Primordial Aspect • RESEARCH LAB

Twenty sources

The public record, layer by layer, from the surface of the web to the deepest records. Each one is read for every company in a network, and for the people behind them.

  1. 01 The open web
    What a company says about itself today: its website, press and investor pages. Company websites · Press releases · Investor pages
  2. 02 Social networks, forums and ad libraries
    Public posts, profiles and discussions, and the ads a company has paid to run. Social posts · Forum threads · Public profiles · Ad library entries
  3. 03 News, podcasts, video and TV
    What is said in public, transcribed and attributed to its speaker. Articles · Interviews · Podcast transcripts · TV segments
  4. 04 Jobs, reviews and complaints
    What candidates, employees and customers say, and when they say it. Job listings · Employee reviews · Consumer complaints
  5. 05 Code and apps
    The software and apps a company publishes, and who builds them. App listings · Code repositories · Developer accounts
  6. 06 Maps and imagery
    Whether an address is a working site, a shared office or a mailbox. Registered addresses · Street-level views · Satellite imagery
  7. 07 Domains, DNS and WHOIS
    Who registered which sites, when, and what they share behind the scenes. Domain records · DNS history · Shared hosting and analytics IDs
  8. 08 Web archives
    What was once published, and what was later removed. Archived pages · Removed pages · Past versions
  9. 09 Documents and file metadata
    Published documents and the traces they carry. Reports · PDFs · Authors and creation dates
  10. 10 Academic and nonprofit records
    Research and nonprofit filings that involve companies and people. Research papers · Nonprofit filings · Grants received
  11. 11 Patents and trademarks
    Intellectual property, and the people and companies named on it. Patents · Trademarks · Inventors and owners
  12. 12 Company registries, gazettes and ownership
    Who owns, who runs, and every change made official. Director mandates · Shareholdings · Beneficial owners · Gazette notices
  13. 13 Annual reports, filings and earnings calls
    What a company declares to investors and regulators, and what its executives say on the calls. Annual and quarterly reports · Prospectuses · Earnings call transcripts · Investor presentations
  14. 14 Financial data: markets, rates and bonds
    Prices, rates and instruments around a company and its sector. Market prices · Bond terms · Rates · Credit spreads
  15. 15 Public money, politics and lobbying
    Public contracts won, subsidies received and influence declared. Procurement awards · Grants and subsidies · Lobbying registers
  16. 16 Property, ships, aircraft and trade
    Physical assets, who holds them, and the goods that move between companies. Land titles · Vessel and aircraft registries · Customs and shipping records
  17. 17 Courts and insolvency
    Disputes, judgments and failures. Court decisions · Insolvency notices · Proceedings
  18. 18 Licences, sanctions and enforcement
    What a company is allowed to do, and what regulators have done about it. Licences and permits · Sanctions lists · Enforcement actions
  19. 19 Macroeconomic series
    The economic conditions a company operates in. Sector series · Inflation · Employment
  20. 20 Laws and regulation
    The rules that apply, and those coming. Regulations · Draft laws · Guidance

Plus licensed data from established providers, where it adds depth.

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