6IzRTDF0Z5ULgvfaJJWnQAdgXC78",
   "srcname": "Tracxn company profile"
  },
  {
   "co": "Talkwalker",
   "d": "2017-01-11",
   "t": "€5M funding from Main Mezzanine Capital",
   "desc": "Talkwalker secured €5 million from Dutch software investor Main Mezzanine Capital to develop AI-powered social media analytics for marketing and PR.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.97,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/talkwalker-secures-5m-funding-from-main-mezzanine-capital-to-spearhead-development-of-ai-powered-social-media-analytics-for-marketing-and-pr-300388838.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire"
  },
  {
   "co": "NewsWhip",
   "d": "2017-02-15",
   "t": "Series A funding",
   "desc": "NewsWhip announces a $6.4 million Series A led by Tribal Ventures, with the Associated Press and Asahi Shimbun participating.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.newswhip.com/2017/02/newswhip-raises-series-6-4m-whos-involved-words-thanks/",
   "srcname": "NewsWhip blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Cision / CisionOne",
   "d": "2017-03",
   "t": "Cision agrees to go public via SPAC merger with Capitol Acquisition Corp III",
   "desc": "Cision agreed to a reverse merger with Capitol Acquisition Corp III to become a public company trading as Cision Ltd.; the 8-K states the deal was expected to close by June 30, 2017.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001648955/000121390017002562/f8k0317_capitolacquisition.htm",
   "srcname": "SEC EDGAR (Capitol Acquisition Corp III 8-K)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Cision / CisionOne",
   "d": "2017-03-27",
   "t": "Cision acquires Bulletin Intelligence",
   "desc": "Cision acquired Bulletin Intelligence for $71.8 million on March 27, 2017, to add expert-curated executive media briefings.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "low",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.swordandthescript.com/2019/08/list-cision-acquisitions/",
   "srcname": "Sword and the Script"
  },
  {
   "co": "BuzzSumo",
   "d": "2017-10-10",
   "t": "Acquired by Brandwatch",
   "desc": "Brandwatch acquired BuzzSumo, calling it the world's most popular content marketing and influencer identification platform.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/brandwatch-acquires-content-marketing-platform-buzzsumo-300534449.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire (Brandwatch release)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brandwatch",
   "d": "2017-10-10",
   "t": "Acquired BuzzSumo",
   "desc": "Brandwatch acquired content marketing and influencer identification platform BuzzSumo, which retained its own brand.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/brandwatch-acquires-content-marketing-platform-buzzsumo-300534449.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire"
  },
  {
   "co": "Cision / CisionOne",
   "d": "2017-12-26",
   "t": "Cision agrees to acquire PRIME Research",
   "desc": "Cision agreed to acquire PRIME Research, a media analysis firm; the deal closed January 24, 2018.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cision",
   "srcname": "Wikipedia"
  },
  {
   "co": "Glimpse",
   "d": "2018",
   "t": "Glimpse launch",
   "desc": "Glimpse founded by Noah Fram-Schwartz and Max Fram-Schwartz as a trend-discovery platform built on Google Trends data.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/glimpse/makers",
   "srcname": "Product Hunt"
  },
  {
   "co": "Talkwalker",
   "d": "2018-01-11",
   "t": "Marlin Equity Partners acquires majority stake",
   "desc": "Marlin Equity Partners acquired a majority stake in Talkwalker; investment amount was not disclosed.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.marlinequity.com/news/marlin-acquires-majority-stake-in-talkwalker/",
   "srcname": "Marlin Equity Partners newsroom"
  },
  {
   "co": "Meltwater",
   "d": "2018-03-19",
   "t": "Meltwater Acquires DataSift",
   "desc": "Meltwater acquired privacy-by-design social data platform DataSift to strengthen its AI-driven analytics.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.84,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/meltwater-acquires-datasift",
   "srcname": "Meltwater press release"
  },
  {
   "co": "Meltwater",
   "d": "2018-04-24",
   "t": "Meltwater Acquires Sysomos",
   "desc": "Meltwater acquired social analytics company Sysomos to unify media intelligence and social analytics.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.meltwater.com/en/about/press-releases/meltwater-acquires-sysomos",
   "srcname": "Meltwater press release"
  },
  {
   "co": "Meltwater",
   "d": "2018-08-14",
   "t": "Meltwater launches Fairhair.ai",
   "desc": "Meltwater launched Fairhair.ai, an open data science platform for knowledge graphs, pre-trained AI models and market insights.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.96,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.meltwater.com/en/about/press-releases/meltwater-launches-data-science-platform-fairhair-ai",
   "srcname": "Meltwater press release"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brandwatch",
   "d": "2018-10-04",
   "t": "Merger with Crimson Hexagon",
   "desc": "Brandwatch and Crimson Hexagon announced the signing of a merger agreement, creating a company with roughly $100 million in ARR.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.brandwatch.com/press/press-releases/brandwatch-crimson-hexagon-merge/",
   "srcname": "Brandwatch press release"
  },
  {
   "co": "Vuelio",
   "d": "2018-10-10",
   "t": "Vuelio extends journalist network with acquisition of ResponseSource",
   "desc": "Access Intelligence Plc, Vuelio's parent, acquired ResponseSource Ltd for £5.5m cash-and-shares.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://www.vuelio.com/uk/blog/vuelio-extends-journalist-network-with-acquisition-of-responsesource/",
   "srcname": "Vuelio blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brandwatch",
   "d": "2018-11-13",
   "t": "Iris",
   "desc": "Brandwatch announced Iris, an in-app AI-analyst built into Brandwatch Analytics that explains what caused conversation spikes.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "mon",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.64,
   "src": "https://www.brandwatch.com/press/press-releases/brandwatch-introduces-iris-an-ai-powered-analyst/",
   "srcname": "Brandwatch press release"
  },
  {
   "co": "Onclusive",
   "d": "2018-12-17",
   "t": "AirPR raises $8M Series C, launches Author Intelligence",
   "desc": "AirPR raised $8 million in Series C financing and released its Author Intelligence media-relations tool.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.2,
   "catp": 0.98,
   "src": "https://onclusive.com/resources/blog/airpr-raises-8-million-series-c-financing-bolsters-platform-with-the-release-of-author-intelligence-solution/",
   "srcname": "Onclusive blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Propel",
   "d": "2019",
   "t": "Propel PRM Launched",
   "desc": "Propel PRM launched in 2019, per Propel's own site describing it as \"the world's first CRM for PR\"; founder Zach Cutler separately said in a 2021 interview that he launched the first PRM in 2018.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.54,
   "src": "https://propel-ai.com/",
   "srcname": "Propel AI (site)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Exploding Topics",
   "d": "2019",
   "t": "Exploding Topics founded",
   "desc": "Josh Howarth begins Exploding Topics product development \"from the first line of code.\"",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "low",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://explodingtopics.com/author/josh-howarth",
   "srcname": "Exploding Topics author bio"
  },
  {
   "co": "Qwoted",
   "d": "2019",
   "t": "Talking Biz News acquisition",
   "desc": "Qwoted, owned by PR firms Vested and Prosek Partners, quietly acquired Talking Biz News.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/talking-biz-news-owners-qwoted-prosek-130056036.html",
   "srcname": "Yahoo Finance (Dec 2019)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Respona",
   "d": "2019",
   "t": "Respona founded",
   "desc": "Getlatka lists Respona as founded in 2019, with Farzad Rashidi as CEO.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://getlatka.com/companies/respona.com",
   "srcname": "Getlatka"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brandwatch",
   "d": "2019-01",
   "t": "Cision Acquires Falcon.io",
   "desc": "Cision, which would later acquire Brandwatch, acquired social media management platform Falcon.io.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandwatch",
   "srcname": "Wikipedia"
  },
  {
   "co": "Glimpse",
   "d": "2019-03-21",
   "t": "GLIMPSE",
   "desc": "Glimpse launches on Product Hunt as a tool to discover trends before they get big.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "idea",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.53,
   "src": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/glimpse",
   "srcname": "Product Hunt product page (launch history)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brandwatch",
   "d": "2019-03-28",
   "t": "Acquired Qriously",
   "desc": "Brandwatch acquired London SaaS research platform Qriously, adding real-time mobile survey capability to its intelligence suite.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.brandwatch.com/press/press-releases/brandwatch-acquires-qriously/",
   "srcname": "Brandwatch press release"
  },
  {
   "co": "Qwoted",
   "d": "2019-04",
   "t": "Platform public launch",
   "desc": "Qwoted's own funding announcement says the platform has grown 'since launching in April of 2019'.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.82,
   "src": "https://martechseries.com/sales-marketing/b2b-commerce/customer-service/rapidly-growing-commtech-platform-qwoted-closes-3-million-seed-round/",
   "srcname": "MarTech Series (wire mirror)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Onclusive",
   "d": "2019-04-09",
   "t": "AirPR acquires Ozmotik, rebrands to Onclusive",
   "desc": "AirPR acquired content-marketing analytics firm Ozmotik and changed its corporate name to Onclusive.",
   "k": "rebrand",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://onclusive.com/resources/blog/airpr-acquires-company-changes-corporate-name-onclusive/",
   "srcname": "Onclusive blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Glimpse",
   "d": "2019-05-29",
   "t": "Glimpse 2.0",
   "desc": "Glimpse ships a 2.0 version of its trend-discovery product, per its Product Hunt launch history.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.67,
   "src": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/glimpse",
   "srcname": "Product Hunt product page (launch history)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Kitcaster",
   "d": "2019-09",
   "t": "Kitcaster founded",
   "desc": "Kitcaster, founded in September 2019, is a podcast booking agency based in Denver, Colorado; a 2025 acquisition release states 2017 and names founders Ryan Estes and Brandy Whalen.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "low",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://kitcaster.com/",
   "srcname": "Podcast Agency Network review"
  },
  {
   "co": "Vuelio",
   "d": "2019-10-02",
   "t": "Access Intelligence acquires Pulsar",
   "desc": "Access Intelligence, Vuelio's parent, acquired social listening company Pulsar in a stock-swap with Cello Health.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.vuelio.com/uk/blog/access-intelligence-acquires-pulsar-to-accelerate-social-media-capability/",
   "srcname": "Vuelio blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Signal AI",
   "d": "2019-10-22",
   "t": "Signal AI Raises $25 Million Series C",
   "desc": "Signal AI raised a $25M Series C led by Redline Capital with MMC Ventures, GMG Ventures and Hearst Ventures, total funding to $49.5M.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.19,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://signal-ai.com/insights/press_release/signal-ai-raises-25-million-series-c-as-they-transform-decision-making-in-the-enterprise-with-augmented-intelligence/",
   "srcname": "Signal AI newsroom"
  },
  {
   "co": "Feedly AI",
   "d": "2019-12-17",
   "t": "Feedly Pro+ With Leo AI Launched",
   "desc": "Feedly launched Pro+ plans giving individual subscribers access to \"Leo,\" its AI research assistant, on December 17, 2019.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://liliputing.com/feedly-launches-pro-plans-with-ai-assistant-features/",
   "srcname": "Liliputing"
  },
  {
   "co": "JustReachOut",
   "d": "2020",
   "t": "Majority stake sold to SEOJet's Adam White",
   "desc": "Dmitry Dragilev sold an 80% stake in JustReachOut to Adam White, founder of SEOJet, for roughly $700,000-$900,000.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://theygotacquired.com/saas/justreachout-acquired-by-seojet/",
   "srcname": "They Got Acquired: JustReachOut acquired by SEOJet"
  },
  {
   "co": "Propel",
   "d": "2020",
   "t": "Media database",
   "desc": "Propel launched its media database featuring over 1 million journalists and 50 million influencers.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "list",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "low",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.swordandthescript.com/2021/03/pr-software-startup-propel/",
   "srcname": "Sword and the Script (founder interview)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Cision / CisionOne",
   "d": "2020-01-31",
   "t": "Platinum Equity completes $2.7B acquisition of Cision",
   "desc": "Platinum Equity completed its all-cash $2.7 billion acquisition of Cision Ltd., taking it private and off the NYSE.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.platinumequity.com/news/platinum-equity-completes-2-7-billion-acquisition-of-cision/",
   "srcname": "Platinum Equity newsroom"
  },
  {
   "co": "Signal AI",
   "d": "2020-02-19",
   "t": "Launch of AIQ",
   "desc": "Signal AI introduced AIQ, its next-gen AI engine, debuting with the \"Briefings\" feature that clusters and ranks high-volume news into a briefing.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.96,
   "catp": 0.84,
   "src": "https://signal-ai.com/insights/press_release/signal-ai-introduces-the-next-generation-of-artificial-intelligence-with-the-launch-of-aiq/",
   "srcname": "Signal AI newsroom"
  },
  {
   "co": "Glimpse",
   "d": "2020-03-25",
   "t": "COVID-19 Trends",
   "desc": "Glimpse launches a COVID-19 Trends product tracking pandemic-related search interest.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "idea",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.6,
   "src": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/glimpse",
   "srcname": "Product Hunt product page (launch history)"
  },
  {
   "co": "PodMatch",
   "d": "2020-06-15",
   "t": "PodMatch launches",
   "desc": "Alex Sanfilippo, Alecia Sanfilippo and Jesse Hunter launched PodMatch, an automated podcast host/guest matching platform.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.05,
   "catp": 0.66,
   "src": "https://www.podcastjunkies.com/alex-sanfilippo-interview-1/",
   "srcname": "Podcast Junkies interview transcript"
  },
  {
   "co": "Talkwalker",
   "d": "2020-07-23",
   "t": "Talkwalker acquires Nielsen Social",
   "desc": "Talkwalker acquired Nielsen Social, integrating its Social Content Ratings solution into Talkwalker's platform.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/talkwalker-acquires-nielsen-social-301098980.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire"
  },
  {
   "co": "Semrush AI PR Toolkit",
   "d": "2020-09-16",
   "t": "SEMrush Acquires Fast-growing SaaS PR Tech Company Prowly",
   "desc": "SEMrush announced it acquired a 100% stake in Prowly, a Warsaw-based PR SaaS startup.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.25,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/semrush-acquires-fast-growing-saas-pr-tech-company-prowly-301132366.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire: SEMrush acquires Prowly"
  },
  {
   "co": "Rephonic",
   "d": "2020-11",
   "t": "Rephonic Launched",
   "desc": "Founder James Potter's own portfolio dates the Rephonic podcast database project to November 2020, consistent with the site's first Wayback Machine capture on October 23, 2020.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.97,
   "src": "https://jamespotter.dev/",
   "srcname": "James Potter (founder portfolio)"
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  {
   "co": "Meltwater",
   "d": "2020-12-03",
   "t": "Meltwater lists on Euronext Growth Oslo",
   "desc": "IPO raising NOK 3.48bn; admitted to trading on Euronext Growth Oslo under ticker MWTR.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.euronext.com/en/about/media/euronext-press-releases/meltwater-admitted-trading-euronext-growth",
   "srcname": "Euronext press release"
  },
  {
   "co": "Pitchcraft",
   "d": "2021",
   "t": "Pitchcraft founded",
   "desc": "Kelsey and Derrick Ogletree cofounded Pitchcraft in 2021, growing out of Kelsey's 2020 pandemic-era Zoom calls for publicists and writers.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://joinpitchcraft.com/about",
   "srcname": "Pitchcraft About page"
  },
  {
   "co": "BuzzSumo",
   "d": "2021",
   "t": "Journalist Profiles",
   "desc": "BuzzSumo launched Journalist Profiles, giving one-click access to a journalist's contact info, outlets and top articles; BuzzSumo's own timeline dates the launch to 2021, reported 2021-03-02 by Sword and the Script.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "list",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://buzzsumo.com/about/",
   "srcname": "BuzzSumo About page"
  },
  {
   "co": "Propel",
   "d": "2021-01",
   "t": "Monitoring suite",
   "desc": "Propel rolled out its full monitoring suite: online monitoring, social listening, and broadcast monitoring.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "mon",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://www.swordandthescript.com/2021/03/pr-software-startup-propel/",
   "srcname": "Sword and the Script (founder interview)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Podchaser",
   "d": "2021-01-19",
   "t": "Podchaser raises $4M Series A",
   "desc": "Podchaser raised $4 million in a Series A round led by Greycroft to build out its podcast database.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/19/podchaser-raises-4m-to-build-a-comprehensive-podcast-database/",
   "srcname": "TechCrunch"
  },
  {
   "co": "Rephonic",
   "d": "2021-01-25",
   "t": "The Podcast Audience Graph",
   "desc": "Rephonic launched \"The Podcast Audience Graph\", a 3D visualization of podcast audience connections, on Product Hunt.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/rephonic?launch=the-podcast-audience-graph",
   "srcname": "Product Hunt"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brandwatch",
   "d": "2021-02-26",
   "t": "Cision Acquires Brandwatch",
   "desc": "Cision announced a definitive agreement to acquire Brandwatch for $450 million, combining PR, social media management and social listening.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cision-brings-pr-social-media-management-and-digital-consumer-intelligence-together-with-category-defining-acquisition-of-brandwatch-301236443.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire"
  },
  {
   "co": "BuzzSumo",
   "d": "2021-02-26",
   "t": "Cision acquires Brandwatch, BuzzSumo's parent",
   "desc": "Cision announced a $450 million deal to acquire Brandwatch, whose portfolio includes content marketing platform BuzzSumo.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cision-brings-pr-social-media-management-and-digital-consumer-intelligence-together-with-category-defining-acquisition-of-brandwatch-301236443.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire (Cision release)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Cision / CisionOne",
   "d": "2021-02-26",
   "t": "Cision agrees to acquire Brandwatch for $450M",
   "desc": "Cision agreed to acquire Brandwatch, a digital consumer intelligence and social listening company, for $450 million.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cision-brings-pr-social-media-management-and-digital-consumer-intelligence-together-with-category-defining-acquisition-of-brandwatch-301236443.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire"
  },
  {
   "co": "Meltwater",
   "d": "2021-03-16",
   "t": "Meltwater announces agreement to acquire Linkfluence",
   "desc": "Meltwater agreed to acquire French social-media-intelligence company Linkfluence for EUR 50 million.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/03/16/2193285/0/en/meltwater-announces-agreement-to-acquire-leading-social-media-intelligence-company-linkfluence-for-50-million-euro-in-a-combination-of-cash-equity-and-earn-out.html",
   "srcname": "GlobeNewswire / Meltwater press release"
  },
  {
   "co": "Meltwater",
   "d": "2021-04-14",
   "t": "Meltwater announces agreement to acquire Klear",
   "desc": "Meltwater agreed to acquire social influencer marketing company Klear for $17.8 million.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/meltwater-announces-agreement-to-acquire-klear",
   "srcname": "Meltwater press release"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brandwatch",
   "d": "2021-06-01",
   "t": "Cision Closes Brandwatch Acquisition",
   "desc": "Cision closed its acquisition of Brandwatch, formally combining the companies including Cision's Falcon.io business.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cision-closes-brandwatch-acquisition-301302866.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire"
  },
  {
   "co": "Meltwater",
   "d": "2021-06-18",
   "t": "Meltwater acquires business information company Owler",
   "desc": "Meltwater acquired business information company Owler for $18.9 million cash plus $5.6 million in Meltwater equity.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.meltwater.com/en/about/press-releases/meltwater-acquires-business-information-company-owler",
   "srcname": "Meltwater press release"
  },
  {
   "co": "Qwoted",
   "d": "2021-06-22",
   "t": "$3 Million Seed Round",
   "desc": "Qwoted closed a $3 million Series Seed round led by Third Prime, with Gaingels, Prosek Venture Partners and Vested participating.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://martechseries.com/sales-marketing/b2b-commerce/customer-service/rapidly-growing-commtech-platform-qwoted-closes-3-million-seed-round/",
   "srcname": "MarTech Series (wire mirror)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Rephonic",
   "d": "2021-07-19",
   "t": "Discover New Podcasts",
   "desc": "Rephonic launched \"Discover New Podcasts\", a recommendation tool, on Product Hunt (#14 that day, 111 upvotes).",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.04,
   "catp": 0.74,
   "src": "https://hunted.space/dashboard/304820",
   "srcname": "hunted.space Product Hunt archive"
  },
  {
   "co": "PodMatch",
   "d": "2021-08-10",
   "t": "PodMatch acquires Poddit",
   "desc": "PodMatch acquired Poddit's 3,500-member userbase, source code, domain and 6,500-member Facebook group.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://podcastbusinessjournal.com/podmatch-purchases-poddit/",
   "srcname": "Podcast Business Journal"
  },
  {
   "co": "Vuelio",
   "d": "2021-09-01",
   "t": "Access Intelligence completes acquisition of Isentia",
   "desc": "Access Intelligence Plc, Vuelio's parent, completed acquisition of Australian media intelligence firm Isentia for ~AUD 35.4m.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/PULSAR-GROUP-PLC-46952632/news/Access-Intelligence-Plc-completed-the-acquisition-of-Isentia-Group-Limited-36216142/",
   "srcname": "MarketScreener"
  },
  {
   "co": "PublicRelay",
   "d": "2021-09-20",
   "t": "Tritium Partners Growth Investment",
   "desc": "PublicRelay received a strategic growth investment from private equity firm Tritium Partners; deal size undisclosed.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/publicrelay-receives-significant-growth-investment-from-tritium-partners-301379573.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire (PublicRelay release)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Podseeker",
   "d": "2021-10-06",
   "t": "Podseeker launches on Product Hunt",
   "desc": "Podseeker launched on Product Hunt, finishing #18 that day with 90 upvotes.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.98,
   "src": "https://hunted.space/dashboard/315009",
   "srcname": "hunted.space Product Hunt archive"
  },
  {
   "co": "PublicRelay",
   "d": "2021-12-07",
   "t": "Social Media Brand Analysis",
   "desc": "PublicRelay announced a social media brand analysis solution for communications leaders on 2021-12-07; the solution became available in January 2022.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "mon",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.04,
   "catp": 0.94,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/publicrelay-launches-social-media-brand-analysis-for-communications-leaders-301438080.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire (PublicRelay release)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Signal AI",
   "d": "2021-12-15",
   "t": "Signal AI Raises $50 Million Series D",
   "desc": "Signal AI raised a $50M Series D led by Highland Europe with new investor abrdn, taking total funding to $100M.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.2,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/15/signal-ai-a-decision-augmentation-startup-raises-50m-for-a-platform-that-extracts-insights-from-the-internet-and-other-public-content/",
   "srcname": "TechCrunch"
  },
  {
   "co": "AirOps",
   "d": "2022",
   "t": "AirOps Founded",
   "desc": "AirOps, co-founded by Alex Halliday and Matt Hammel; Fortune reports Halliday founded the company in early 2022 (LinkedIn/Crunchbase list 2021).",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://fortune.com/2025/11/10/airops-raises-40-million-series-b-at-225-million-valuation-to-rethink-marketing-in-the-age-of-ai/",
   "srcname": "Fortune"
  },
  {
   "co": "Featured",
   "d": "2022",
   "t": "Terkel raises seed funding",
   "desc": "Terkel raised a seed round from Sonoran Founders Fund, Stout Street Capital, Calm Company Fund, and Great North Ventures.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://featured.com/about",
   "srcname": "Featured: About"
  },
  {
   "co": "Featured",
   "d": "2022-01",
   "t": "Terkel launches publicly",
   "desc": "Terkel launched publicly as a platform connecting brands and subject-matter experts with publishers.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.94,
   "src": "https://featured.com/about",
   "srcname": "Featured: About"
  },
  {
   "co": "Onclusive",
   "d": "2022-01-05",
   "t": "STG merges Kantar Reputation Intelligence, PRgloo and Onclusive",
   "desc": "Symphony Technology Group acquired Kantar's Reputation Intelligence, PRgloo and Onclusive, merging them under the Onclusive name.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://news.onclusive.com/news/symphony-technology-group-acquires-kantar-reputation-intelligence-prgloo-and-onclusive-to-create-a-new-global-partner-for-pr-and-communications",
   "srcname": "Onclusive newsroom"
  },
  {
   "co": "Qwoted",
   "d": "2022-01-13",
   "t": "Qwoted 100",
   "desc": "Qwoted launched 'Qwoted 100,' a quarterly ranking of PR professionals by media interactions, response speed and pitch hit rate.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.54,
   "src": "https://www.odwyerpr.com/story/public/17343/2022-01-13/qwoted-100-ranks-top-communicators.html",
   "srcname": "O'Dwyer's PR"
  },
  {
   "co": "PodMatch",
   "d": "2022-02",
   "t": "PodValue: PodMatch pays hosts per released interview",
   "desc": "PodMatch launched PodValue, paying podcast hosts when they release an interview booked through the platform.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/podmatchcom-now-paying-podcast-hosts-when-they-release-episodes-301486544.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "PublicRelay",
   "d": "2022-02-01",
   "t": "Predictive Analytics Suite (StormWatch, Competitive Predictor)",
   "desc": "PublicRelay launched an industry-first Predictive Analytics Suite comprising StormWatch and Competitive Predictor.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.05,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/publicrelay-launches-industry-first-predictive-analytics-offering-301472250.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire (PublicRelay release)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Propel",
   "d": "2022-02-21",
   "t": "$4.5M seed round",
   "desc": "Propel raised a $4.5 million seed round led by NFX (second seed tranche), bringing total funds raised to $6 million.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.34,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://propel-ai.com/newsroom/propel-raises-4-5-million-seed-round-led-by-nfx-to-reimagine-earned-media",
   "srcname": "Propel AI newsroom"
  },
  {
   "co": "Glimpse",
   "d": "2022-02-23",
   "t": "Google Trends Supercharged",
   "desc": "Glimpse launches its Chrome extension \"Google Trends Supercharged,\" adding absolute search volume to Google Trends.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/glimpse",
   "srcname": "Product Hunt product page (launch history)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brandwatch",
   "d": "2022-03-02",
   "t": "Acquired Paladin",
   "desc": "Brandwatch acquired Paladin, an influencer marketing management platform, later rebranded as Influence within its Social Media Management suite.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.brandwatch.com/blog/brandwatch-acquires-paladin/",
   "srcname": "Brandwatch blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Cision / CisionOne",
   "d": "2022-04",
   "t": "Cision acquires Streem",
   "desc": "Cision acquired Streem, an Australia-based realtime media monitoring company.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "low",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cision",
   "srcname": "Wikipedia"
  },
  {
   "co": "Pitchbox",
   "d": "2022-04-06",
   "t": "MX Right",
   "desc": "Pitchbox launched MX Right, an email infrastructure tool that checks mail server DNS, blacklists, and spam filters for deliverability.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.61,
   "src": "https://pitchbox.com/blog/mx-right-product-updates/",
   "srcname": "Pitchbox blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Pitchbox",
   "d": "2022-04-20",
   "t": "Email Account Analytics",
   "desc": "Pitchbox launched Email Account Analytics, a report giving visibility into email account sending patterns and campaign allocation.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "pitch",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.58,
   "src": "https://pitchbox.com/blog/email-account-analytics-product-updates/",
   "srcname": "Pitchbox blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brandwatch",
   "d": "2022-05",
   "t": "Falcon.io Merges into Brandwatch",
   "desc": "Falcon.io officially merged to become one with Brandwatch, unifying the two products under the Brandwatch brand.",
   "k": "rebrand",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandwatch",
   "srcname": "Wikipedia"
  },
  {
   "co": "Onclusive",
   "d": "2022-05-26",
   "t": "Onclusive acquires Critical Mention",
   "desc": "Onclusive acquired Critical Mention, a US broadcast, podcast and online monitoring platform with a validated media-contact database.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://news.onclusive.com/news/onclusive-expands-us-footprint-with-critical-mention-acquisition",
   "srcname": "Onclusive newsroom"
  },
  {
   "co": "Talkwalker",
   "d": "2022-07-05",
   "t": "Talkwalker launches Forecasting",
   "desc": "Talkwalker launched Forecasting, a predictive analytics intelligence hub powered by Blue Silk Artificial Intelligence, predicting 90-day trend changes.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.85,
   "src": "https://aithority.com/technology/analytics/talkwalker-launches-forecasting-an-industry-first-for-consumer-intelligence/",
   "srcname": "AiThority (syndicated release)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Podchaser",
   "d": "2022-07-18",
   "t": "Acast acquires Podchaser",
   "desc": "Acast announced acquisition of Podchaser for $27.2M upfront plus up to $6.8M in earn-out; deal closed Aug 1, 2022.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/18/acast-acquires-podcast-database-podchaser/",
   "srcname": "TechCrunch"
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  {
   "co": "Onclusive",
   "d": "2022-07-20",
   "t": "Onclusive acquires Digimind",
   "desc": "Onclusive acquired social listening and intelligence platform Digimind, headquartered in Grenoble, France.",
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   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://news.onclusive.com/news/onclusive-acquires-leading-social-listening-platform-digimind",
   "srcname": "Onclusive newsroom"
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  {
   "co": "Pitchbox",
   "d": "2022-08-09",
   "t": "Two New Integration Campaigns Powered By Semrush",
   "desc": "Pitchbox expanded its Semrush integration with two new campaign types to pull backlink data and discover contacts directly in the platform.",
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   "conf": "high",
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   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://pitchbox.com/blog/prospecting-with-semrush-product-updates/",
   "srcname": "Pitchbox blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Signal AI",
   "d": "2022-08-10",
   "t": "Signal AI Acquires KELP",
   "desc": "Signal AI acquired KELP, a reputation-analytics platform that benchmarks hundreds of companies.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.09,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.odwyerpr.com/story/public/18312/2022-08-10/news-firms-signal-ai-acquires-kelp.html",
   "srcname": "O'Dwyer PR"
  },
  {
   "co": "Interview Valet",
   "d": "2022-08-22",
   "t": "Interview Valet Español",
   "desc": "Interview Valet launched Interview Valet Español, extending podcast guesting services to Spanish-speaking businesses, at Podcast Movement 2022.",
   "k": "launch",
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   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/interview-valet-launches-podcast-guesting-services-to-spanish-speaking-businesses-at-podcast-movement-2022-interview-valet-espanol-301609313.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire"
  },
  {
   "co": "Muck Rack",
   "d": "2022-09-07",
   "t": "$180 million Series A from Susquehanna Growth Equity",
   "desc": "Muck Rack took its first outside funding, a $180M Series A minority investment from Susquehanna Growth Equity.",
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   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/07/muck-rack-the-journalist-database-raises-180m-in-its-first-outside-funding",
   "srcname": "TechCrunch"
  },
  {
   "co": "Interview Valet",
   "d": "2022-10-05",
   "t": "Certified Guest promotion program",
   "desc": "Interview Valet launched a \"Committed to Collaborative Promotion\" certification so podcast hosts know which guests will promote their episode.",
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   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.76,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/interview-valet-ensures-podcast-hosts-that-their-certified-guests-promote-their-appearances-301641425.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire"
  },
  {
   "co": "Cision / CisionOne",
   "d": "2022-11-17",
   "t": "Cision acquires Factmata",
   "desc": "Cision acquired Factmata, an AI-powered social and news media monitoring/analytics company, its fourth add-on deal since Platinum Equity's 2020 buyout.",
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   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.97,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cision-acquires-media-monitoring--technology-leader-factmata-301680397.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire"
  },
  {
   "co": "Talkwalker",
   "d": "2022-11-30",
   "t": "Large language models added to Blue Silk AI",
   "desc": "Talkwalker added large language models to its Blue Silk AI engine, launching Blue Silk Insight and 1-Click AI Classifier.",
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   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.96,
   "src": "https://aithority.com/technology/analytics/talkwalker-implements-industry-first-large-language-models-to-significantly-boost-consumer-intelligence-performance/",
   "srcname": "AiThority (syndicated release)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Featured",
   "d": "2022-12",
   "t": "Arizona Innovation Challenge award",
   "desc": "The Arizona Commerce Authority named Terkel an Arizona Innovation Challenge awardee.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.98,
   "src": "https://featured.com/about",
   "srcname": "Featured: About"
  },
  {
   "co": "Prezly",
   "d": "2022-12-07",
   "t": "Newsrooms renamed to Sites",
   "desc": "Prezly renamed its \"Newsrooms\" product to \"Sites\" to reflect broader use beyond PR press releases, keeping all existing functionality.",
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   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://www.prezly.com/news/newsrooms-has-a-new-name-sites",
   "srcname": "Prezly News"
  },
  {
   "co": "MentionMatch",
   "d": "2022-12-08",
   "t": "Superpath acquires Help a B2B Writer",
   "desc": "Superpath acquired Help a B2B Writer, a marketplace connecting B2B writers with expert sources, from founder Elise Dopson.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.97,
   "src": "https://www.superpath.co/blog/superpath-has-acquired-help-a-b2b-writer",
   "srcname": "Superpath Blog: Superpath has acquired Help a B2B Writer"
  },
  {
   "co": "PressPulse",
   "d": "2023",
   "t": "PressPulse founded",
   "desc": "Elvis Sun founded PressPulse in Toronto as an AI-powered alternative to HARO, matching users with relevant journalist media requests.",
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   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.85,
   "src": "https://www.starterstory.com/press-pulse-breakdown",
   "srcname": "Starter Story: How Elvis Sun Scaled AI-Powered PR Startup PressPulse to $12K ARR"
  },
  {
   "co": "Scrunch AI",
   "d": "2023",
   "t": "Scrunch AI founded",
   "desc": "Scrunch AI was founded by Chris Andrew and Robert MacCloy, both Hearsay Systems veterans, to help brands win AI search visibility.",
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   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.66,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://scrunch.com/about",
   "srcname": "Scrunch about page"
  },
  {
   "co": "Agility PR",
   "d": "2023-01-19",
   "t": "PR CoPilot launch",
   "desc": "Agility PR Solutions launched PR CoPilot, a generative-AI writing assistant for drafting press releases and media pitches.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "prw",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.agilitypr.com/pressrelease/innodata-subsidiary-agility-pr-solutions-launches-industry-first-generative-ai-solution-for-press-release-and-media-pitch-creation/",
   "srcname": "Agility PR press release"
  },
  {
   "co": "Determ",
   "d": "2023-02-02",
   "t": "Mediatoolkit rebrands to Determ",
   "desc": "Mediatoolkit rebrands as Determ, with a new visual identity and the motto \"Make sense,\" now tracking 1B+ mentions monthly for 600+ customers.",
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   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://determ.com/blog/mediatoolkit-rebranding-to-determ/",
   "srcname": "Determ blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "NewsWhip",
   "d": "2023-02-14",
   "t": "$13M growth funding from AshGrove Capital",
   "desc": "NewsWhip secures $13 million from AshGrove Capital to develop its next-generation media monitoring platform.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/newswhip-secures-13-million-funding-from-ashgrove-capital-to-develop-next-generation-media-monitoring-platform-301745254.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire"
  },
  {
   "co": "AirOps",
   "d": "2023-03-01",
   "t": "AirOps Explorer private beta",
   "desc": "AirOps opened private beta for ChatGPT-powered tools (AirOps Explorer) for sentiment analysis, entity classification, and data enrichment.",
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   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.97,
   "catp": 0.59,
   "src": "https://www.airops.com/blog/announcing-airops-ai-tools-private-beta",
   "srcname": "AirOps blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Propel",
   "d": "2023-03-08",
   "t": "AMIGA",
   "desc": "Propel launched AMIGA, an AI assistant that drafts pitches and press releases; automatic media-list building was promised as coming soon.",
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   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.92,
   "src": "https://propel-ai.com/newsroom/propel-ushers-in-new-era-for-comms-with-launch-of-amiga-the-first-end-to-end-ai-assistant-for-pr",
   "srcname": "Propel AI newsroom"
  },
  {
   "co": "Muck Rack",
   "d": "2023-04-06",
   "t": "PressPal.ai launch",
   "desc": "Muck Rack launched PressPal.ai, an AI tool that drafts press releases and surfaces relevant journalists to pitch.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "prw",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.85,
   "src": "https://muckrack.com/blog/2023/04/06/introducing-presspal-ai",
   "srcname": "Muck Rack blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "AirOps",
   "d": "2023-04-26",
   "t": "$7M seed round",
   "desc": "AirOps raised $7M in seed funding led by Wing VC, with Founder Collective, XFund, Village Global, Apollo Projects, and Lachy Groom.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.airops.com/blog/announcing-airops-7m-seed-fundraise-led-by-wing",
   "srcname": "AirOps blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Glimpse",
   "d": "2023-04-26",
   "t": "Google Trends Supercharged 2",
   "desc": "Glimpse launches \"Google Trends Supercharged 2,\" an updated version of its Google Trends extension.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "idea",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.04,
   "catp": 0.53,
   "src": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/glimpse/launches/google-trends-supercharged-2-1",
   "srcname": "Product Hunt launch page"
  },
  {
   "co": "PressPilot",
   "d": "2023-05-16",
   "t": "PressPilot initial public launch",
   "desc": "PressPilot launched on Product Hunt: \"Create and send your press release to journalists.\"",
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   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.33,
   "src": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/presspilot",
   "srcname": "Product Hunt: PressPilot"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brandwatch",
   "d": "2023-05-17",
   "t": "Iris Expands with GPT Technology",
   "desc": "Brandwatch expanded its Iris AI engine with GPT technology, adding Iris conversation insights, writing assistant, and content insights.",
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   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.85,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/brandwatch-expands-its-ai-engine-iris-with-latest-gpt-tech-301826600.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire"
  },
  {
   "co": "Meltwater",
   "d": "2023-05-22",
   "t": "Meltwater delivers AI engine and ChatGPT integration",
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   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.76,
   "src": "https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2023/05/22/2673439/0/en/Meltwater-delivers-the-future-of-media-social-and-consumer-intelligence-through-its-industry-leading-AI-engine-and-ChatGPT-integration.html",
   "srcname": "GlobeNewswire / Meltwater press release"
  },
  {
   "co": "GetPress",
   "d": "2023-06",
   "t": "Launch",
   "desc": "GetPress.ai launched, scanning HARO, Terkel, Qwoted and SourceBottle queries and drafting AI replies.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "req",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.89,
   "catp": 0.95,
   "src": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230629062632/https://www.getpress.ai/",
   "srcname": "Wayback Machine (2023-06-29 capture)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Podchaser",
   "d": "2023-06-08",
   "t": "Collections+",
   "desc": "Podchaser launched Collections+, an AI-powered tool that auto-categorizes podcasts into ad-targeting verticals, developed with Acast.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://podnews.net/press-release/podchaser-collections",
   "srcname": "Podnews (press release)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Meltwater",
   "d": "2023-06-21",
   "t": "Meltwater announces new AI-powered assistants",
   "desc": "Meltwater launched PR Assistant (drafts press releases and journalist pitches), AI Writing Assistant with DALL-E, content summarization and Spike Analysis.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "prw",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.77,
   "src": "https://www.meltwater.com/en/about/press-releases/meltwater-announces-new-ai-powered-assistants-summaries-analysis-at-meltwater-summit",
   "srcname": "Meltwater press release"
  },
  {
   "co": "Cision / CisionOne",
   "d": "2023-07",
   "t": "CisionOne launches in the UK",
   "desc": "Cision launched CisionOne, its AI-powered media monitoring and outreach platform, first in the UK market.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.cision.com/about/press-releases/2023-press-releases/cision-elevates-pr-and-comms-industry-with-us-launch-of-ai-powered-cisionone-platform-301958686/",
   "srcname": "Cision newsroom"
  },
  {
   "co": "Featured",
   "d": "2023-07",
   "t": "Terkel renamed Featured",
   "desc": "Terkel rebranded as Featured after acquiring the featured.com domain, with about 15,000 experts and 300,000 submitted answers on the platform.",
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   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://featured.com/about",
   "srcname": "Featured: About"
  },
  {
   "co": "Talkwalker",
   "d": "2023-07-03",
   "t": "Yeti GPT assistant launches with redesigned website",
   "desc": "Talkwalker relaunched its website and introduced Yeti, a GPT assistant powered by AI for querying consumer intelligence data.",
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   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.94,
   "src": "https://www.talkwalker.com/blog/talkwalker-new-website-yeti-gpt-assistant",
   "srcname": "Talkwalker blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "PressPilot",
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   "t": "PressPilot 2.0",
   "desc": "PressPilot shipped a 2.0 version on Product Hunt, positioned as helping users \"launch your startup in the press in a few clicks.\"",
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   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/presspilot",
   "srcname": "Product Hunt: PressPilot"
  },
  {
   "co": "Meltwater",
   "d": "2023-08-09",
   "t": "Taken private by Marlin Equity and Altor",
   "desc": "MW Investment B.V. (Marlin Equity Partners and Altor) completed its acquisition of Meltwater, which delisted from the Oslo Stock Exchange.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/mw-investment-completes-private-acquisition",
   "srcname": "Meltwater press release",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "Semrush AI PR Toolkit",
   "d": "2023-09",
   "t": "Prowly AI press release assistant",
   "desc": "Prowly launched its first AI feature: a live-generated Q&A flow that drafts a press release from a user's answers.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "prw",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://journal.prowly.com/312401-prowlys-new-approach-to-writing-press-releases-with-ai",
   "srcname": "Prowly Journal: Prowly's new approach to writing press releases with AI"
  },
  {
   "co": "Journalist Hunt",
   "d": "2023-09-23",
   "t": "Journalist Hunt launches on Product Hunt",
   "desc": "Journalist Hunt launched on Product Hunt as a searchable database of 340,000+ journalists filterable by location, industry, tags, beats and outlets.",
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   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.91,
   "src": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/journalist-hunt",
   "srcname": "Product Hunt: Journalist Hunt"
  },
  {
   "co": "Podchaser",
   "d": "2023-09-28",
   "t": "Predictive Demographics",
   "desc": "Podchaser introduced AI \"predictive demographics\" that infers a podcast audience's age and gender from episode language.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.81,
   "src": "https://podnews.net/update/podchaser-predictive",
   "srcname": "Podnews"
  },
  {
   "co": "Interview Valet",
   "d": "2023-10-02",
   "t": "The Podcast Interview Marketing Show",
   "desc": "Interview Valet launched The Podcast Interview Marketing Show on International Podcast Day.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.83,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/interview-valet-launches-the-podcast-interview-marketing-show-on-international-podcast-day-301943968.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire"
  },
  {
   "co": "BuzzSumo",
   "d": "2023-10-03",
   "t": "AI-powered media database (journalist database GA)",
   "desc": "BuzzSumo moved its journalist database to general availability with 700,000 reporters and a generative-AI pitch-writing feature.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "list",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.99,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://www.swordandthescript.com/2023/10/pr-software-vendors/",
   "srcname": "Sword and the Script"
  },
  {
   "co": "Qwoted",
   "d": "2023-10-04",
   "t": "Free Networking Tools (PR-to-PR messaging)",
   "desc": "Qwoted launched 'PR-to-PR messaging,' letting PR professionals search for and message each other across firms.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.37,
   "src": "https://www.cmswire.com/the-wire/qwoted-launches-free-networking-tools-for-pr-industry/",
   "srcname": "CMSWire (wire mirror)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Determ",
   "d": "2023-10-09",
   "t": "New in Determ: AI Assistant Synthia",
   "desc": "Determ launches Synthia, an AI assistant powered by the ChatGPT API that summarizes mentions, sentiment, tone of voice and next steps.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "mon",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.99,
   "catp": 0.74,
   "src": "https://determ.com/blog/ai-assistant-synthia/",
   "srcname": "Determ blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Cision / CisionOne",
   "d": "2023-10-17",
   "t": "Cision launches CisionOne in the US",
   "desc": "Cision announced the US launch of CisionOne, its AI-powered platform with a Brand Risk Score feature and Dow Jones content access.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.cision.com/about/press-releases/2023-press-releases/cision-elevates-pr-and-comms-industry-with-us-launch-of-ai-powered-cisionone-platform-301958686/",
   "srcname": "Cision newsroom"
  },
  {
   "co": "Muck Rack",
   "d": "2023-10-25",
   "t": "AI-powered media relations and monitoring features",
   "desc": "Muck Rack added Recommended Journalists suggestions and Coverage Report spike-alert AI features.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "mon",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.61,
   "src": "https://muckrack.com/blog/2023/10/25/ai-powered-features-media-relations-and-media-monitoring",
   "srcname": "Muck Rack blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Talkwalker",
   "d": "2023-11-02",
   "t": "Next Generation of Social Listening: Blue Silk GPT",
   "desc": "Talkwalker announced Blue Silk GPT generative AI, plus Yeti Data Insights and AI-Summaries across reports and alerts.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.6,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/talkwalker-announces-the-next-generation-of-social-listening-301976130.html",
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   "co": "Podchaser",
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   "catp": 1.0,
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   "co": "Connectively",
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   "co": "BuzzStream",
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   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.buzzstream.com/blog/the-new-buzzstream-is-here/",
   "srcname": "BuzzStream blog"
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   "co": "Prezly",
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   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.73,
   "src": "https://www.prezly.com/news/prezlys-approach-on-ai-focus-on-useful-ai",
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   "co": "Evertune",
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   "conf": "med",
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   "catp": 1.0,
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   "co": "Knowatoa",
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   "conf": "low",
   "ai": 0.92,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://slashdot.org/software/p/Knowatoa/",
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   "co": "Talks.co",
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   "w": 2,
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   "ai": 0.96,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://talks.co/p/about/",
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   "co": "Prezly",
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   "catp": 0.66,
   "src": "https://www.prezly.com/news/gearing-you-up-for-2024-with-the-past-years-top-updates",
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   "co": "Podscan",
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   "w": 2,
   "conf": "low",
   "ai": 0.05,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/arvids-year-in-review-2024/",
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  {
   "co": "Signal AI",
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   "t": "Signal AI Acquires Social 360",
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   "w": 2,
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   "ai": 0.12,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/02/15/2829736/0/en/Signal-AI-Sharpens-Reputation-and-Risk-Capabilities-with-Acquisition-of-Social-360.html",
   "srcname": "GlobeNewswire"
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   "co": "Propel",
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   "t": "Propel 2.0 Launched",
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   "conf": "med",
   "src": "https://customerthink.com/propel-brings-deep-learning-to-pr-with-revamped-propel-2-0-platform/",
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   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
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   "co": "Podscan",
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   "t": "Calm Company Fund investment",
   "desc": "Arvid Kahl raised a six-figure, bootstrapper-compatible investment from the Calm Company Fund for Podscan.",
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   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/funded/",
   "srcname": "The Bootstrapped Founder blog"
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   "co": "Muck Rack",
   "d": "2024-03-06",
   "t": "Major measurement and reporting enhancements",
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   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
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   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://muckrack.com/blog/2024/03/06/measurement-and-reporting-enhancements",
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  {
   "co": "BuzzStream",
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   "t": "BuzzStream Projects Dashboard",
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   "conf": "high",
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   "catp": 0.56,
   "src": "https://www.buzzstream.com/blog/introducing-projects-dashboard/",
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   "co": "Agility PR",
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   "t": "Intelligent Insights launch",
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   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
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   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.agilitypr.com/pressrelease/innodata-launches-ai-powered-media-intelligence-feature-intelligent-insightstm/",
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   "co": "PodPitch",
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   "conf": "low",
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   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://www.podpitch.com/home-founders",
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   "co": "Brand24",
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   "src": "https://www.dzp.pl/en/deals-corner/416-dzp-advises-semrush-on-the-acquisition-of-brand24",
   "srcname": "DZP: DZP advises Semrush on the acquisition of Brand24"
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  {
   "co": "Connectively",
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   "co": "HARO",
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   "co": "Talkwalker",
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   "t": "Hootsuite agrees to acquire Talkwalker",
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   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.91,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.talkwalker.com/press-release/hootsuite",
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   "co": "Source of Sources",
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   "w": 2,
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   "src": "https://www.commpro.biz/news/peter-shankman-launches-hero-to-reinvent-the-journalists-and-sources-connection",
   "srcname": "CommPRO: Peter Shankman Launches HERO"
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  {
   "co": "Semrush AI PR Toolkit",
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   "t": "Prowly AI story angles and content review",
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   "src": "https://journal.prowly.com/312401-prowlys-new-approach-to-writing-press-releases-with-ai",
   "srcname": "Prowly Journal: Prowly's new approach to writing press releases with AI"
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   "co": "GetPress",
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   "desc": "getpress.ai returned a 404 'Page not found' in a Wayback Machine capture, indicating the product had gone dark.",
   "k": "shutdown",
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   "w": 1,
   "conf": "low",
   "src": "https://web.archive.org/web/20240523171040/https://getpress.ai/",
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   "co": "Pressmaster.ai",
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   "src": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/pressmaster-ai/launches",
   "srcname": "Product Hunt"
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   "co": "Vuelio",
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   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/PULSAR-GROUP-PLC-46952632/news/Access-Intelligence-Plc-has-Changed-its-Name-to-Pulsar-Group-plc-46652838/",
   "srcname": "MarketScreener"
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   "co": "Source of Sources",
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   "t": "Muck Rack partners with Source of Sources",
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   "conf": "high",
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   "catp": 0.72,
   "src": "https://muckrack.com/blog/2024/05/08/partnership-with-hero",
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   "co": "Talkwalker",
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   "t": "May release: Yeti Studio and expanded data sources",
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   "src": "https://www.talkwalker.com/blog/may-release-next-gen-social-media-performance",
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   "co": "Press Ranger",
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   "t": "Press Ranger launches AI-powered media database",
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   "conf": "high",
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   "catp": 0.6,
   "src": "https://pressranger.com/press-releases/3e70b26f-4f0e-46e5-8233-9aabb7f95c51",
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   "co": "Brand24",
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   "conf": "high",
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   "src": "https://brand24.com/blog/product-updates-july-2024/",
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   "co": "Brand24",
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   "t": "August Product Update: New Features in Lab24!",
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   "conf": "high",
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   "src": "https://brand24.com/blog/product-updates-august-2024/",
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   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.joshblyskal.com/research/profound-founding-team",
   "srcname": "Josh Blyskal research (Profound founding team)"
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   "co": "Profound",
   "d": "2024-08-13",
   "t": "$3.5M Seed Funding",
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   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
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   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://www.tryprofound.com/newsroom",
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   "co": "Exploding Topics",
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   "t": "Acquired by Semrush",
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   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
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   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://explodingtopics.com/about",
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   "co": "Muck Rack",
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   "t": "Muck Rack Acquires Keyhole",
   "desc": "Muck Rack acquired social listening and analytics platform Keyhole, its first acquisition, to add social listening.",
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   "cat": "corp",
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   "conf": "high",
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   "srcname": "Muck Rack blog / newsroom"
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   "co": "Semrush AI PR Toolkit",
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   "t": "Prowly leadership transition",
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   "conf": "high",
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   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://journal.prowly.com/349927-prowly-announces-leadership-transition",
   "srcname": "Prowly Journal: Prowly Announces Leadership Transition"
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   "co": "PodMatch",
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   "t": "PodMatch Podcast Network beta",
   "desc": "PodMatch beta-launched the PodMatch Podcast Network with 28 founding member shows, aiming for 1,000 members by March 2025.",
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   "conf": "high",
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   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://podnews.net/press-release/podmatch-network",
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   "co": "NewsWhip",
   "d": "2024-09-19",
   "t": "Generative AI + quantified data = predictive insights",
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   "cat": "agent",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.99,
   "catp": 0.89,
   "src": "https://www.newswhip.com/2024/09/generative-ai-quantified-data-predictive-insights/",
   "srcname": "NewsWhip blog"
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   "co": "Brandlight",
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   "t": "Company Founded",
   "desc": "Brandlight was founded by Imri Marcus, Uri Gafni and Didi Dvash.",
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   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-ai-market-shelf-just-got-bigger-brandlight-raises-30m-to-continue-leading-enterprise-cmos-into-the-era-of-ai-native-ads-302684759.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire"
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   "co": "Onclusive",
   "d": "2024-10",
   "t": "Digimind rebrands as Onclusive Social",
   "desc": "Digimind fully integrated into Onclusive and rebranded as Onclusive Social.",
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   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://onclusive.com/resources/blog/digimind-onclusive-explained/",
   "srcname": "Onclusive blog"
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   "co": "Otterly.ai",
   "d": "2024-10",
   "t": "AI Search Monitoring Launch",
   "desc": "Otterly.ai launched its initial AI Search Monitoring product, tracking brand visibility in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.96,
   "catp": 0.98,
   "src": "https://otterly.ai/about",
   "srcname": "Otterly.ai blog"
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   "t": "Project Inception",
   "desc": "Work on Rankscale begins, per the company's own corporate timeline.",
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   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://rankscale.ai/facts",
   "srcname": "Rankscale: Facts & Entity Definition"
  },
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   "co": "AirOps",
   "d": "2024-10-02",
   "t": "$15.5M Series A",
   "desc": "AirOps raised $15.5M in Series A led by Unusual Ventures, with Wing VC, Founder Collective, Xfund, and Alt Capital.",
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   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.airops.com/blog/airops-raises-15-5m-to-turn-marketers-into-ai-growth-leaders",
   "srcname": "AirOps blog"
  },
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   "co": "Muck Rack",
   "d": "2024-10-09",
   "t": "AI monitoring, reporting and analysis features (PR Hit Score, Interactive Presentations, Topics in Reporting)",
   "desc": "Muck Rack introduced PR Hit Score, Interactive Presentations, and AI-driven Topics in Reporting for coverage analysis.",
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   "cat": "mon",
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   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.96,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/10/09/2960558/0/en/Muck-Rack-Introduces-New-AI-Monitoring-Reporting-and-Analysis-Features-for-Advanced-Insights-Increased-Workflow-and-Customizable-Reporting.html",
   "srcname": "GlobeNewswire (Muck Rack press release)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Feedly AI",
   "d": "2023-11-15",
   "t": "AI Actions",
   "desc": "Feedly launches AI Actions for Market Intelligence: article summarization, data extraction, and cited Q&A.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.69,
   "src": "https://feedly.com/changelog/feed.xml",
   "srcname": "Feedly changelog",
   "note": "Audit 2026-10-13: dated with its launch row, from the vendor's changelog."
  },
  {
   "co": "Meltwater",
   "d": "2024-10-29",
   "t": "Meltwater 2024 Year-End Product Release",
   "desc": "Meltwater shipped an AI-Powered Platform Assistant, Brand Analytics Tabs for automated brand insights, and AI Journalist Search for media pitching.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.91,
   "src": "https://www.meltwater.com/en/about/press-releases/meltwater-delivers-ai-powered-innovations-in-its-2024-year-end-product-release",
   "srcname": "Meltwater press release"
  },
  {
   "co": "Evertune",
   "d": "2024-10-30",
   "t": "Evertune emerges from stealth with $4M seed",
   "desc": "Evertune emerged from stealth with a $4M seed round led by Eniac Ventures, joined by NextView Ventures and Roger Ehrenberg.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.eniac.vc/writings/evertune-is-building-marketing-analytics-tools-for-llms-check-out-the-pitch-deck-it-used-to-launch-from-stealth-with-4-million-in-seed-funding-from-eniac",
   "srcname": "NextView Ventures press page"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brand24",
   "d": "2024-11-01",
   "t": "October Product Update: AI Upgrades Await!",
   "desc": "Brand24 detailed AI upgrades: manual AI Insights scheduling, an improved Anomaly Detector, and Topic Analysis 3.0.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "mon",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.96,
   "catp": 0.79,
   "src": "https://brand24.com/blog/product-updates-october-2024-2/",
   "srcname": "Brand24 blog: October Product Update: AI Upgrades Await!"
  },
  {
   "co": "Propel",
   "d": "2024-11-12",
   "t": "Propel 2.0 GA, re-marketed as \"first AI agent for PR\"",
   "desc": "Propel took Propel 2.0's AI media database and AI-personalized email intros out of beta and re-marketed the release as the \"first AI agent for PR.\"",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.94,
   "src": "https://propel-ai.com/newsroom/propel-launches-propel-2-0-the-first-ai-agent-for-pr-delivering-unmatched-efficiency-and-media-outreach-accuracy",
   "srcname": "Propel AI newsroom"
  },
  {
   "co": "Scrunch AI",
   "d": "2024-11-14",
   "t": "Scrunch AI $4M seed round",
   "desc": "Scrunch AI emerged from stealth with a $4M seed round led by Patrick Salyer at Mayfield, with angel investors.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.49,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://scrunch.com/blog/2024-11-launching-scrunchai",
   "srcname": "Scrunch blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "PRBot",
   "d": "2024-11-22",
   "t": "Earliest known site capture",
   "desc": "prbot.ai first appears in the Wayback Machine, already carrying the banner \"AI-Powered HARO Outreach Now Live!\" and a Starter plan at $49/month.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "low",
   "ai": 0.95,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "http://web.archive.org/web/20241122230323/https://prbot.ai/",
   "srcname": "Wayback Machine first capture"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brandwatch",
   "d": "2024-12-05",
   "t": "React Score and Iris AI Query Assistant",
   "desc": "Brandwatch launched React Score, announced a Google Cloud/Gemini collaboration and said an Iris AI query assistant would follow in Q1 2025.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "mon",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.7,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/brandwatch-advances-brand-reputation-management-with-innovative-proprietary-and-generative-ai-integration-302323445.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire"
  },
  {
   "co": "Connectively",
   "d": "2024-12-09",
   "t": "Connectively discontinued by Cision",
   "desc": "Cision permanently discontinued Connectively, saying it would focus on enhancing its CisionOne product.",
   "k": "shutdown",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.68,
   "src": "https://www.cision.com/connectively-has-been-discontinued/",
   "srcname": "Cision"
  },
  {
   "co": "HARO",
   "d": "2024-12-09",
   "t": "Connectively (formerly HARO) discontinued",
   "desc": "Cision permanently discontinued the Connectively (HARO) platform to focus on its CisionOne product.",
   "k": "shutdown",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.74,
   "src": "https://www.cision.com/connectively-has-been-discontinued/",
   "srcname": "Cision"
  },
  {
   "co": "Onclusive",
   "d": "2024-12-12",
   "t": "Onclusive adds Bluesky to social listening platform",
   "desc": "Onclusive Social became one of the first providers to add Bluesky monitoring to its social listening coverage.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.53,
   "src": "https://news-en.onclusive.com/news/onclusive-adds-bluesky-to-social-listening-platform-maintaining-market-leadership-in-source-coverage",
   "srcname": "Onclusive newsroom"
  },
  {
   "co": "Podchaser",
   "d": "2024-12-14",
   "t": "\"Tell Me Why\" AI podcast vetting",
   "desc": "Podchaser Pro launched \"Tell Me Why\", an AI assistant that scores podcast fit against campaign goals and drafts pitch outreach.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "pitch",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://podchaser.beehiiv.com/p/ai-powered-podcast-vetting",
   "srcname": "Podchaser Pulse (Beehiiv newsletter)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Otterly.ai",
   "d": "2024-12-18",
   "t": "Otterly.AI Exits Stealth",
   "desc": "Otterly.AI exited stealth mode, reporting over 1,000 marketers using its AI search monitoring tool since its October launch.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "mon",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.96,
   "catp": 0.39,
   "src": "https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/18/ai-is-burying-company-web-sites-in-search-results-but-otterly-ai-thinks-it-can-help",
   "srcname": "TechCrunch"
  },
  {
   "co": "AthenaHQ",
   "d": "2025",
   "t": "AthenaHQ founded",
   "desc": "AthenaHQ was founded in 2025 by Andrew Yan and Alan Yao to track brand visibility on ChatGPT and other AI engines.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.55,
   "catp": 0.85,
   "src": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/athenahq",
   "srcname": "Y Combinator company page"
  },
  {
   "co": "Pitchcraft",
   "d": "2025",
   "t": "Opened free access for journalists",
   "desc": "Pitchcraft opened free platform access to journalists in early 2025, expanding beyond its paid PR-professional membership.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://rebeccatreon.substack.com/p/meet-pitchcraft-the-one-stop-resource",
   "srcname": "Rebecca Treon Substack: \"Meet Pitchcraft\""
  },
  {
   "co": "Newsbound",
   "d": "2025",
   "t": "Newsbound Ltd. established",
   "desc": "Newsbound Ltd. was established in Ness Ziona, Israel, co-founded by Ran Peled (CEO) and Matan Arazi (Tech Lead).",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://www.ivc-online.com/Google-Card?id=baa5dc41-5868-f011-b819-00505695cd29",
   "srcname": "IVC Research Center company card",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "Peec AI",
   "d": "2025-01",
   "t": "Peec AI Founded",
   "desc": "Peec AI, a Berlin-based generative-engine-optimization (GEO) company, was founded in January 2025 by Marius Meiners, Daniel Drabo and Tobias Siwonia at Antler.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.87,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/peec-ai-hits-10m-arr-140000315.html",
   "srcname": "Yahoo Finance (syndicated)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Rankscale",
   "d": "2025-01",
   "t": "Early Access Program (Beta)",
   "desc": "Rankscale's Early Access Program (Beta) launches, ahead of formal company registration.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.79,
   "src": "https://rankscale.ai/facts",
   "srcname": "Rankscale: Facts & Entity Definition"
  },
  {
   "co": "Otterly.ai",
   "d": "2025-01-15",
   "t": "Semrush App Center Launch",
   "desc": "Otterly.AI announced a partnership with Semrush and launched its AI Search Monitoring App in the Semrush App Center.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.96,
   "catp": 0.82,
   "src": "https://otterly.ai/blog/semrush-ai-search-monitoring/",
   "srcname": "Otterly.ai blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Onclusive",
   "d": "2025-01-30",
   "t": "Onclusive launches AI-powered 'In Brief' feature",
   "desc": "Onclusive Social expanded its AI Sense capabilities with 'In Brief,' generating AI summaries of social conversations.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "mon",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.53,
   "src": "https://news-en.onclusive.com/news/onclusive-launches-ai-powered-in-brief-feature-to-transform-social-media-intelligence",
   "srcname": "Onclusive newsroom"
  },
  {
   "co": "Peec AI",
   "d": "2025-02",
   "t": "Public Launch",
   "desc": "Peec AI publicly launched its AI search analytics platform for tracking brand visibility across ChatGPT, Perplexity and other AI engines.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "aeo",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.95,
   "catp": 0.93,
   "src": "https://peec.ai/ai-instructions",
   "srcname": "Peec AI"
  },
  {
   "co": "AthenaHQ",
   "d": "2025-02-13",
   "t": "Launch YC: AthenaHQ",
   "desc": "AthenaHQ launched publicly via Launch YC as 'Get Your Brand Discovered on ChatGPT,' part of YC's Winter 2025 batch.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "aeo",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.53,
   "catp": 0.74,
   "src": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/MnK-athenahq-get-your-brand-discovered-on-chatgpt",
   "srcname": "Y Combinator Launch YC page"
  },
  {
   "co": "AthenaHQ",
   "d": "2025-02-14",
   "t": "AthenaHQ $500K YC seed",
   "desc": "AthenaHQ received a $500K seed investment from Y Combinator tied to its W25 batch entry.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/athenahq/__0bZUAC0HKUkiwiE9QB5Jas2S-iWjWMIJ9nfNjiaDKuM/funding-and-investors",
   "srcname": "Tracxn funding profile"
  },
  {
   "co": "JustReachOut",
   "d": "2025-02-20",
   "t": "JustReachOut launches ChatRank",
   "desc": "Just Reach Out's team launched ChatRank, a separate AI-visibility product tracking brand ranking across AI-generated responses like ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "aeo",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.63,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://blog.justreachout.io/just-reach-out-team-launches-chatrank-how-to-rank-in-the-ai-models/",
   "srcname": "JustReachOut Blog: Just Reach Out Team Launches ChatRank"
  },
  {
   "co": "Pitchbox",
   "d": "2025-02-28",
   "t": "AI Personalization",
   "desc": "Pitchbox launched AI Personalization, an integrated feature that auto-personalizes outreach emails and generates subject lines at scale.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "pitch",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://pitchbox.com/blog/introducing-ai-personalization/",
   "srcname": "Pitchbox blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Ahrefs Brand Radar",
   "d": "2025-03",
   "t": "Brand Radar [beta]",
   "desc": "Ahrefs launches Brand Radar in beta, tracking brand mentions in LLM answers against competitors.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "aeo",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.76,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://ahrefs.com/blog/new-features-mar-2025/",
   "srcname": "Ahrefs blog, \"Brand Radar, Ahrefs certification, and more (March 2025)\""
  },
  {
   "co": "Brand24",
   "d": "2025-03",
   "t": "Prowly moves to buy remaining Brand24 shares",
   "desc": "Prowly announced its intention to purchase the remaining Brand24 shares it did not already own, for over PLN 26 million, with a Warsaw Stock Exchange delisting expected to follow.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "src": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand24",
   "srcname": "Wikipedia",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit; current WSE listing status not independently reverified"
  },
  {
   "co": "Scrunch AI",
   "d": "2025-03-04",
   "t": "Scrunch AI launches out of beta",
   "desc": "Scrunch AI exited beta, saying companies must adapt to AI search fast or risk becoming invisible; signed 25+ new customers.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.87,
   "catp": 0.74,
   "src": "https://scrunch.com/blog/2025-03-scrunch-ai-launches-out-of-beta-to-help-more-businesses-win-in-the-ai-search-era",
   "srcname": "Scrunch blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Press Ranger",
   "d": "2025-03-13",
   "t": "Press Ranger Announces New Podcast Database",
   "desc": "Press Ranger launched a database of 200,000+ podcasts for finding guest-appearance and ad-slot opportunities.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "list",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/03/13/3042636/0/en/Press-Ranger-Announces-New-Podcast-Database.html",
   "srcname": "GlobeNewswire",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "Press Ranger",
   "d": "2025-03-14",
   "t": "Press Ranger announces AIWire",
   "desc": "Press Ranger announced AIWire, a distribution product engineered to get content referenced inside AI knowledge systems like ChatGPT.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "aeo",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.59,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250321211002/https://pressranger.com/blog/introducing-aiwire",
   "srcname": "Press Ranger blog, \"Introducing AIWire\" (archived)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Onclusive",
   "d": "2025-03-25",
   "t": "Onclusive launches Onclusive 360 self-service platform",
   "desc": "Onclusive launched Onclusive 360, a self-service media monitoring platform powered by Onclusive's AI Sense, in the UK and Ireland.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.7,
   "src": "https://news-en.onclusive.com/news/onclusive-launches-new-platform",
   "srcname": "Onclusive newsroom"
  },
  {
   "co": "AirOps",
   "d": "2025-03-28",
   "t": "AirOps 2.0",
   "desc": "AirOps 2.0 launched a redesigned workflow builder, AirOps Copilot, an enhanced Grid, and ready-made workflows for AEO content.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.28,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://www.airops.com/blog/introducing-airops-2-0-winning-content",
   "srcname": "AirOps blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Pitchbox",
   "d": "2025-03-31",
   "t": "Link Partners CRM",
   "desc": "Pitchbox launched Link Partners CRM, a dedicated system for organizing, tracking, and managing link-building outreach partners.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.53,
   "src": "https://pitchbox.com/blog/introducing-link-partners-crm/",
   "srcname": "Pitchbox blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brand24",
   "d": "2025-04",
   "t": "April Product Update",
   "desc": "Brand24's April 2025 update added Microsoft Teams alerts, PowerPoint export and white-label report branding.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "mon",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.88,
   "catp": 0.68,
   "src": "https://brand24.com/blog/product-updates-april-2025/",
   "srcname": "Brand24 blog: April Product Update"
  },
  {
   "co": "Podscan",
   "d": "2025-04-04",
   "t": "Podscan reaches profitability",
   "desc": "Arvid Kahl announced Podscan became profitable roughly a year after taking Calm Company Fund investment.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/podscans-profitability-milestone-whats-next/",
   "srcname": "The Bootstrapped Founder blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Kitcaster",
   "d": "2025-04-14",
   "t": "Moburst acquires Kitcaster",
   "desc": "Growth agency Moburst acquired podcast booking agency Kitcaster (52 active clients), folding it into its new Uproar PR division.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/04/14/3061042/0/en/Growth-Agency-Moburst-Acquires-Podcast-Agency-Kitcaster.html",
   "srcname": "GlobeNewswire"
  },
  {
   "co": "Cision / CisionOne",
   "d": "2025-04-14",
   "t": "Cision announces $250M new-money financing",
   "desc": "Cision announced $250 million in new-money financing and an extension of its debt maturities.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://www.cision.com/about/press-releases/2025-press-releases/cision-announces-250-million-new-money-financing-refinancing-extension-of-debt-maturities-302427810/",
   "srcname": "Cision newsroom",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "Featured",
   "d": "2025-04-15",
   "t": "Featured acquires HARO from Cision",
   "desc": "Featured.com acquired the Help A Reporter Out (HARO) brand from Cision, which had owned it since 2014.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.95,
   "src": "https://www.cision.com/about/press-releases/2025-press-releases/cision-announces-sale-of-help-a-reporter-out-haro-to-featuredcom-302427990/",
   "srcname": "Cision press release"
  },
  {
   "co": "HARO",
   "d": "2025-04-15",
   "t": "Cision sells HARO brand to Featured.com",
   "desc": "Cision announced the sale of the Help A Reporter Out (HARO) brand and name to Featured.com.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://www.cision.com/about/press-releases/2025-press-releases/cision-announces-sale-of-help-a-reporter-out-haro-to-featuredcom-302427990/",
   "srcname": "Cision press release"
  },
  {
   "co": "Cision / CisionOne",
   "d": "2025-04-15",
   "t": "Cision sells HARO to Featured.com",
   "desc": "Cision sold Help A Reporter Out (HARO) to Featured.com and confirmed it \"no longer offers the Help A Reporter Out or Connectively services\" as part of its product suite.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://www.cision.com/about/press-releases/2025-press-releases/cision-announces-sale-of-help-a-reporter-out-haro-to-featuredcom-302427990/",
   "srcname": "Cision newsroom",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brandlight",
   "d": "2025-04-16",
   "t": "Emerged From Stealth",
   "desc": "Brandlight emerged from stealth as an AI Engine Optimization platform to monitor brand visibility in AI search.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "aeo",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.92,
   "catp": 0.96,
   "src": "https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hyh1ma3cyl",
   "srcname": "Calcalistech (Ctech)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brandlight",
   "d": "2025-04-16",
   "t": "$5.75M Funding",
   "desc": "Brandlight raised $5.75M from investors including Cardumen Capital and G20 Ventures.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hyh1ma3cyl",
   "srcname": "Calcalistech (Ctech)"
  },
  {
   "co": "HARO",
   "d": "2025-04-22",
   "t": "First HARO edition under Featured ownership",
   "desc": "Featured sent the first HARO email digest under its ownership, reviving the free, ad-supported newsletter.",
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   "cat": "req",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.6,
   "src": "https://featured.com/about",
   "srcname": "Featured: About"
  },
  {
   "co": "Cision / CisionOne",
   "d": "2025-05-22",
   "t": "Cision launches integrated AI suite across CisionOne",
   "desc": "Cision launched a new AI suite in CisionOne: a Guided Conversational Assistant, AI Summaries, CisionOne React Score, and AI pitch writing/timing.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.78,
   "src": "https://www.cision.com/about/press-releases/2025-press-releases/cision-launches-integrated-ai-suite-across-global-cisionone-platform-transforming-the-pr-workflow-with-built-in-intelligence-302462306/",
   "srcname": "Cision newsroom"
  },
  {
   "co": "Ahrefs Brand Radar",
   "d": "2025-06",
   "t": "Brand Radar exits beta; ChatGPT and Perplexity mention indexes",
   "desc": "Brand Radar exits beta; ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews mention-tracking indexes all become $99/mo paid add-ons.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "aeo",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.19,
   "catp": 0.95,
   "src": "https://ahrefs.com/blog/new-features-june-2025/",
   "srcname": "Ahrefs blog, June 2025 new-features post"
  },
  {
   "co": "NewsWhip",
   "d": "2025-06-12",
   "t": "Introducing NewsWhip's AI Agent",
   "desc": "NewsWhip launches its AI Agent, billed as the first real-time media monitoring agent for brand-risk detection and analyst-quality alerts.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "agent",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.96,
   "src": "https://www.newswhip.com/2025/06/introducing-newswhips-ai-agent-real-time-intelligence-for-a-new-era-of-brand-risk/",
   "srcname": "NewsWhip blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "AthenaHQ",
   "d": "2025-06-17",
   "t": "AthenaHQ $2.2M seed round",
   "desc": "AthenaHQ announced a $2.2M seed round from Y Combinator, FCVC, Red Bike Capital and Amino Capital plus SEO/AI angels.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.2,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=339890",
   "srcname": "WebWire"
  },
  {
   "co": "Profound",
   "d": "2025-06-19",
   "t": "$20M Series A Funding",
   "desc": "Profound raised a $20M Series A led by Kleiner Perkins to build out Answer Engine Optimization.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.06,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/profound-raises-20m-as-brands-race-from-blue-links-to-ai-answers-302486211.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire"
  },
  {
   "co": "Otterly.ai",
   "d": "2025-06-24",
   "t": "OtterlyAI 2.0 Launch",
   "desc": "OtterlyAI presented OtterlyAI 2.0, its next-generation AI Search Monitoring platform, in a live launch webinar.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.95,
   "catp": 0.83,
   "src": "https://luma.com/yn247y2b",
   "srcname": "OtterlyAI webinar page (Luma)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brand24",
   "d": "2025-06-30",
   "t": "Smarter Weekly Reports With AI Summary",
   "desc": "Brand24 added an AI-generated summary and headline to its weekly reports for projects with AI Insights enabled.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "mon",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://updates.brand24.com/smarter-weekly-reports-with-ai-summary-319424",
   "srcname": "Brand24 changelog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Peec AI",
   "d": "2025-07-02",
   "t": "€7M Pre-Seed + Seed Funding",
   "desc": "Peec AI raised €7M combining a €1.8M pre-seed (closed April 2025) and a €5.2M seed round led by 20VC, announced together on 2 July 2025.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.41,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://tech.eu/2025/07/02/peec-ai-raises-eur7m-to-empower-companies-to-improve-their-visibility-through-ai-search/",
   "srcname": "Tech.eu"
  },
  {
   "co": "Knowatoa",
   "d": "2025-07-07",
   "t": "AI Overviews Series & Citations Reporting",
   "desc": "Knowatoa shipped an 'AI Overviews Series' to track Google's AI Overviews, plus Citations Reporting to view the sites that influence rankings.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "aeo",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.55,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://knowatoa.com/updates",
   "srcname": "Knowatoa Updates (changelog)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Feedly AI",
   "d": "2025-01-22",
   "t": "Multilingual AI",
   "desc": "Multilingual AI launched for Feedly Threat Intelligence Advanced 2024 plans, searching across dozens of languages; Market Intelligence support and 15 languages followed by 25 June 2025.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.45,
   "src": "https://feedly.com/changelog/feed.xml",
   "srcname": "Feedly changelog",
   "note": "First in the changelog 2025-01-22; the 2025-07-16 page (https://feedly.com/new-features/posts/multilingual_ai_market_intelligence) announced the 15-language expansion."
  },
  {
   "co": "BuzzStream",
   "d": "2025-07-22",
   "t": "ListIQ",
   "desc": "BuzzStream launched ListIQ, a standalone AI-backed tool that builds targeted media lists of journalists from Google News searches.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "list",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://completeaitraining.com/news/buzzstream-launches-ai-driven-listiq-to-help-pr-pros-build/",
   "srcname": "Complete AI Training"
  },
  {
   "co": "Rankscale",
   "d": "2025-07-22",
   "t": "Rankscale GmbH Registered",
   "desc": "Rankscale GmbH registered in the Austrian Firmenbuch (FN 658253w); official product launch the same month.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://rankscale.ai/facts",
   "srcname": "Rankscale: Facts & Entity Definition"
  },
  {
   "co": "Scrunch AI",
   "d": "2025-07-22",
   "t": "Scrunch AI $15M Series A",
   "desc": "Scrunch AI raised a $15M Series A led by Decibel to build out its Agent Experience Platform (AXP).",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.5,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://scrunch.com/blog/2025-07-announcing-our-series-a/",
   "srcname": "Scrunch blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Muck Rack",
   "d": "2025-07-30",
   "t": "Generative Pulse introduced",
   "desc": "Muck Rack introduced Generative Pulse, tracking brand visibility and sentiment in AI answers from ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "aeo",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.94,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://muckrack.com/blog/2025/07/30/introducing-generative-pulse",
   "srcname": "Muck Rack blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "NewsWhip",
   "d": "2025-07-30",
   "t": "Acquired by Sprout Social",
   "desc": "Sprout Social acquires NewsWhip for $55 million cash plus up to $10 million in earnouts; the NewsWhip team joins Sprout Social.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://sproutsocial.com/insights/press/sprout-social-acquires-newswhip/",
   "srcname": "NewsWhip blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Ahrefs Brand Radar",
   "d": "2025-08",
   "t": "Brand Radar 2.0",
   "desc": "Ahrefs relaunches Brand Radar as \"2.0\": Site Explorer-style Overview, Cited Domains, Cited Pages across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "aeo",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.32,
   "catp": 0.82,
   "src": "https://ahrefs.com/blog/new-features-aug-2025/",
   "srcname": "Ahrefs blog, August 2025 new-features post"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brandwatch",
   "d": "2025-08",
   "t": "Brandwatch-Trajaan partnership",
   "desc": "Brandwatch and Trajaan announced a partnership integrating Trajaan's AI search-intelligence engine into Brandwatch Search Intelligence, ahead of Cision's December 2025 acquisition of Trajaan.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cision-acquires-trajaan-expanding-ai-and-search-intelligence-across-its-platforms-302639275.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire (Cision release)",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "Pressmaster.ai",
   "d": "2025-08-06",
   "t": "Pressmaster.ai pre-seed funding",
   "desc": "Pressmaster.ai disclosed a $2M pre-seed round led by Anker Capital CH and Stena Metall AG, alongside self-reported $1M ARR by May 2025 and 950+ paying users.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://newsroom.pressmaster.ai/article/a9f00628-cfb0-47c4-9d83-63723d0a907ca3ad8fd8-273f-4dda-b5c8-f7f4a70ec31572bffb18-4a6f-456d-abbd-3dfd82642078",
   "srcname": "Pressmaster Newsroom",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "Podscan",
   "d": "2025-08",
   "t": "Podscan Ideas Vault",
   "desc": "Podscan launched the Ideas Vault, a SaaS built on the Podscan API that scores and ranks business ideas mined from fresh episodes of ~500 podcasts.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.06,
   "catp": 0.76,
   "src": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/the-podscan-ideas-vault-engineering-as-marketing/",
   "srcname": "The Bootstrapped Founder blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Evertune",
   "d": "2025-08-12",
   "t": "Evertune $15M Series A",
   "desc": "Evertune raised a $15M Series A led by Felicis Ventures to scale its AI marketing and discovery platform.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.95,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/08/12/3132022/0/en/Evertune-Raises-15-Million-Series-A-to-Scale-Its-AI-Marketing-and-Discovery-Platform.html",
   "srcname": "GlobeNewswire press release"
  },
  {
   "co": "Profound",
   "d": "2025-08-12",
   "t": "$35M Series B Funding",
   "desc": "Profound raised a $35M Series B led by Sequoia Capital, pitching itself as 'the command center for modern marketing'.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.88,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/profound-raises-35m-series-b-as-ai-search-becomes-the-next-platform-shift-302527764.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire"
  },
  {
   "co": "Qwoted",
   "d": "2025-08-21",
   "t": "Pangram AI-text detection integration",
   "desc": "Qwoted integrated Pangram's AI-detection technology so journalists can spot AI-generated pitches on the platform.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.96,
   "catp": 0.98,
   "src": "https://ewa.org/members-news/press-releases/partnership-pangram-qwoted-journalism-ai-technology-detection",
   "srcname": "EWA.org (wire release)"
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  {
   "co": "Semrush AI PR Toolkit",
   "d": "2025-09",
   "t": "Semrush AI PR Toolkit live on semrush.com",
   "desc": "The Semrush AI PR Toolkit product page was live at semrush.com/pr-toolkit ahead of the prowly.com domain's later switch to a transition notice.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "med",
   "src": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250917140419/https://www.semrush.com/pr-toolkit/",
   "srcname": "Wayback Machine capture of semrush.com/pr-toolkit",
   "note": "Wayback earliest-capture date, used per rule 2; added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "Interview Valet",
   "d": "2025-09-10",
   "t": "Podcast Authority Score",
   "desc": "PodEngine and Interview Valet launched the Podcast Authority Score, a data-based measure of podcast quality and business impact beyond download counts.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.86,
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/podengine-and-interview-valet-launch-the-podcast-authority-score-a-game-changer-for-podcast-interview-marketing-302551907.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire"
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  {
   "co": "Cision / CisionOne",
   "d": "2025-09-17",
   "t": "CisionOne expands Instant Insights and Social intelligence",
   "desc": "Cision announced enhanced Instant Insights dashboards and expanded CisionOne Social with new Instagram/LinkedIn integrations and upcoming TikTok support.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.04,
   "catp": 0.56,
   "src": "https://www.cision.com/about/press-releases/2025-press-releases/cisionone-expands-ai-powered-platform-with-enhanced-instant-insights-and-social-intelligence-302557904/",
   "srcname": "Cision newsroom"
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   "co": "Journalist Hunt",
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   "t": "Journalist Hunt 2.0 launches",
   "desc": "Journalist Hunt shipped a 2.0 relaunch on Product Hunt, ranking #5 product of the day.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/journalist-hunt",
   "srcname": "Product Hunt: Journalist Hunt"
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  {
   "co": "Cision / CisionOne",
   "d": "2025-09-22",
   "t": "PR Newswire launches Amplify AI platform",
   "desc": "PR Newswire launched Amplify: Plan (AI trending topics and story angles), Create+, Distribute and Report modules for the PR workflow.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pr-newswire-launches-amplify-ai-platform-to-accelerate-modern-pr-and-communications-capabilities-302562071.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
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   "co": "Signal AI",
   "d": "2025-09-24",
   "t": "$165 Million Investment Round Led by Battery Ventures",
   "desc": "Signal AI announced a $165M growth-equity round led by Battery Ventures, which will hold a majority stake once the deal closes in Q4 2025.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.11,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://signal-ai.com/insights/press_release/signal-ai-announces-165-million-investment-round-led-by-battery-ventures-to-redefine-risk-and-reputation-intelligence/",
   "srcname": "Signal AI newsroom"
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   "co": "HeyJared",
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   "t": "Site first archived",
   "desc": "Wayback's CDX index lists a 2025-09-30 capture of heyjared.ai, though it isn't independently viewable (the direct link 302s to the 2026-01-28 capture); used as a low-confidence proxy for when the site went live.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "low",
   "ai": 0.21,
   "catp": 0.98,
   "src": "http://web.archive.org/cdx/search/cdx?url=www.heyjared.ai",
   "srcname": "Wayback Machine CDX index"
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   "co": "Rankscale",
   "d": "2025-10",
   "t": "Version 2.0: Sources Box Analysis and Query Fan Out",
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   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.04,
   "catp": 0.71,
   "src": "https://rankscale.ai/facts",
   "srcname": "Rankscale: Facts & Entity Definition"
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  {
   "co": "Newsbound",
   "d": "2025-10-01",
   "t": "Seed round (amount undisclosed)",
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   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "src": "https://www.ivc-online.com/Google-Card?id=baa5dc41-5868-f011-b819-00505695cd29",
   "srcname": "IVC Research Center company card",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
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   "co": "Roxhill",
   "d": "2025-10-10",
   "t": "Roxhill Journalist Assistant",
   "desc": "Roxhill launched the Journalist Assistant, analysing journalist profiles for pitch research and personalisation.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "list",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.06,
   "catp": 0.61,
   "src": "https://roxhillmedia.com/product-news/new-in-roxhill/",
   "srcname": "Roxhill product news"
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  {
   "co": "Roxhill",
   "d": "2025-10-10",
   "t": "Competitor Analytics",
   "desc": "Roxhill added Competitor Analytics with Share of Voice, analysing mentions by outlet, media type and country.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "mon",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://roxhillmedia.com/product-news/new-in-roxhill/",
   "srcname": "Roxhill product news"
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  {
   "co": "Roxhill",
   "d": "2025-10-10",
   "t": "Bluesky integration",
   "desc": "Roxhill added Bluesky integration to journalist profiles in its media database.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.94,
   "src": "https://roxhillmedia.com/product-news/new-in-roxhill/",
   "srcname": "Roxhill product news"
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  {
   "co": "Roxhill",
   "d": "2025-10-10",
   "t": "Slack and WhatsApp media monitoring alerts",
   "desc": "Roxhill added Slack and WhatsApp alerts for real-time media monitoring notifications.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "mon",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.95,
   "src": "https://roxhillmedia.com/product-news/new-in-roxhill/",
   "srcname": "Roxhill product news"
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  {
   "co": "Roxhill",
   "d": "2025-10-10",
   "t": "12-month historical search",
   "desc": "Roxhill added a searchable 12-month archive of media coverage to its media monitoring product.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "mon",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.49,
   "src": "https://roxhillmedia.com/product-news/new-in-roxhill/",
   "srcname": "Roxhill product news"
  },
  {
   "co": "Muck Rack",
   "d": "2025-10-14",
   "t": "Advanced AI capabilities: Pitch Coverage Detection and agentic tools",
   "desc": "Muck Rack rolled out Pitch Coverage Detection and Generative Pulse Visibility Score, previewing AI Media List Builder and AI Boolean Builder.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "mon",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.5,
   "src": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/10/14/3166472/0/en/Muck-Rack-Introduces-Advanced-AI-Capabilities-Including-Pitch-Coverage-Detection-and-Agentic-Tools.html",
   "srcname": "GlobeNewswire (Muck Rack press release)"
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  {
   "co": "Propel",
   "d": "2025-10-14",
   "t": "Signal AI partnership",
   "desc": "Signal AI and Propel AI announced a strategic partnership pairing Signal AI's media monitoring with Propel's journalist targeting and outreach.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.68,
   "catp": 0.87,
   "src": "https://propel-ai.com/newsroom/signal-ai-and-propel-ai-announce-strategic-partnership-ushering-in-a-new-era-of-ai-native-communications",
   "srcname": "Propel AI newsroom"
  },
  {
   "co": "Pressmaster.ai",
   "d": "2025-10-16",
   "t": "Pressmaster.ai V4",
   "desc": "Pressmaster.ai relaunched on Product Hunt as V4, pitched as “AI that turns your thinking into authentic content” and “a fully agentic social media team that builds authority 24/7.”",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.97,
   "catp": 0.98,
   "src": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/pressmaster-ai/launches/pressmaster-ai-v4",
   "srcname": "Product Hunt (Pressmaster.ai V4 launch page)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Rankscale",
   "d": "2025-11",
   "t": "Global Affiliate Partner Program",
   "desc": "Rankscale launched its Global Affiliate Partner Program.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.68,
   "src": "https://rankscale.ai/facts",
   "srcname": "Rankscale: Facts & Entity Definition"
  },
  {
   "co": "Knowatoa",
   "d": "2025-11-04",
   "t": "Research Hub",
   "desc": "Knowatoa launched Research Hub, in its own words: 'AI-powered question discovery from recent conversations.'",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "aeo",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.54,
   "src": "https://knowatoa.com/updates/research-hub-suggested-questions",
   "srcname": "Knowatoa Updates"
  },
  {
   "co": "AirOps",
   "d": "2025-11-10",
   "t": "$40M Series B",
   "desc": "AirOps raised $40M Series B led by Greylock at a $225M valuation to build out its AI search visibility platform.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.95,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251110823725/en/AirOps-Raises-$40M-to-Redefine-How-Brands-Compete-in-the-Era-of-AI-Search",
   "srcname": "BusinessWire"
  },
  {
   "co": "Peec AI",
   "d": "2025-11-18",
   "t": "€18M Series A Funding",
   "desc": "Peec AI raised an €18M ($21M) Series A led by Singular, bringing total funding to €25M ($29M).",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.35,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://peec.ai/blog/we-raised-21m-series-a-to-help-brands-win-in-ai-search",
   "srcname": "Peec AI (blog)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brandwatch",
   "d": "2025-11-20",
   "t": "Ask Iris and AI Dashboards",
   "desc": "Brandwatch launched Ask Iris, a conversational AI query assistant, alongside AI Query Writer and AI Dashboards for narrative summaries.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "mon",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/brandwatch-strengthens-ai-leadership-with-deeper-insights-and-expanded-data-coverage-302621990.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire (Brandwatch)",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brandlight",
   "d": "2025-12-09",
   "t": "Demand Spring Partnership",
   "desc": "Brandlight and Demand Spring announced a partnership pairing Brandlight's AI search visibility platform with Demand Spring's strategy work.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "aeo",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.94,
   "catp": 0.41,
   "src": "https://www.brandlight.ai/blog/brandlight-and-demand-spring-launch-ai-search-visibility-partnership",
   "srcname": "Brandlight blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Vuelio",
   "d": "2025-12-09",
   "t": "Introducing Lumina: The AI Suite built from the ground up for PR & Comms",
   "desc": "Vuelio/Pulsar Group launched Lumina, an AI suite for PR and comms, immediately releasing its first module, Stories & Perspectives (clustered story tracking); further modules were listed as roadmap.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.96,
   "src": "https://www.vuelio.com/uk/blog/introducing-lumina-the-ai-suite-built-from-the-ground-up-for-pr-comms/",
   "srcname": "Vuelio blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Cision / CisionOne",
   "d": "2025-12-11",
   "t": "Cision acquires Trajaan",
   "desc": "Cision acquired Trajaan, an enterprise search intelligence platform, to unify search, social and generative-AI insight across its products.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.9,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.cision.com/about/press-releases/2025-press-releases/cision-acquires-trajaan-expanding-ai-and-search-intelligence-across-its-platforms-302639275/",
   "srcname": "Cision newsroom"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brandwatch",
   "d": "2025-12-11",
   "t": "Cision Acquires Trajaan",
   "desc": "Cision acquired Trajaan, the AI search-intelligence company, building on an August 2025 Brandwatch-Trajaan partnership, to integrate its technology across Brandwatch, CisionOne and PR Newswire.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cision-acquires-trajaan-expanding-ai-and-search-intelligence-across-its-platforms-302639275.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire (Cision release)",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brand24",
   "d": "2025-12-16",
   "t": "New Tab: LLM Monitoring",
   "desc": "Brand24 added a dedicated LLM Monitoring tab to let users track their AI-search position directly in the panel.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "aeo",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.94,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://updates.brand24.com/new-tab-llm-monitoring-monitor-your-ai-position-directly-in-the-brand24-panel-328678",
   "srcname": "Brand24 changelog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Ahrefs Brand Radar",
   "d": "2025-12-19",
   "t": "YouTube, TikTok, and Reddit tracking added to Brand Radar",
   "desc": "Ahrefs adds YouTube, TikTok, and Reddit brand-mention tracking to Brand Radar, scanning video transcripts and Reddit results in Google Search.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "mon",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://ahrefs.com/blog/product-announcement-ahrefs-adds-youtube-and-reddit-tracking-to-brand-radar/",
   "srcname": "Ahrefs blog product announcement"
  },
  {
   "co": "Talks.co",
   "d": "2025-12-30",
   "t": "Advanced Search (intent-based filters)",
   "desc": "Talks.co introduced intent-based search filters (show activity, experience, audience reach, payment, guest swap, quick connect) to help podcasters find better-fit guests faster.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "list",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://podnews.net/press-release/talks-guest-intent-search",
   "srcname": "Podnews",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "GetPress",
   "d": "2026",
   "t": "Now a waitlist page",
   "desc": "getpress.ai now serves only a 'Join Waitlist' page ('AI-powered press distribution... to launch, distribute and scale your press releases globally with AI'), not a live product.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "low",
   "ai": 0.97,
   "catp": 0.6,
   "src": "https://getpress.ai",
   "srcname": "getpress.ai (live check, 2026-09-24)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Magic Pitch",
   "d": "2026",
   "t": "PodPitch rebrands as Magic Pitch",
   "desc": "PodPitch acquired the Magic Pitch name and adopted it as its public brand for the combined AI PR/podcast outreach platform; the underlying product is PodPitch's.",
   "k": "rebrand",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.91,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://magicpitch.com/magic-pitch-acquired-by-podpitch",
   "srcname": "Magic Pitch"
  },
  {
   "co": "PodPitch",
   "d": "2026",
   "t": "PodPitch acquires Magic Pitch",
   "desc": "PodPitch, co-founded by Neal Shulman, acquired Magic Pitch; the broader multichannel outreach product is sold under the Magic Pitch name, and every PodPitch account now includes MagicPitch, while the PodPitch brand itself remains live.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://magicpitch.com/magic-pitch-acquired-by-podpitch",
   "srcname": "Magic Pitch"
  },
  {
   "co": "Prsona",
   "d": "2026",
   "t": "Prsona founded",
   "desc": "Prsona founded in early 2026 by solo operator Dalton after a year evaluating B2B sales tools internally.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "low",
   "ai": 0.97,
   "catp": 0.95,
   "src": "https://www.prsona.io/about",
   "srcname": "Prsona About page"
  },
  {
   "co": "OnePitch",
   "d": "2026",
   "t": "onepitch.co media-database product discontinued",
   "desc": "onepitch.co began redirecting to the AI Hub, and its media-database and pricing pages (onepitch.co/media-database/, /product-features/pr-media-database/, /pricing) started returning 404; exact date unknown.",
   "k": "shutdown",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "low",
   "src": "https://ai-hub.onepitch.co/",
   "srcname": "OnePitch (observed 2026-09-29)",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "Semrush AI PR Toolkit",
   "d": "2026-01",
   "t": "Semrush AI PR Toolkit",
   "desc": "prowly.com became a one-page notice that \"Prowly is now the Semrush AI PR Toolkit,\" sending new customers to the Semrush add-on (Wayback shows the switch between 2026-01-03 and 2026-01-30).",
   "k": "rebrand",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.88,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://prowly.com/",
   "srcname": "Prowly.com (transition notice)"
  },
  {
   "co": "MentionMatch",
   "d": "2026-01",
   "t": "Help a B2B Writer's site relaunches as MentionMatch",
   "desc": "MentionMatch site live by 2 Jan 2026; old helpab2bwriter.com redirects to it by 23 Jan 2026.",
   "k": "rebrand",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.97,
   "src": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260102080506/https://mentionmatch.com/",
   "srcname": "Wayback Machine: mentionmatch.com, Jan 2 2026 snapshot"
  },
  {
   "co": "Knowatoa",
   "d": "2026-01-12",
   "t": "What's Chrome Saying? (free tool)",
   "desc": "Knowatoa launched \"What's Chrome Saying?,\" a free tool that uses Chrome's built-in Gemini Nano to show what AI knows about any website.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.69,
   "src": "https://knowatoa.com/updates/whats-chrome-saying",
   "srcname": "Knowatoa Updates"
  },
  {
   "co": "Medialyst",
   "d": "2026-01-23",
   "t": "Private Beta Launch",
   "desc": "Medialyst shipped v0.1.0, its private beta launch.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.81,
   "src": "https://medialyst.ai/changelog",
   "srcname": "Medialyst changelog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Indexable AI",
   "d": "2026-01-26",
   "t": "Indexable AI founded",
   "desc": "Indexable's About page: \"Indexable AI was founded on January 26, 2026 by Vijay Vasu, its Chief AI Officer.\"",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.42,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://indexableai.com/about-indexable-agentic-seo/",
   "srcname": "Indexable AI (About)"
  },
  {
   "co": "HeyJared",
   "d": "2026-01-28",
   "t": "Sold as AI PR agents",
   "desc": "HeyJared repositioned around “AI-powered PR agents” that create personalized pitches, match journalists, track responses and monitor coverage.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "src": "http://web.archive.org/web/20260128085827/https://www.heyjared.ai/",
   "srcname": "Wayback Machine capture of heyjared.ai, 2026-01-28",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "MentionAgent",
   "d": "2026-02",
   "t": "MentionAgent started",
   "desc": "MentionAgent started in the Netherlands, founder-led by a founder named Matt.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.14,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://mentionagent.ai/about/",
   "srcname": "MentionAgent about page"
  },
  {
   "co": "Roxhill",
   "d": "2026-02",
   "t": "Press Release Tracker",
   "desc": "Roxhill's Press Release Tracker shows which journalists opened, clicked and covered a release, from send to coverage.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "mon",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.98,
   "src": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/roxhill-media_roxhill-media-product-updates-you-need-to-activity-7429102325258039298-K-mU",
   "srcname": "Roxhill Media LinkedIn post (2026-02-16)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Roxhill",
   "d": "2026-02",
   "t": "Forward planner",
   "desc": "Roxhill added a forward planner to help users stay ahead of upcoming PR opportunities.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "idea",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "src": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/roxhill-media_roxhill-media-product-updates-you-need-to-activity-7429102325258039298-K-mU",
   "srcname": "Roxhill Media LinkedIn post (2026-02-16)",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "Muck Rack",
   "d": "2026-02-02",
   "t": "Media List Agent launch (beta)",
   "desc": "Muck Rack launched Media List Agent in beta, its first AI agent, recommending journalists to add or remove from pitches.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "agent",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.86,
   "src": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/02/02/3230434/0/en/muck-rack-launches-media-list-agent-to-power-smarter-pitching.html",
   "srcname": "GlobeNewswire (Muck Rack press release)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Medialyst",
   "d": "2026-02-04",
   "t": "Public API v1",
   "desc": "Medialyst launched Public API v1 (v0.1.12) for programmatic journalist discovery.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.9,
   "src": "https://medialyst.ai/changelog",
   "srcname": "Medialyst changelog"
  },
  {
   "co": "PressPitch AI",
   "d": "2026-02-07",
   "t": "Earliest known site capture",
   "desc": "presspitchai.com first appears in the Wayback Machine, indicating the site was live by this date.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "low",
   "ai": 0.17,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "http://web.archive.org/web/20260207200133/https://presspitchai.com/",
   "srcname": "Wayback Machine first capture"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brandlight",
   "d": "2026-02-11",
   "t": "$30M Series A Funding",
   "desc": "Brandlight raised a $30M Series A led by Pelion Venture Partners to expand into AI ads and commerce visibility.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.79,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://pulse2.com/brandlight-30-million-series-a-raised-for-enterprise-ai-visibility-platform/",
   "srcname": "Pulse2"
  },
  {
   "co": "Profound",
   "d": "2026-02-24",
   "t": "$96M Series C Funding",
   "desc": "Profound raised a $96M Series C led by Lightspeed Venture Partners at a $1B valuation as AI threatens search.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.24,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.tryprofound.com/blog/profound-raises-96m-series-c",
   "srcname": "Profound blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Muck Rack",
   "d": "2026-03-05",
   "t": "AI Visibility Badges launch",
   "desc": "Muck Rack launched AI Visibility Badges, tiered badges showing which journalists and outlets are most frequently cited in AI-generated answers, from Generative Pulse data.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "aeo",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/muck-rack-launches-ai-visibility-173000132.html",
   "srcname": "Yahoo Finance (syndicated GlobeNewswire release)",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "Medialyst",
   "d": "2026-03-06",
   "t": "Agent Mode",
   "desc": "Medialyst announced Agent Mode, in its own words: \"Paste a URL. Watch the agent read your client's site, searches today's news, finds the angles that are actually trending right now, and proposes them to you.\" Then it builds a media list. Closed beta, going public the following week, sold with a launch discount.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "idea",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.95,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://medialyst.ai/blog/cision-exec-will-love-this-hi",
   "srcname": "Medialyst blog, 2026-03-06",
   "note": "Added 2026-09-28 by hand from the vendor post; the multi-lane feature labels already carried it (ideas 0.95). Category, ai and catp hand-set, not Jev outputs."
  },
  {
   "co": "MentionAgent",
   "d": "2026-03-07",
   "t": "First outreach email sent",
   "desc": "MentionAgent sent its first outreach email, marking the product's live launch.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://mentionagent.ai/about/",
   "srcname": "MentionAgent about page",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "Onclusive",
   "d": "2026-03-12",
   "t": "Unified Platform",
   "desc": "Onclusive launched a Unified Platform combining monitoring, measurement and workflow capabilities in one connected experience with a single login.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://news-en.onclusive.com/news/onclusive-launches-unified-platform-bringing-monitoring-measurement-and-workflow-capabilities-together-in-one-connected-experience",
   "srcname": "Onclusive newsroom",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "Signal AI",
   "d": "2026-03-26",
   "t": "Signal AI Acquires Memo",
   "desc": "Signal AI acquired Memo, a platform providing real publisher readership data, to bring actual readership metrics into reputation intelligence.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.08,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://signal-ai.com/insights/press_release/signal-ai-acquires-memo-to-bring-first-ever-real-readership-data-into-reputation-intelligence/",
   "srcname": "Signal AI newsroom"
  },
  {
   "co": "Medialyst",
   "d": "2026-03-31",
   "t": "Agent Mode V2",
   "desc": "Medialyst shipped Agent Mode V2 (v1.0.0) with full table-state understanding.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.24,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://medialyst.ai/changelog",
   "srcname": "Medialyst changelog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Ahrefs Brand Radar",
   "d": "2026-04",
   "t": "Grok added to Brand Radar",
   "desc": "Ahrefs adds Grok as a trackable AI surface in Brand Radar for both Ahrefs and custom prompts, plus a \"found but not cited\" citation-gap report.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "aeo",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.82,
   "catp": 0.94,
   "src": "https://ahrefs.com/blog/new-features-apr-2026/",
   "srcname": "Ahrefs blog, April 2026 new-features post"
  },
  {
   "co": "RunPR",
   "d": "2026-04",
   "t": "Site and blog live",
   "desc": "RunPR's site and blog are live by April 2026 (Wayback first capture 2026-04-17; earliest blog post 2026-04-22).",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "low",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.88,
   "src": "https://runpr.ai/blog",
   "srcname": "RunPR blog (via Wayback first capture)"
  },
  {
   "co": "JournoReach",
   "d": "2026-04-07",
   "t": "Earliest known site capture",
   "desc": "journoreach.com first appears in the Wayback Machine, redirecting to www.journoreach.com, captured the next day as \"JournoReach AI-Powered Journalist Outreach\".",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "low",
   "ai": 0.89,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "http://web.archive.org/web/20260407053653/https://www.journoreach.com/",
   "srcname": "Wayback Machine (2026-04-07 capture)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Rephonic",
   "d": "2026",
   "t": "Campaigns, Pitch Wizard & Automated Sequences",
   "desc": "Rephonic launched Campaigns (replacing Lists), a Pitch Wizard for sending pitches from users' own inboxes, and automated multi-step email sequences.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "pitch",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.04,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://rephonic.com/blog/rephonic-updates",
   "srcname": "Rephonic blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Knowatoa",
   "d": "2026-04-20",
   "t": "MCP Integrations",
   "desc": "Knowatoa launched MCP Integrations to 'query your AI search data directly from Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini.'",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.89,
   "catp": 0.98,
   "src": "https://knowatoa.com/updates",
   "srcname": "Knowatoa Updates (changelog)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Muck Rack",
   "d": "2026-04-28",
   "t": "Curation Engine launch",
   "desc": "Muck Rack launched Curation Engine, AI trained by its Media Intelligence team that replaces Boolean search for relevance, tagging, sentiment and prominence.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "mon",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.56,
   "src": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/04/28/3282938/0/en/muck-rack-launches-curation-engine-to-move-the-pr-industry-beyond-boolean-search.html",
   "srcname": "GlobeNewswire (Muck Rack press release)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Semrush AI PR Toolkit",
   "d": "2026-04-28",
   "t": "Adobe completes Semrush acquisition",
   "desc": "Adobe announced completion of its acquisition of Semrush Holdings, Inc., which owns Prowly/the AI PR Toolkit.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://news.adobe.com/news/2026/04/adobe-completes-semrush-acquisition",
   "srcname": "Adobe newsroom",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "Brand24",
   "d": "2026-04-28",
   "t": "Adobe completes Semrush acquisition",
   "desc": "Adobe completed its acquisition of Semrush Holdings, Inc.; Semrush owns Brand24 through subsidiary Prowly, bringing Brand24 under Adobe.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://news.adobe.com/news/2026/04/adobe-completes-semrush-acquisition",
   "srcname": "Adobe newsroom",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "Exploding Topics",
   "d": "2026-04-28",
   "t": "Parent Semrush acquired by Adobe",
   "desc": "Adobe completed its acquisition of Semrush, Exploding Topics' parent company.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://news.adobe.com/news/2026/04/adobe-completes-semrush-acquisition",
   "srcname": "Adobe newsroom",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "PitchCentric",
   "d": "2026-05-03",
   "t": "Domain registered",
   "desc": "pitchcentric.com was registered on 3 May 2026 per RDAP. The Wayback Machine holds no capture.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "low",
   "ai": 0.04,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://rdap.org/domain/pitchcentric.com",
   "srcname": "RDAP domain registration"
  },
  {
   "co": "Scrunch AI",
   "d": "2026-05-12",
   "t": "Scrunch MCP launched",
   "desc": "Scrunch launched Scrunch MCP, letting users query and act on AI search data conversationally via Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.92,
   "catp": 0.84,
   "src": "https://scrunch.com/blog/scrunch-mcp-talk-to-and-act-on-ai-search-data-in-natural-language",
   "srcname": "Scrunch blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Pressmaster.ai",
   "d": "2026-05-14",
   "t": "Pressmaster.ai relaunch: “Thought leadership AI for founders and teams”",
   "desc": "Pressmaster.ai relaunched on Product Hunt positioned as thought-leadership AI for founders and teams.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/pressmaster-ai/launches",
   "srcname": "Product Hunt",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "PodPitchr",
   "d": "2026-05-15",
   "t": "podpitchr.com registered",
   "desc": "podpitchr.com was registered on 15 May 2026 per RDAP; its first TLS certificate was logged the next day. The Wayback Machine holds no capture.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "low",
   "ai": 0.04,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://rdap.org/domain/podpitchr.com",
   "srcname": "RDAP domain registration"
  },
  {
   "co": "Knowatoa",
   "d": "2026-05-18",
   "t": "Sophie Social Media Manager",
   "desc": "Knowatoa launched Sophie, an agent that drafts LinkedIn and Bluesky posts (draft-by-default, with an optional auto-schedule) from articles its Connie agent writes: own-content social posting, not PR outreach.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "prw",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.34,
   "catp": 0.97,
   "src": "https://knowatoa.com/updates/sophie-social-media-manager",
   "srcname": "Knowatoa Updates"
  },
  {
   "co": "Muck Rack",
   "d": "2026-05-18",
   "t": "STAT content licensing",
   "desc": "Muck Rack became the first communications platform to license STAT content, surfacing healthcare/biotech headlines in its monitoring platform.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.64,
   "src": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/05/18/3296815/0/en/Muck-Rack-Becomes-First-Communications-Platform-to-License-STAT-Content.html",
   "srcname": "GlobeNewswire (Muck Rack press release)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Knowatoa",
   "d": "2026-05-18",
   "t": "Publishing Queue (Connie content agent)",
   "desc": "Knowatoa surfaces a Publishing Queue letting users decide what its Connie content-writing agent drafts next; Sam researches AI-search gaps and Connie writes the drafts for review or auto-approval.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "prw",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://knowatoa.com/updates/publishing-queue",
   "srcname": "Knowatoa Updates",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit; no separate dated launch post found for Connie/Sam themselves"
  },
  {
   "co": "Medialyst",
   "d": "2026-05-19",
   "t": "newsjack repo created",
   "desc": "GitHub repo elvisun/newsjack created: 'the open-source skills that turn your agent into a full PR team.'",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.24,
   "catp": 0.7,
   "src": "https://api.github.com/repos/elvisun/newsjack",
   "srcname": "GitHub API",
   "note": "Moved from newsjack's own row on 19 October 2026: newsjack is the open-source agent skills Medialyst's founder publishes, not a company, and counts under Medialyst."
  },
  {
   "co": "Connectively",
   "d": "2026-05-26",
   "t": "Connectively revival announced",
   "desc": "Featured announced it would revive the Connectively brand it had acquired from Cision.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.85,
   "src": "https://featured.com/about",
   "srcname": "Featured: About"
  },
  {
   "co": "HARO",
   "d": "2026-05-26",
   "t": "Featured relaunches Connectively; HARO unaffected",
   "desc": "Featured announced Connectively's revival as HARO's paid-platform sister brand, saying HARO itself was not going anywhere.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://blog.helpareporter.com/connectively-is-back-and-haro-isnt-going-anywhere/",
   "srcname": "HARO Blog",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "Featured",
   "d": "2026-05-26",
   "t": "Featured relaunches Connectively",
   "desc": "Featured relaunched Connectively as HARO's paid-platform sister brand (\"Connectively is Back, and HARO Isn't Going Anywhere\").",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://blog.helpareporter.com/connectively-is-back-and-haro-isnt-going-anywhere/",
   "srcname": "HARO blog (Featured)",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "Onclusive",
   "d": "2026-05-26",
   "t": "GEO Analytics",
   "desc": "Onclusive launched GEO Analytics, tracking and scoring brand representation across ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Claude and Perplexity.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "mon",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://news-en.onclusive.com/news/onclusive-launches-geo-analytics-to-measure-brand-visibility-in-ai-search",
   "srcname": "Onclusive newsroom",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "Otterly.ai",
   "d": "2026-05-27",
   "t": "Public API and Claude Skill",
   "desc": "OtterlyAI launched a Public API and a Claude Skill for programmatic access to AI search monitoring data.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.89,
   "catp": 0.96,
   "src": "https://help.otterly.ai/changelog",
   "srcname": "OtterlyAI changelog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Signal AI",
   "d": "2026-05-27",
   "t": "Launch of AI Citations",
   "desc": "Signal AI launched AI Citations, tracking brand visibility and citation sources inside AI-generated answers from ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "aeo",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.94,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://signal-ai.com/insights/press_release/signal-ai-launches-ai-citations-to-help-brands-measure-and-influence-presence-in-ai-generated-answers/",
   "srcname": "Signal AI newsroom"
  },
  {
   "co": "Medialyst",
   "d": "2026-06-01",
   "t": "newsjack v0.1.0 (first release)",
   "desc": "First public GitHub release of newsjack, v0.1.0 (MIT): open-source agent skills including newsjack-detector, which in its own words monitors current news and decides 'which are credible newsjacking opportunities for a client', and angle-generator.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "idea",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.9,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://github.com/elvisun/newsjack/blob/v0.1.0/skills/newsjack-detector/SKILL.md",
   "srcname": "GitHub (newsjack-detector SKILL.md, tag v0.1.0)",
   "note": "Added 2026-09-28 by hand: the crawl recorded v0.1.15 as the first release and missed v0.1.0. Category set by hand from the tagged SKILL.md, not by Jev. Moved from newsjack's own row on 19 October 2026: newsjack is the open-source agent skills Medialyst's founder publishes, not a company, and counts under Medialyst."
  },
  {
   "co": "Connectively",
   "d": "2026-06-02",
   "t": "Featured relaunches Connectively as an AI co-pilot for PR",
   "desc": "Featured relaunched itself as 'the AI co-pilot for PR' and moved its expert-publisher platform onto the Connectively brand and URL.",
   "k": "rebrand",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.95,
   "catp": 0.9,
   "src": "https://featured.com/about",
   "srcname": "Featured: About"
  },
  {
   "co": "Featured",
   "d": "2026-06-02",
   "t": "Featured relaunches as AI co-pilot for PR",
   "desc": "Featured relaunched its product as \"the AI co-pilot for PR,\" aggregating journalist requests, podcasts, bylines, speaking opportunities, awards and GEO audits into one workflow.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/featured-launches-the-ai-co-pilot-for-pr-302785643.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "Scrunch AI",
   "d": "2026-06-03",
   "t": "Sitecore acquires Scrunch AI",
   "desc": "Sitecore acquired Scrunch AI, reportedly for about $225M (Bloomberg), pairing Scrunch's AXP with Sitecore's DXP.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.43,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.adweek.com/media/sitecore-snaps-up-geo-startup-scrunch-for-225m/",
   "srcname": "Adweek"
  },
  {
   "co": "HeyJared",
   "d": "2026-06-08",
   "t": "Journalist database + done-for-you pitch campaigns",
   "desc": "HeyJared added a journalist database and $49 done-for-you Campaign pitching (50 personalized pitches, written and sent by HeyJared with 2 follow-up rounds), plus a Chrome extension for one-click pitch generation.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "med",
   "src": "http://web.archive.org/web/20260608015231/https://www.heyjared.ai/",
   "srcname": "Wayback Machine capture of heyjared.ai, 2026-06-08",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "Signal AI",
   "d": "2026-06-10",
   "t": "Launch of Signal AI MCP",
   "desc": "Signal AI launched Signal AI MCP, a connector exposing its intelligence capabilities directly to AI agents and LLM applications.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.81,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://signal-ai.com/insights/press_release/signal-ai-puts-decision-intelligence-directly-inside-your-ai-agent-with-launch-of-mcp-connector/",
   "srcname": "Signal AI newsroom"
  },
  {
   "co": "Agility PR",
   "d": "2026-06-17",
   "t": "Agility Agent launch",
   "desc": "Agility PR Solutions launched Agility Agent, an autonomous agent that turns one prompt into a complete executive media report.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "mon",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.21,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/301717/From-Prompt-to-CSuite-Agility-PR-Solutions-Launches-the-Agility-Agent",
   "srcname": "Agility Agent press release (Newsfile)"
  },
  {
   "co": "Otterly.ai",
   "d": "2026-06-18",
   "t": "Claude Engine Early Access",
   "desc": "OtterlyAI launched its Claude Engine in early access to its first 50 customers for AI search monitoring.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "aeo",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.96,
   "catp": 0.61,
   "src": "https://help.otterly.ai/changelog",
   "srcname": "OtterlyAI changelog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Cision / CisionOne",
   "d": "2026-06-18",
   "t": "Cision launches AI Coverage Analysis",
   "desc": "Cision launched AI Coverage Analysis in CisionOne to help PR teams move from coverage to action.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://www.cision.com/about/press-releases/2026-press-releases/cision-launches-ai-coverage-analysis-in-cisionone-to-help-pr-teams-move-from-coverage-to-action-302803323/",
   "srcname": "Cision newsroom",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "Featured",
   "d": "2026-06-23",
   "t": "Featured launches podcast discovery",
   "desc": "Featured launched a podcast discovery feature for matching sources and pitches to podcasts.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "list",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.04,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://featured.com/about",
   "srcname": "Featured: About"
  },
  {
   "co": "PressPilot",
   "d": "2026-06-24",
   "t": "Latest platform relaunch",
   "desc": "PressPilot posted a new Product Hunt launch positioned as \"write, send and track press releases in minutes, not days.\"",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/presspilot",
   "srcname": "Product Hunt: PressPilot"
  },
  {
   "co": "Talkwalker",
   "d": "2026-06-24",
   "t": "Renamed Lumen by Talkwalker; Wisdom agent launched",
   "desc": "Hootsuite renamed Talkwalker to Lumen by Talkwalker, its dedicated social intelligence product inside Social OS, connected directly to Wisdom, a new social-first AI agent for social and business intelligence.",
   "k": "rebrand",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://www.hootsuite.com/newsroom/press-releases/hootsuite-rebuilds-for-ai-era-introducing-wisdom",
   "srcname": "Hootsuite newsroom",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
  },
  {
   "co": "Medialyst",
   "d": "2026-06-30",
   "t": "newsjack v0.1.15",
   "desc": "newsjack v0.1.15: PR calendar building from Medialyst's live API.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.62,
   "src": "https://github.com/elvisun/newsjack/releases/tag/v0.1.15",
   "srcname": "GitHub release v0.1.15",
   "note": "Moved from newsjack's own row on 19 October 2026: newsjack is the open-source agent skills Medialyst's founder publishes, not a company, and counts under Medialyst."
  },
  {
   "co": "Profound",
   "d": "2026-07-02",
   "t": "Aim Launch",
   "desc": "Profound launched Aim to transform AI search visibility data into marketing execution.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "aeo",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.74,
   "catp": 0.75,
   "src": "https://www.tryprofound.com/newsroom/profound-launches-aim-to-transform-ai-search-data-into-marketing-execution",
   "srcname": "Profound newsroom"
  },
  {
   "co": "Featured",
   "d": "2026-07-07",
   "t": "Featured MCP server goes live",
   "desc": "Featured's MCP (Model Context Protocol) server became accessible.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.55,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://featured.com/about",
   "srcname": "Featured: About"
  },
  {
   "co": "Scrunch AI",
   "d": "2026-07-08",
   "t": "Agent Experience Platform becomes the core product",
   "desc": "Now part of Sitecore, Scrunch repositioned AXP as its core product rather than a feature, adding Signals, Explorer and Site Optimization.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 2,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.14,
   "catp": 0.95,
   "src": "https://scrunch.com/blog/agent-experience-platform/",
   "srcname": "Scrunch blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Medialyst",
   "d": "2026-07-08",
   "t": "Newsjack monitoring (v1.10.0)",
   "desc": "Medialyst added newsjack monitoring (closed beta), in its changelog's words: \"continuously scans the news for timely story opportunities relevant to your organization\"; \"Review daily opportunities with color-coded story-size buckets and get suggested pitch angles for each.\" Digest emails and Slack alerts.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "idea",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.9,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://medialyst.ai/changelog",
   "srcname": "Medialyst changelog, v1.10.0 (2026-07-08)",
   "note": "Added 2026-09-28 by hand after a second, independent check found it missing. Category, ai and catp hand-set, not Jev outputs."
  },
  {
   "co": "Featured",
   "d": "2026-07-14",
   "t": "Featured releases Workflows library",
   "desc": "Featured released a Workflows library.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://featured.com/about",
   "srcname": "Featured: About"
  },
  {
   "co": "Profound",
   "d": "2026-07-14",
   "t": "FactCheck Launch",
   "desc": "Profound launched FactCheck to measure the accuracy of AI answers about a brand.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "aeo",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.65,
   "catp": 0.91,
   "src": "https://www.tryprofound.com/newsroom/profound-launches-factcheck-to-measure-the-accuracy-of-ai-answers-about-your-brand",
   "srcname": "Profound newsroom"
  },
  {
   "co": "Medialyst",
   "d": "2026-07-23",
   "t": "Source-tracked media lists",
   "desc": "Medialyst added media-list building with source tracking and a pinned Sources column (v1.14.0).",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "list",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://medialyst.ai/changelog",
   "srcname": "Medialyst changelog"
  },
  {
   "co": "AirOps",
   "d": "2026-07-30",
   "t": "Multi-Model",
   "desc": "AirOps launched Multi-Model, letting teams pick the AI model and reasoning effort per Playbook/job to cut token spend.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://www.airops.com/blog/introducing-multi-model",
   "srcname": "AirOps blog"
  },
  {
   "co": "Signal AI",
   "d": "2026-08",
   "t": "Signal AI integration with Microsoft 365 Copilot",
   "desc": "Signal AI announced integration bringing its external intelligence directly into Microsoft 365 Copilot for enterprise users.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "med",
   "ai": 0.67,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://signal-ai.com/products-services/integrations",
   "srcname": "TipRanks"
  },
  {
   "co": "Featured",
   "d": "2026-08",
   "t": "Featured releases GEO Audit",
   "desc": "Featured released a GEO Audit feature, per its About-page timeline.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "aeo",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "med",
   "src": "https://featured.com/about",
   "srcname": "Featured: About",
   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit; month precision only, exact date not published"
  },
  {
   "co": "Medialyst",
   "d": "2026-08-01",
   "t": "Credit pricing overhaul",
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   "conf": "high",
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   "catp": 1.0,
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   "t": "Brand Perception Launch",
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   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.22,
   "catp": 0.48,
   "src": "https://peec.ai/changelog",
   "srcname": "Peec AI changelog"
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   "co": "Otterly.ai",
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   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.68,
   "catp": 0.52,
   "src": "https://help.otterly.ai/changelog",
   "srcname": "OtterlyAI changelog"
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   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://featured.com/about",
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   "co": "Medialyst",
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   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.97,
   "src": "https://medialyst.ai/changelog",
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   "co": "Prezly",
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   "t": "Prezly AI / Prezly MCP (Preview)",
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   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.94,
   "src": "https://www.prezly.com/changelog/connect-prezly-to-your-ai-assistant-with-mcp",
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  {
   "co": "Prezly",
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   "conf": "high",
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   "catp": 0.51,
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  {
   "co": "Propel",
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   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.98,
   "catp": 0.89,
   "src": "https://propel-ai.com/newsroom/propel-ai-launches-the-first-llm-built-for-pr-professionals",
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   "co": "Featured",
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   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.6,
   "src": "https://featured.com/about",
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   "co": "AthenaHQ",
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   "t": "What's new in Athena: August 2026",
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   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.9,
   "catp": 0.96,
   "src": "https://athenahq.ai/blog/athena-august-2026-feature-drop",
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  {
   "co": "Medialyst",
   "d": "2026-08-20",
   "t": "Beat Sweep Agents",
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   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
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   "catp": 0.95,
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   "co": "Prezly",
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   "cat": "plat",
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   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.71,
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   "srcname": "Prezly Changelog"
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   "co": "PodPitchr",
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   "desc": "podpitchr.com began returning HTTP 503 ('We're offline for now ... This service is temporarily unavailable') on all paths; observed 2026-09-29.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://www.podpitchr.com/",
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   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
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  {
   "co": "Prezly",
   "d": "2026-09-01",
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   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.78,
   "src": "https://www.prezly.com/changelog/build-more-focused-campaign-audiences",
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   "co": "AirOps",
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   "t": "AirOps Services: platform plus channel-expert team",
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   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "src": "https://www.airops.com/blog/the-next-chapter-for-airops",
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   "note": "added 2026-09-29 from the audit"
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  {
   "co": "Prezly",
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   "t": "Improved story search sorting",
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   "cat": "plat",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.02,
   "catp": 0.55,
   "src": "https://www.prezly.com/changelog/improved-story-search-sorting",
   "srcname": "Prezly Changelog"
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   "co": "Rankscale",
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   "t": "Query Fanout Insights",
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   "cat": "aeo",
   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.54,
   "src": "https://rankscale.ai/changelog",
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   "co": "Muck Rack",
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   "t": "Newsjacking Opportunities launch",
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   "cat": "idea",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.97,
   "catp": 0.91,
   "src": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/09/09/3358974/0/en/muck-rack-launches-newsjacking-feature-to-help-communications-leaders-proactively-shape-the-conversation.html",
   "srcname": "GlobeNewswire (Muck Rack press release)"
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   "co": "Muck Rack",
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   "desc": "Muck Rack said Generative Pulse is first to use real-world consumer AI search data (ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI) to recommend prompts brands monitor.",
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   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.97,
   "catp": 0.99,
   "src": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/09/10/3359546/0/en/muck-rack-is-first-communications-platform-to-bring-real-world-ai-search-data-to-geo-monitoring.html",
   "srcname": "GlobeNewswire (Muck Rack press release)"
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   "co": "Medialyst",
   "d": "2026-09-14",
   "t": "newsjack v0.1.17",
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   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.21,
   "catp": 0.34,
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   "note": "Moved from newsjack's own row on 19 October 2026: newsjack is the open-source agent skills Medialyst's founder publishes, not a company, and counts under Medialyst."
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   "co": "Profound",
   "d": "2026-09-15",
   "t": "$180M Series D Funding",
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   "cat": "corp",
   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.95,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://www.tryprofound.com/newsroom",
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   "co": "Medialyst",
   "d": "2026-09-17",
   "t": "Projects",
   "desc": "Medialyst shipped project context: organizing campaigns into projects with file uploads and durable memory (v1.24.0).",
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   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.03,
   "catp": 0.58,
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   "co": "Medialyst",
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   "conf": "high",
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   "co": "Medialyst",
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   "t": "Radar/Projects in public API + MCP",
   "desc": "Medialyst integrated Projects and Radar into its public API and MCP tools for external agent access (v1.24.1).",
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   "w": 0,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.13,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "src": "https://medialyst.ai/changelog",
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   "co": "Medialyst",
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   "co": "Medialyst",
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   "catp": 0.99,
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   "co": "AirOps",
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   "w": 1,
   "conf": "high",
   "ai": 0.96,
   "catp": 0.93,
   "src": "https://www.airops.com/blog/introducing-ai-ads-in-airops",
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   "co": "Surfacd",
   "d": "2026-02-12",
   "t": "Clarity Global launches Surfacd",
   "desc": "Clarity Global announces Surfacd, its first proprietary product: an AI visibility monitoring tool for B2B brands.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://marcommnews.com/clarity-global-launches-surfacd-to-close-the-ai-visibility-gap-for-b2b-brands/",
   "srcname": "MarComm News",
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   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
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  {
   "co": "trendJack",
   "d": "2026-09-25",
   "t": "trendJack launches, opens to founding users",
   "desc": "trendJack announces it is onboarding founding users for its agentic signal-to-publish platform.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://trendjack.io/media/trendjack-launches-signal-to-publish-intelligence-platform",
   "srcname": "trendJack",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
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  {
   "co": "aclipp",
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   "desc": "aclipp GmbH founded by Sascha Kirstein; founder-led and independently financed, no venture capital.",
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   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://aclipp.com/en/press",
   "srcname": "aclipp",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
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  {
   "co": "Notified",
   "d": "2021-09-27",
   "t": "Intrado Digital Media rebrands as Notified",
   "desc": "Intrado Corporation rebrands its Digital Media business, which includes GlobeNewswire, as Notified.",
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   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.thedomains.com/2021/09/27/notified/",
   "srcname": "TheDomains",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
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   "co": "Notified",
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   "t": "Equiniti completes acquisition of Notified",
   "desc": "Equiniti (EQ) completes its acquisition of Notified from West Technology Group.",
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   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/05/01/3072369/0/en/Equiniti-EQ-Completes-Acquisition-of-Notified-Creating-a-Global-Leader-in-End-to-End-Shareholder-and-Corporate-Communications.html",
   "srcname": "GlobeNewswire",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
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   "co": "Wiztrust",
   "d": "2023-07-04",
   "t": "Wiztopic becomes Wiztrust",
   "desc": "Wiztopic adopts the Wiztrust brand, the name of its blockchain certification platform.",
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   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://newsroom.wiztrust.com/news/wiztopic-becomes-wiztrust-6f47-7e09e.html",
   "srcname": "Wiztrust newsroom",
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   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
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   "co": "Cortex Intelligence",
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   "desc": "Cortex founded by Leonardo Rangel and Daniel Pires.",
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   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.b2bstack.com.br/empresa/cortexintelligence",
   "srcname": "B2B Stack",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
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  {
   "co": "Cortex Intelligence",
   "d": "2020-06-01",
   "t": "R$120M Series B led by SoftBank",
   "desc": "Series B of R$120 million led by SoftBank, with Redpoint eventures and Endeavor Catalyst.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.cortex-intelligence.com/blog/institucional/cortex-recebe-aporte-de-r-120-milhoes-liderado-pelo-softbank",
   "srcname": "Cortex",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
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   "co": "Cortex Intelligence",
   "d": "2020-10-05",
   "t": "Series B extended to R$170M with Riverwood",
   "desc": "Series B reaches R$170 million, led by Riverwood Capital and SoftBank.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.mobiletime.com.br/noticias/05/10/2020/cortex-recebe-investimento-de-r-170-milhoes-liderado-por-softbank-e-riverwood/",
   "srcname": "Mobile Time",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
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  {
   "co": "Cortex Intelligence",
   "d": "2022-09-29",
   "t": "R$260M Series C led by Lightrock",
   "desc": "Series C of R$260 million led by Lightrock, with SoftBank Latin America Funds and Riverwood Capital.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://startupi.com.br/cortex-finaliza-rodade-de-r-260-milhoes/",
   "srcname": "Startupi",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
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   "co": "Intelligent Relations",
   "d": "2020",
   "t": "Intelligent Relations founded",
   "desc": "Intelligent Relations founded to combine AI with PR expertise; Rob Shavell is chairman and Stamatis N. Astra co-founder.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260913025405/https://www.intelligentrelations.com/about/",
   "srcname": "Intelligent Relations",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
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  {
   "co": "Intelligent Relations",
   "d": "2022-02-24",
   "t": "Intelligent Relations acquires Net Positive Agency",
   "desc": "Intelligent Relations buys the PR and SEO agency Net Positive Agency for cash and equity.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://markets.financialcontent.com/thepilotnews/article/accesswire-2022-2-24-ai-powered-martech-startup-intelligent-relations-announces-acquisition-of-net-positive-agency",
   "srcname": "AccessWire (via FinancialContent)",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Sequencr",
   "d": "2024-10-22",
   "t": "Sequencr AI launches",
   "desc": "Sequencr AI launches in Vancouver as a generative AI consultancy for marketing and communications teams, founded by Matt Collette.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.sequencr.ai/insights/sequencr-consulting-launches-to-transform-ai-driven-marketing-and-communcations",
   "srcname": "Sequencr AI",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Releasd",
   "d": "2014",
   "t": "Releasd founded",
   "desc": "Releasd is founded in London as a platform for visual PR reports.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/releasd",
   "srcname": "Releasd on LinkedIn",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Presspage",
   "d": "2008",
   "t": "Presspage founded",
   "desc": "Bart Verhulst, Sebastien Willems and Tim van den Tempel founded Presspage in 2008.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://presspage.com/about-presspage",
   "srcname": "Presspage",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Presspage",
   "d": "2021-11-03",
   "t": "Presspage raises EUR 2 million",
   "desc": "Presspage raises EUR 2 million from its existing investor Capital Mills, with management participation, to expand in the UK and Germany.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://news.presspage.com/fast-growing-presspage-receives-investment-of-2-million/",
   "srcname": "Presspage newsroom",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Presspage",
   "d": "2025-07-24",
   "t": "Banyan Software acquires Presspage",
   "desc": "Banyan Software, a buy-and-hold acquirer of software businesses, acquires Presspage; it keeps its Amsterdam HQ and leadership team.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://banyansoftware.com/2025/07/24/presspage/",
   "srcname": "Banyan Software",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Précis PR",
   "d": "2022",
   "t": "Précis AI founded",
   "desc": "Précis AI says it was founded in 2022. CEO David Fuscus, who founded the PR agency Xenophon Strategies in 2000, wrote the original business plan that year.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://precisai.com/revolutionizing-pr-productivity-with-ai/",
   "srcname": "Précis AI blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Précis PR",
   "d": "2023-10-22",
   "t": "Précis Public Relations unveiled at the PRGN meeting",
   "desc": "Précis AI presents Précis Public Relations to agency heads at the Public Relations Global Network meeting in San Francisco. The release text is dated October 22, 2023 but the page is posted 16 April 2024 and says worldwide beta starts 'in early 2024' with a June launch, so the date may be a reposted release.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://precisai.com/pr-specific-ai-launches-at-public-relation-global-network-conference/",
   "srcname": "Précis AI press release",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Précis PR",
   "d": "2026-06-11",
   "t": "Willard launches (invite only)",
   "desc": "Précis AI launches Willard, a separate AI platform for lobbying, government affairs and legislative work, available by invitation. It is not part of the PR product.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://precisai.com/willard-is-here-and-he-knows-capitol-hill/",
   "srcname": "Précis AI press release",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Précis PR",
   "d": "2026-09-17",
   "t": "Willard opens a beta",
   "desc": "Précis AI opens a beta of Willard, its federal advocacy AI, to qualified professionals, with free early access by request.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://precisai.com/precis-ai-wants-policy-wonks/",
   "srcname": "Précis AI press release",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "3BL Media",
   "d": "2009",
   "t": "3BL Media founded",
   "desc": "3BL Media was founded in 2009 by former management of CSRwire to improve on the traditional press release newswire method for CSR news.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://csrwire.com/press-release/3bl-media-acquires-csrwire-the-corporate-social-responsibility-newswire/",
   "srcname": "CSRwire (3BL release, 2014-09-08)",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "3BL Media",
   "d": "2014-09-08",
   "t": "3BL Media acquires CSRwire",
   "desc": "3BL Media completes the acquisition of CSRwire, the CSR newswire founded in 1999, after its earlier purchase of Justmeans.com. Terms were not disclosed.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://csrwire.com/press-release/3bl-media-acquires-csrwire-the-corporate-social-responsibility-newswire/",
   "srcname": "CSRwire (3BL release)",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "3BL Media",
   "d": "2015-09-09",
   "t": "3BL Media acquires ReportAlert",
   "desc": "3BL Media acquires ReportAlert, the sustainability report announcement service founded in 2005. It was the third acquisition in twelve months.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://csrwire.com/press-release/3bl-media-acquires-reportalert-corporate-responsibility-and-sustainability-report-announcement-service/",
   "srcname": "CSRwire (3BL release)",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "3BL Media",
   "d": "2022-04-27",
   "t": "3BL Media acquires RealWire",
   "desc": "3BL Media acquires RealWire Limited of Lincoln, England, an online press release distribution service launched in 2000. It was 3BL's eighth acquisition since 2009.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://csrwire.com/?p=48850",
   "srcname": "CSRwire (3BL release)",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Pressat",
   "d": "2010",
   "t": "Pressat founded",
   "desc": "Pressat, a trading style of Global Newswire Group Ltd, was founded in 2010 and is housed at Hope Mill in Ancoats, Manchester.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://pressat.co.uk/about-us/",
   "srcname": "Pressat",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Metro Monitor",
   "d": "1993",
   "t": "Metro Monitor founded",
   "desc": "Metro Monitor was founded in 1993 as a TV news monitoring and clipping service run by media and PR veterans.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://metromonitor.com/company/",
   "srcname": "Metro Monitor",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Metro Monitor",
   "d": "2023-08-22",
   "t": "Metro Monitor acquires DAR.fm",
   "desc": "Metro Monitor acquires DAR.fm, a platform for recording live online radio and podcasts. Terms were not disclosed.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://metromonitor.com/blog/metro-monitor-acquires-online-radio-recording-platform-dar-fm/",
   "srcname": "Metro Monitor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "News Exposure",
   "d": "2000",
   "t": "Nationwide News Monitors founded",
   "desc": "Chicago video journalist David Lasker founded Nationwide News Monitors (NNM) in 2000, the firm that became News Exposure.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.newsexposure.com/about-us/",
   "srcname": "News Exposure",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "News Exposure",
   "d": "2011",
   "t": "News Exposure created",
   "desc": "David Lasker created News Exposure in 2011 to pick up where Nationwide News Monitors left off. A 2021 blog post says it was formerly known as Media Monkey Biz.",
   "k": "rebrand",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.newsexposure.com/about-us/",
   "srcname": "News Exposure",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "CoverageBook",
   "d": "2014",
   "t": "CoverageBook founded",
   "desc": "The site says CoverageBook has been 'reducing reporting-induced headaches worldwide since 2014' and describes itself as founded in 2014, bootstrapped and profitable. The operating company, CoverageBook Limited, is registered in England and Wales (company number 12498236).",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.coveragebook.com/why-us/",
   "srcname": "CoverageBook",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Launchmetrics",
   "d": "2002-07",
   "t": "Augure founded",
   "desc": "Launchmetrics' history lists Augure, an influencer marketing software company, as founded in July 2002 (by Michael Jais, per the 2026 anniversary release).",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.launchmetrics.com/en/about",
   "srcname": "Launchmetrics about page",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Launchmetrics",
   "d": "2006-03",
   "t": "Fashion GPS founded",
   "desc": "Fashion GPS, the sample, event and press software for fashion PR teams, was founded in New York in March 2006 by Eddie Mullon; it is the surviving lineage of today's platform.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.launchmetrics.com/en/about",
   "srcname": "Launchmetrics about page",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Launchmetrics",
   "d": "2016-01",
   "t": "Fashion GPS and Augure merge to form Launchmetrics",
   "desc": "Fashion GPS announced its merger with Augure to build a new entity, Launchmetrics, co-founded by Michael Jais and Eddie Mullon.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.launchmetrics.com/en/about",
   "srcname": "Launchmetrics about page",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Launchmetrics",
   "d": "2017-05",
   "t": "Visual Box acquired",
   "desc": "Launchmetrics bought Visual Box, a media monitoring company founded in Italy in 2000, and launched its Discover monitoring product the same month.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.launchmetrics.com/en/about",
   "srcname": "Launchmetrics about page",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Launchmetrics",
   "d": "2017-11",
   "t": "Style Coalition acquired",
   "desc": "Launchmetrics bought Style Coalition, an influencer relationship management company.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.launchmetrics.com/en/about",
   "srcname": "Launchmetrics about page",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Launchmetrics",
   "d": "2018-09",
   "t": "Launchmetrics raises $50M",
   "desc": "Launchmetrics said it raised $50M to continue growing; press at the time named Bpifrance as lead investor.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.launchmetrics.com/en/about",
   "srcname": "Launchmetrics about page",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Launchmetrics",
   "d": "2019-12",
   "t": "IMAXtree acquired",
   "desc": "Launchmetrics bought IMAXtree, a visual content creator and distributor for fashion and beauty; it now sells as Launchmetrics Spotlight.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.launchmetrics.com/en/about",
   "srcname": "Launchmetrics about page",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Launchmetrics",
   "d": "2020-11",
   "t": "PARKLU acquired",
   "desc": "Launchmetrics bought PARKLU, an influencer analytics platform in China.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.launchmetrics.com/en/about",
   "srcname": "Launchmetrics about page",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Launchmetrics",
   "d": "2022-03-29",
   "t": "Launchmetrics acquires DMR",
   "desc": "Launchmetrics announced the purchase of its largest competitor, DMR, and said it would then serve over 1,200 fashion, luxury and beauty brands.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.launchmetrics.com/newsroom/launchmetrics-acquires-dmr",
   "srcname": "Launchmetrics newsroom",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Launchmetrics",
   "d": "2024-01-09",
   "t": "Lectra to buy the majority of Launchmetrics",
   "desc": "Lectra, a Euronext-listed industrial software group, announced a deal for about 50.3% of Launchmetrics for about $85M, with the rest to be bought in stages to 2030; Launchmetrics says it joined the Lectra family on 22 January 2024.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.lectra.com/sites/default/files/2024-01/pr-Launchmetrics-acquisition-en-01-9-2024.pdf",
   "srcname": "Lectra press release",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "PR Underground",
   "d": "2010",
   "t": "PR Underground starts",
   "desc": "PR Underground started in 2010 as an affordable press release distribution service.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.prunderground.com/about",
   "srcname": "PR Underground",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "PR Underground",
   "d": "2021-12-13",
   "t": "CB Insights records PR Underground acquisition financing",
   "desc": "An unclaimed CB Insights profile records an 'Acq - Fin' round on 2021-12-13 with CMRZ Investments listed as the investor. The amount is hidden and no vendor page confirms it.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/prundergroundcom/financials",
   "srcname": "CB Insights",
   "conf": "low",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "LexisNexis Newsdesk",
   "d": "2014-10-20",
   "t": "LexisNexis acquires Moreover Technologies",
   "desc": "LexisNexis Legal & Professional announced it had acquired Moreover Technologies, a content delivery service and provider of current awareness and media management solutions; Moreover's Newsdesk became the base of LexisNexis Newsdesk. Terms were not disclosed.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.relx.com/media/press-releases/archive/20-10-2014",
   "srcname": "RELX",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "LexisNexis Newsdesk",
   "d": "2015-04-13",
   "t": "LexisNexis Newsdesk launches",
   "desc": "LexisNexis launched LexisNexis Newsdesk, a media aggregation and monitoring product combining Moreover's content and analytics with LexisNexis licensed content.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lexisnexis-launches-lexisnexis-newsdesk-499554771.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire (LexisNexis)",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Factiva (Dow Jones)",
   "d": "1999-07-01",
   "t": "Dow Jones and Reuters form the Factiva joint venture",
   "desc": "Dow Jones formed a 50-50 joint venture, Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC (Factiva), with Reuters Group, into which it put a large part of its Dow Jones Interactive unit. It merged two existing products, Dow Jones Interactive and Reuters Business Briefing.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000029924/000002992400000007/0000029924-00-000007.txt",
   "srcname": "Dow Jones 10-K for 1999 (SEC)",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Factiva (Dow Jones)",
   "d": "1999-11",
   "t": "Venture product renamed Factiva",
   "desc": "The Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive product was renamed Factiva about six months after formation.",
   "k": "rebrand",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factiva",
   "srcname": "Wikipedia",
   "conf": "low",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Factiva (Dow Jones)",
   "d": "2006-10-19",
   "t": "Dow Jones buys Reuters' half of Factiva",
   "desc": "Reuters sold its 50 percent stake in Factiva to Dow Jones for 160 million dollars; Reuters' chief executive called it the natural conclusion to the joint venture.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://en-archive.aawsat.com/2006/10/19/reuters-reports-strong-revenues-factiva-sale/",
   "srcname": "Asharq Al-Awsat archive (Reuters report)",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Fullintel",
   "d": "2015-01",
   "t": "Fullintel founded",
   "desc": "Fullintel was founded by CEO Gaugarin Oliver and President Andrew Koeck; its co-founders earlier built MyMediaInfo and dna13.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://fullintel.com/blog/the-six-year-history-of-fullintel/",
   "srcname": "Fullintel blog (2021-01-13)",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Fullintel",
   "d": "2015",
   "t": "Fullintel launches its executive news brief service",
   "desc": "After months of product development Fullintel launched as an executive news briefs and expert curation service, at first for Canadian clients only. The post gives 'Summer/Fall 2015'.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://fullintel.com/blog/the-six-year-history-of-fullintel/",
   "srcname": "Fullintel blog (2021-01-13)",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Commetric",
   "d": "2005-04-04",
   "t": "Commetric Limited incorporated",
   "desc": "Commetric Limited was incorporated in England on 4 April 2005; it later added an analytics and R&D office in Sofia, Bulgaria.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search/companies?q=commetric",
   "srcname": "Companies House",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Kinetiq",
   "d": "2019-04-10",
   "t": "4C takes a stake in iQ Media; Kinetiq formed",
   "desc": "4C and iQ Media create Kinetiq by combining iQ Media with 4C's Teletrax, led by iQ Media CEO Kevin Kohn, with US headquarters in Philadelphia and European headquarters in Eindhoven.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.mrweb.com/drno/news27850.htm",
   "srcname": "Daily Research News Online",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "note": "The Kinetiq release page is dated 14 March 2018 in its URL but the Business Wire release is filed 20190409 and DRNO and LinkedIn (Aaron Goldman, Apr 11 2019) report April 2019; Kinetiq's own 2020-12-03 release says 'Formed in 2019'. The 2018 date is treated as a site error. The exact day is DRNO's date, not the release's."
  },
  {
   "co": "Kinetiq",
   "d": "2025-10-14",
   "t": "Kinetiq acquires Veil Global Technologies",
   "desc": "Kinetiq buys the Veil Global Technologies business: patented audio watermarking, a North American capture network and its customers.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://kinetiq.tv/2025/10/15/kinetiq-expands-media-intelligence-leadership-with-acquisition-of-veil-global-technologies/",
   "srcname": "Kinetiq",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "JournoLink",
   "d": "2013-11-20",
   "t": "JournoLink Limited incorporated",
   "desc": "JournoLink Limited (company number 08783164) is incorporated in England and Wales; the product's own launch date is not stated on any page read.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08783164",
   "srcname": "Companies House",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "note": "The batch notes give 2014 from CB Insights, a directory. The registry shows incorporation in November 2013, so 2013 is used as the founding year. The about page names founders Peter Ibbetson, Gemma Guise and Tet Kofi but gives no year."
  },
  {
   "co": "Pitchengine",
   "d": "2009",
   "t": "Pitchengine founded and launched",
   "desc": "Founder Jason Kintzler launched Pitchengine in 2009 from a small town in Wyoming, commercializing the social media release.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://pitchengine.com/about",
   "srcname": "Pitchengine about page",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Pitchengine",
   "d": "2026-01-08",
   "t": "Pitchengine relaunches with AI tools",
   "desc": "The platform relaunched with an AI Writing Assistant, Remix, Distribution Advisor and Social Optimizer, and Pro plans from $149 a month.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://pitchengine.com/view/pitchengine-relaunches-with-ai-h5ags80x",
   "srcname": "Pitchengine newsroom",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "iPR Software",
   "d": "2006",
   "t": "iPressroom, Inc. founded",
   "desc": "Founded as iPressroom, Inc. in 2006 to build software for external corporate communications.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.iprsoftware.com/about",
   "srcname": "iPR Software",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "iPR Software",
   "d": "2010",
   "t": "iPressroom sold to private investors",
   "desc": "The company was sold to private investors in 2010; the page names no buyer and no month.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.iprsoftware.com/about",
   "srcname": "iPR Software",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "iPR Software",
   "d": "2012",
   "t": "iPressroom renamed iPR Software",
   "desc": "The company changed its name from iPressroom to iPR Software in 2012; the page gives the year only.",
   "k": "rebrand",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.iprsoftware.com/about",
   "srcname": "iPR Software",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "PitchRate",
   "d": "2009-02",
   "t": "PitchRate goes online",
   "desc": "PitchRate.com went online in February 2009 as a free service connecting experts with journalists; it was created by L. Drew Gerber of Blue Kangaroo, Inc.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.newswire.com/news/media-contact-service-moves-to-main-street-176391",
   "srcname": "Newswire.com (Blue Kangaroo release, 2010-04-27)",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Clipbook",
   "d": "2023",
   "t": "Clipbook founded",
   "desc": "Clipbook lists 2023 as its founding year and says it was founded to become the foundational AI layer for modern communications leaders; founder Adam Joseph launched it in 2023 and bootstrapped it before outside funding.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.clipbook.com/careers",
   "srcname": "Clipbook",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Clipbook",
   "d": "2025-12-01",
   "t": "Clipbook raises $3.3 million seed",
   "desc": "Clipbook closes a $3.3 million seed round co-led by Mark Cuban, Commonweal Ventures and Carpenter Capital, its first outside capital, after bootstrapping to several million in ARR.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://aijourn.com/?p=448322",
   "srcname": "Business Wire via The AI Journal",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "PeakMetrics",
   "d": "2017",
   "t": "PeakMetrics founded",
   "desc": "Nick Loui and Bobby Lincoln founded PeakMetrics in 2017, rooted in defense and national security work.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.latimes.com/b2b/banking-finance/story/2026-05-21/peakmetrics-series-a-funding-ai-disinformation",
   "srcname": "Los Angeles Times B2B (sourced from PeakMetrics)",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "PeakMetrics",
   "d": "2026-04-09",
   "t": "PeakMetrics raises $6 million Series A",
   "desc": "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.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://peakmetrics.com/insights/peakmetrics-raises-series-a",
   "srcname": "PeakMetrics",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "NetBase Quid",
   "d": "2010",
   "t": "Quid founded",
   "desc": "Quid, an AI company in San Francisco, was founded in 2010.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/netbase-and-quid-to-merge-300994662.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire (NetBase and Quid)",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "NetBase Quid",
   "d": "2020-01-28",
   "t": "NetBase and Quid merge",
   "desc": "NetBase (social analytics) and Quid (AI text analytics) announce a merger under the name NetBase Quid; NetBase CEO Peter Caswell leads, Quid CEO Bob Goodson becomes President.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/netbase-and-quid-to-merge-300994662.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "SnapStream",
   "d": "2001",
   "t": "SnapStream founded",
   "desc": "The About text says 'Since 2001' SnapStream began as the consumer product Beyond TV, launched by founder Rakesh Agrawal, and grew into an enterprise live video workflow hub.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.snapstream.com/",
   "srcname": "SnapStream",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "ISEBOX",
   "d": "2011-01-21",
   "t": "ISEBOX Limited incorporated",
   "desc": "ISEBOX Limited was incorporated in England on 21 January 2011 (company number 07500957); LinkedIn also gives 2011 as the founding year.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07500957",
   "srcname": "Companies House",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "ISEBOX",
   "d": "2012",
   "t": "ISEBOX launches",
   "desc": "Founder Marc de Leuw and CTO Salvatore Salpietro launched ISEBOX in 2012 after two years of development; P&G and adidas joined that summer for the London Olympics.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://technical.ly/software-development/isebox-content-distribution-simple",
   "srcname": "Technical.ly (article dated 2014-06-26)",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "ISEBOX",
   "d": "2019-03-12",
   "t": "Private equity round led by Invex Capital",
   "desc": "CB Insights lists a private equity round on 12 March 2019 led by Invex Capital; the amount is redacted. This is a third-party directory entry, not a company statement.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/isebox/financials",
   "srcname": "CB Insights",
   "conf": "low",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "News Direct",
   "d": "2019",
   "t": "News Direct founded",
   "desc": "LinkedIn gives 2019 as the founding year; Gregg Castano, former president of Business Wire, is founder and CEO.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/news-direct-corp/",
   "srcname": "LinkedIn",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "News Direct",
   "d": "2020",
   "t": "News Direct launches",
   "desc": "News Direct launched in mid-2020 as a content and news distribution platform for contemporary media outreach.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://commpro.biz/news/news-direct-redefines-international-distribution",
   "srcname": "CommPRO",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Newsbox",
   "d": "2006",
   "t": "PRSafe born",
   "desc": "The company history says it built PRSafe in 2006 as a platform for PR professionals; NewsBox began as its sister app.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://newsbox.com/history",
   "srcname": "NewsBox history",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Newsbox",
   "d": "2011",
   "t": "NewsBox founded",
   "desc": "The press kit lists 2011 as the founding year; the history page says building began in November 2011.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://newsbox.com/press/kit",
   "srcname": "NewsBox press kit",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Newsbox",
   "d": "2012",
   "t": "NewsBox launches",
   "desc": "Technical.ly (2014-12-02) reports that Connectus launched NewsBox in 2012.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://technical.ly/professional-development/newsbox-gary-pick",
   "srcname": "Technical.ly",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Newsbox",
   "d": "2013",
   "t": "Seed funding",
   "desc": "The history page says NewsBox received seed funding in 2013; no amount or investor is given. Latka lists a seed of $350K in March 2015, which conflicts.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://newsbox.com/history",
   "srcname": "NewsBox history",
   "conf": "low",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Newsbox",
   "d": "2025-08-01",
   "t": "AI-powered NewsBox public launch",
   "desc": "The What's New release data lists NewsBox public launch on 1 August 2025 as the first public release of the NewsBox intelligence platform.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://newsbox.com/whats-new",
   "srcname": "NewsBox What's New",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Newsworthy.ai",
   "d": "2021",
   "t": "Newsworthy.ai founded",
   "desc": "David McInnis, who founded PRWeb, co-founded Newsworthy.ai with Mark Willaman in 2021. The operator named in the terms of service is AttentionWorthy Inc.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://newsmarketingbook.com/about-the-author",
   "srcname": "David McInnis author page",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "PRLeap",
   "d": "2003",
   "t": "PRLeap founded",
   "desc": "The Lozano brothers, Mario and Merrick, founded PRLeap in 2003 in San Diego; they say it is a small, profitable company with no outside funding.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.prleap.com/about",
   "srcname": "PRLeap",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "PRShots",
   "d": "1999",
   "t": "PRShots created",
   "desc": "A team of journalists and PR professionals created PRShots in 1999 as a single source of high-resolution brand images for media.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.prshots.com/aboutus",
   "srcname": "PRShots",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Press Hook",
   "d": "2020-10",
   "t": "Press Hook founded",
   "desc": "Michelle Songy founded Press Hook in October 2020, per the funding release; its own about page says a summer 2020 beta helped 50+ businesses and that it launched privately in the fall of 2020.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/press-hook-a-tech-enabled-public-relations-platform-secures-1-5-million-in-funding-301403770.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire (Press Hook release)",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Press Hook",
   "d": "2021-10-19",
   "t": "Press Hook raises $1.5 million",
   "desc": "Press Hook announced $1.5 million in venture funding led by Emergent Ventures, The Fund and TnT Ventures. The release calls it Brooklyn based; its 2024 terms give an Atlanta address.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/press-hook-a-tech-enabled-public-relations-platform-secures-1-5-million-in-funding-301403770.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire (Press Hook release)",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "PRmax",
   "d": "2007-03-16",
   "t": "PRMAX LIMITED incorporated",
   "desc": "PRMAX LIMITED, the company behind PRmax, was incorporated in England and Wales on 16 March 2007; it is still active.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06166158",
   "srcname": "Companies House",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "note": "Incorporation date, not a product launch date. PRmax's own About page gives no founding year; it says the original Mediadisk team 'transformed the way PR professionals worked' twenty years earlier and has returned to build PRmax. Third-party directories (SourceForge, Tracxn) give 2009 and 2007."
  },
  {
   "co": "Pendulum",
   "d": "2021",
   "t": "Pendulum founded",
   "desc": "Mark Listes and Sam Clark founded Pendulum in Seattle; it was spun out of Madrona Venture Labs, where the two had met.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://startupintros.com/orgs/pendulum-intelligence",
   "srcname": "Startupintros",
   "conf": "med",
   "note": "The year comes from a third-party directory; the Pulse 2.0 funding story (https://pulse2.com/social-media-narrative-detection-company-pendulum-secures-5-9-million/) confirms the founders and the Madrona Venture Labs spin-out but gives no year.",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Pendulum",
   "d": "2022-01-18",
   "t": "Pendulum raises $5.9 million seed",
   "desc": "Pendulum announced $5.9 million in seed funding led by Madrona Venture Group with Cercano Management and others, to build its team and expand the platform.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://pulse2.com/social-media-narrative-detection-company-pendulum-secures-5-9-million/",
   "srcname": "Pulse 2.0",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "Madrona's own post, dated 2022-01-07 (https://www.madrona.com/detecting-narratives-in-social-media-introducing-pendulum/), says it led the Series Seed but gives no amount. Startupintros lists the round as $6.0M in January 2022.",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "ARInsights (ARchitect)",
   "d": "2004",
   "t": "ARInsights founded",
   "desc": "ARInsights was founded in 2004 and offers an analyst database and relationship management software for analyst relations teams.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.arinsights.com/about-arinsights",
   "srcname": "ARInsights",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "The 2020 Polaris release (https://www.arinsights.com/resource/arinsights-receives-strategic-investment-from-polaris-growth-fund) repeats 'founded in 2004' and names founder and CEO Shashank Kulkarni.",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "ARInsights (ARchitect)",
   "d": "2020-09-22",
   "t": "Polaris Growth Fund invests in ARInsights",
   "desc": "ARInsights received a growth investment from Polaris Growth Fund, a software-focused affiliate fund of Boston-based Polaris Partners; founder and CEO Shashank Kulkarni kept a meaningful ownership position. The amount was not disclosed.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.arinsights.com/resource/arinsights-receives-strategic-investment-from-polaris-growth-fund",
   "srcname": "ARInsights (Business Wire release)",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "The release is datelined Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., September 22, 2020.",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "ARInsights (ARchitect)",
   "d": "2024-02-21",
   "t": "ARInsights acquires The Wind Communications Agency",
   "desc": "ARInsights acquired The Wind Communications Agency, an analyst-relations services firm, adding AR strategy, program execution, operations and peer-reviews management to its software. Terms were not disclosed.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.arinsights.com/resource/arinsights-acquires-the-wind-communications-agency",
   "srcname": "ARInsights (PR Newswire release)",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "ContentBase",
   "d": "2000",
   "t": "TheNewsMarket founded",
   "desc": "TheNewsMarket, Inc., the maker of ContentBase, is described as founded in 2000 and headquartered in San Francisco.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/epresspack-acquires-thenewsmarket-gains-a-foothold-in-the-united-states-and-accelerates-its-internationalization-302565858.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire (epresspack)",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "ContentBase",
   "d": "2022-10-05",
   "t": "ContentBase launched",
   "desc": "TheNewsMarket introduces ContentBase, an online newsroom platform with over 100 features, scheduled publishing, a social aggregator and unlimited CMS licences, with distribution to over a million journalists via thenewsmarket.com.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.thenewsmarket.com/news/introducing-contentbase---advanced-newsroom-technology-for-outstanding-brand-communications/s/6c05ca05-faef-466c-bdf6-85bf288cd8c2",
   "srcname": "TheNewsMarket",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "ContentBase",
   "d": "2025-07-25",
   "t": "epresspack acquires TheNewsMarket",
   "desc": "epresspack (Paris) acquires TheNewsMarket, including TheNewsMarket Inc's San Francisco office, TheNewsMarket Ltd's Ahmedabad hub, the brand and 22 staff; the deal took effect on 25 July and was announced on 24 September 2025.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/epresspack-acquires-thenewsmarket-gains-a-foothold-in-the-united-states-and-accelerates-its-internationalization-302565858.html",
   "srcname": "PR Newswire (epresspack)",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "PitchResponse",
   "d": "2022-12-20",
   "t": "Link Sourcery rebrands to PitchResponse",
   "desc": "Link Sourcery, the HARO pitching tool formerly called Sourcery, relaunches as PitchResponse with a new name, logo and website built with 99 Robots, to serve both experts and journalists.",
   "k": "rebrand",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://pitchresponse.com/blog/link-sourcery-is-now-pitchresponse/",
   "srcname": "PitchResponse blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "PressArea",
   "d": "2014-07-23",
   "t": "PRShots Services Ltd incorporated",
   "desc": "The UK company that owns and operates PressArea, PRShots Services Ltd, is incorporated in England and Wales (company 09144989).",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09144989",
   "srcname": "Companies House",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "EurekAlert!",
   "d": "1996-05-20",
   "t": "EurekAlert! launches",
   "desc": "AAAS launches EurekAlert! as an online news service for science reporters, with embargoed releases from journals and research institutions.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.aaas.org/news/eurekalert-celebrates-20-years-forefront-science-communication",
   "srcname": "AAAS (18 May 2016)",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "EurekAlert!",
   "d": "2021-07-26",
   "t": "New EurekAlert! platform launched",
   "desc": "AAAS announces a rebuilt platform after a project begun in 2018, replacing the one built in 1996.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://blog.eurekalert.org/2021/07/26/why-re-imagine-eurekalert/",
   "srcname": "EurekAlert! SciComm Blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Newswise",
   "d": "1991",
   "t": "Newswise creates first online tool for journalists",
   "desc": "Newswise says it created in 1991 the first online, digital, database information-management tool for journalists to access research news from higher education and research institutions.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.newswise.com/articles/newswise-introduces-new-tools-for-journalists",
   "srcname": "Newswise (30 Nov 2005)",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "AlphaGalileo",
   "d": "1998",
   "t": "AlphaGalileo founded",
   "desc": "The UK's Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council founded AlphaGalileo in 1998.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/AlphaGalileo/About-Us/Who-we-are",
   "srcname": "AlphaGalileo",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "AlphaGalileo",
   "d": "2003",
   "t": "AlphaGalileo Foundation takes over delivery",
   "desc": "From 2003 to 2013 the service is delivered by the AlphaGalileo Foundation, funded mainly by subscriptions and sponsorships from 2011.",
   "k": "rebrand",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/AlphaGalileo/About-Us/Who-we-are",
   "srcname": "AlphaGalileo",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "AlphaGalileo",
   "d": "2014",
   "t": "AlphaGalileo Ltd replaces the Foundation",
   "desc": "From 2014 the Foundation is replaced by AlphaGalileo Ltd.",
   "k": "rebrand",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/AlphaGalileo/About-Us/Who-we-are",
   "srcname": "AlphaGalileo",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "EIN Presswire",
   "d": "1995",
   "t": "EIN News and EIN Presswire begin",
   "desc": "Newsmatics' 30th anniversary release (dated 2 October 2025) says EIN News and EIN Presswire, its first products, began in 1995.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.newsmatics.com/press/854606558-newsmatics-turns-30-online-news-pioneer-launches-giveaway-to-celebrate-three-decades-of-innovation",
   "srcname": "Newsmatics",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "note": "Another Newsmatics page shows a 1993 copyright; the 30th anniversary release says 1995."
  },
  {
   "co": "WebWire",
   "d": "1995",
   "t": "WebWire created",
   "desc": "Michael Schwartz, then president of a US communications services company, created WebWire in 1995 as an experiment.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.webwire.com/AboutUs.asp",
   "srcname": "WebWire",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "WebWire",
   "d": "1997",
   "t": "WebWire launched",
   "desc": "FAQ: 'WebWire.com was established in 1995, launched in 1997'. The Wayback Machine holds a capture of webwire.com dated 1997-04-17.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.webwire.com/faq.asp",
   "srcname": "WebWire",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "note": "The About page and the Targeted Media and WebPost pages say 'since 1998' for the online news-release service ('moved online in 1998'), so the vendor's own pages disagree by a year."
  },
  {
   "co": "WebWire",
   "d": "1998",
   "t": "WebWire moves online",
   "desc": "The About page says WebWire 'moved online in 1998' as proof the early Internet could support sophisticated databases, delivering press releases to early Internet users.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.webwire.com/AboutUs.asp",
   "srcname": "WebWire",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "WebWire",
   "d": "2003",
   "t": "WebWire reorganized as a freestanding corporation",
   "desc": "'WebWire reorganized in 2003 as a freestanding corporation.'",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.webwire.com/AboutUs.asp",
   "srcname": "WebWire",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Handraise",
   "d": "2023-11-16",
   "t": "Handraise raises $6.3 million seed round",
   "desc": "Former TrendKite founder Matt Allison raised $6.3 million in seed funding to launch Handraise, backed by Silverton Partners, Floodgate, Bill Wood Ventures, Firebrand VC and others.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.siliconhillsnews.com/2023/11/16/handraise-lands-6-3-million-in-funding-to-create-ai-powered-pr-platform/",
   "srcname": "Silicon Hills News",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "note": "Other outlets (Silicon Legal Strategy, SaaS News, FinSMEs) report the round as $6.4 million."
  },
  {
   "co": "Handraise",
   "d": "2026-09-09",
   "t": "Handraise files Form D for an equity offering",
   "desc": "A Form D filed with the SEC on 9 Sep 2026 reports $4,531,175 sold toward a $10,531,276 offering, first sale on 25 Aug 2026, eight investors.",
   "k": "funding",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://runtimewire.com/article/matt-allison-handraise-4-5m-10-5m-equity-offering",
   "srcname": "RuntimeWire",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "note": "Secondary report of the SEC filing; RuntimeWire says a SAFE conversion means not all of it is new cash. Some aggregators label it a Series A; no vendor page says so."
  },
  {
   "co": "iCrowdNewswire",
   "d": "2015",
   "t": "iCrowdNewswire founded",
   "desc": "The About page says iCrowdNewswire was founded in 2015 by a team with former senior executives of leading newswires; a 2017 release says it was launched in 2015 by executives from PR Newswire, Business Wire, Marketwired, Yahoo! and Dow Jones.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://icrowdnewswire.com/who-we-are/",
   "srcname": "iCrowdNewswire",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "note": "Hector Botero is named founder and CEO on the site; a 2025 release calls him CEO and a 2024 release calls him Founder."
  },
  {
   "co": "iCrowdNewswire",
   "d": "2015-04-14",
   "t": "iCrowdNewswire launches crowdfunding communications tools",
   "desc": "Its first dated release announces social media and digital content marketing tools for crowdfunding and small and medium companies from a veteran corporate communications, media and investor-relations team.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://icrowdnewswire.com/2015/04/16/icrowdnewswire-launches-social-media-and-digital-content-marketing-tools-for-crowdfunding/",
   "srcname": "iCrowdNewswire",
   "conf": "med",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "note": "The announcement is datelined April 14, 2015 and was posted April 16. The page does not call it the company's first product, so treat it as the earliest dated launch on the site."
  },
  {
   "co": "iCrowdNewswire",
   "d": "2017-09-21",
   "t": "iCrowdNewswire announces Google Cloud and ad-technology deal",
   "desc": "iCrowdNewswire says Google ad technology and Google Cloud will power all its press release distribution products, with targeting, translation and analytics, and that it will move its network to the Google Cloud Platform.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://icrowdnewswire.com/2017/09/21/icrowdnewswire-in-deal-with-google-will-integrate-googles-ad-technology-to-all-press-release-distribution-products-and-move-network-to-take-advantage-of-googles-growing-lis/",
   "srcname": "iCrowdNewswire",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "note": "Announcement of a plan ('will integrate'), not proof the integration shipped that day."
  },
  {
   "co": "iCrowdNewswire",
   "d": "2019-09-16",
   "t": "iCrowdNewswire launches ReleaseLive",
   "desc": "iCrowdNewswire says it has launched the first iteration of ReleaseLive, a press release distribution solution it calls accountable, verifiable and efficient, after more than a year of development and testing.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://icrowdnewswire.com/2019/09/16/100-million-people-are-not-going-to-read-your-release-even-if-you-are-apple-introducing-releaselive-the-future-of-press-release-distribution/",
   "srcname": "iCrowdNewswire",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "iCrowdNewswire",
   "d": "2021-08-02",
   "t": "LexisNexis and iCrowdNewswire launch Nexis Newswire",
   "desc": "LexisNexis Legal & Professional, in coordination with iCrowdNewswire, launches Nexis Newswire, a distribution service that uses paid advertising to drive traffic to news releases across 11 million websites.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://icrowdnewswire.com/2021/08/02/lexisnexis-and-icrowdnewswire-launch-nexis-newswire/",
   "srcname": "iCrowdNewswire",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "iCrowdNewswire",
   "d": "2024-06-25",
   "t": "iCrowdNewswire partners with Notified to bundle GlobeNewswire",
   "desc": "iCrowdNewswire says it has partnered with Notified to bundle GlobeNewswire distribution with Google-advertising headline views; the combined product is to be available to the public on 2024-07-01.",
   "k": "announcement",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://icrowdnewswire.com/2024/06/25/icrowdnewswire-launches-next-generation-ai-driven-pr-distribution-combining-globenewswire-with-google-advertising-driven-headline-views/",
   "srcname": "iCrowdNewswire",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "iCrowdNewswire",
   "d": "2024-08-05",
   "t": "iCrowdNewswire launches Paid Media Release",
   "desc": "iCrowdNewswire launches Paid Media ReleaseSM, which combines GlobeNewswire delivery with Google AdSense headline views at a flat $700 per release (now $599 and $899 tiers).",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://icrowdnewswire.com/2024/08/05/icrowdnewswire-launches-paid-media-releasesm-integrating-globenewswires-industry-leading-distribution-network-with-google-adsense-advertising/",
   "srcname": "iCrowdNewswire",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "RadioGuestList.com",
   "d": "2008",
   "t": "RadioGuestList.com founded",
   "desc": "The About page says the free guest interview booking service has run since 2008, started by author and consultant Scott Fox as research for a book on online marketing.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://radioguestlist.com/about-radioguestlist",
   "srcname": "RadioGuestList.com",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "RepTrak",
   "d": "1997",
   "t": "Reputation Institute founded",
   "desc": "RepTrak's 2020 rebrand release says the company, then called the Reputation Institute, was founded in 1997 and had its global headquarters in Boston.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.reptrak.com/news/global-leader-in-reputation-rebrands-as-the-reptrak-company/",
   "srcname": "RepTrak",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "note": "The current About page instead says 'Established in 2004', without explaining the change from the explicit 1997 founding statement."
  },
  {
   "co": "RepTrak",
   "d": "2020-04-06",
   "t": "Reputation Institute rebrands as The RepTrak Company",
   "desc": "The company, formerly the Reputation Institute, announces a new name, logo, website and domain (reptrak.com).",
   "k": "rebrand",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.reptrak.com/news/global-leader-in-reputation-rebrands-as-the-reptrak-company/",
   "srcname": "RepTrak",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "RepTrak",
   "d": "2024-10-25",
   "t": "RepTrak launches RepTrak for Industry",
   "desc": "RepTrak for Industry adds industry-specific reports and advisers across 30+ industries in 60 countries to its platform.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.reptrak.com/news/reptrak-launches-reptrak-for-industry/",
   "srcname": "RepTrak",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "RepTrak",
   "d": "2024-11-19",
   "t": "Periscope Equity acquires RepTrak",
   "desc": "The RepTrak Company announces a majority recapitalization by Periscope Equity, a Chicago-based private equity firm; the release's headline and URL call it an acquisition.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.reptrak.com/news/acquisition-periscope-equity/",
   "srcname": "RepTrak",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "note": "The release text says 'majority recapitalization', so this is a majority investment, not a full buyout."
  },
  {
   "co": "RepTrak",
   "d": "2025-12",
   "t": "RepTrak launches Compass",
   "desc": "The RepTrak Company launches The RepTrak Compass, a next-generation platform with always-on data and Purposeful AI, and marks the milestone with live events on December 9.",
   "k": "launch",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.reptrak.com/news/reptrak-launches-compass/",
   "srcname": "RepTrak",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "note": "The release is dated December 10 and says Compass launched 'this week'. It does not state an exact launch day, so month precision is the supported date."
  },
  {
   "co": "Business Wire",
   "d": "1961-10-02",
   "t": "Business Wire founded",
   "desc": "Lorry I. Lokey opened Business Wire in San Francisco on 2 October 1961 with seven clients and a private-line network serving 16 Bay Area media points.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://web.archive.org/web/20150915102027/http://mms.businesswire.com/media/20140930005849/en/434193/1/BWSOC930_timeline_2014v6.pdf",
   "srcname": "Business Wire corporate timeline (Wayback)",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "Business Wire",
   "d": "2006-01-17",
   "t": "Berkshire Hathaway agrees to acquire Business Wire",
   "desc": "Berkshire Hathaway announces a definitive agreement to acquire Business Wire as a wholly owned subsidiary, with terms undisclosed, management staying in place and closing expected in the first quarter of 2006.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/news/2006news.html",
   "srcname": "Berkshire Hathaway",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "note": "Berkshire Hathaway's 2006 news index visibly dates 'Business Wire to be Acquired' to 17 January 2006 and links the announcement PDF."
  },
  {
   "co": "ACCESS Newswire",
   "d": "2006-02",
   "t": "My EDGAR founded",
   "desc": "The operating business that became Issuer Direct and then ACCESS Newswire began as My EDGAR in February 2006.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://newsroom.accessnewswire.com/history-timeline",
   "srcname": "ACCESS Newswire history timeline",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0,
   "note": "The vendor timeline states that My EDGAR was founded in February 2006. The public-company legal entity was formed earlier as Docucon, according to the 2025 Form 10-K."
  },
  {
   "co": "ACCESS Newswire",
   "d": "2022-11-03",
   "t": "Issuer Direct acquires Newswire",
   "desc": "Issuer Direct acquires iNewsWire.com LLC (Newswire), which sells release distribution, media databases, monitoring and newsrooms, almost doubling its press release customer base.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/843006/000165495422014685/isdr_ex991.htm",
   "srcname": "SEC filing (Issuer Direct release)",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "ACCESS Newswire",
   "d": "2025-01-16",
   "t": "Issuer Direct announces ACCESS Newswire rebrand",
   "desc": "Issuer Direct announces board approval to change its corporate name to ACCESS Newswire; the name change and NYSE American ticker ACCS take effect on 27 January 2025.",
   "k": "rebrand",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.newswire.com/news/issuer-direct-corp-re-names-and-re-brands-as-access-newswire-inc-a-bold-step",
   "srcname": "Newswire.com (ACCESS Newswire release)",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 1,
   "catp": 1.0
  },
  {
   "co": "eReleases",
   "d": "1998",
   "t": "eReleases founded",
   "desc": "Mickie Kennedy founded eReleases in 1998 to give small businesses an affordable route to a national newswire.",
   "k": "founded",
   "cat": "corp",
   "src": "https://www.ereleases.com/about-mickie-kennedy/",
   "srcname": "eReleases",
   "conf": "high",
   "w": 2,
   "catp": 1.0
  }
 ]
}