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Dataminr

NativePrivateUpdated November 3, 2026

Real-time event/signal-detection over public data streams

CEO
Ted Bailey
Founded
2009
HQ
New York, United States
Total Funding
$1.5B
Employees
501-1000
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Government & Defense
48.9Bluescore
Momentum—
Market MapLocked
Rank change (7d)-21

Products & Offerings

First Alert / First Alert Advanced

Real-time public-information alerting for government, defense and public-sector customers; the Advanced tier adds agentic corroboration, context and tactical predictive intelligence.

PlatformEnterpriseFlagship

Dataminr Pulse / Dataminr Advanced for Corporate Security

Real-time intelligence for protecting people, facilities, executives and supply chains, with new agentic verification, context and near-term risk forecasting.

EnterpriseEnterpriseCore Platform

Dataminr for Cyber Defense

Suite of preemptive threat and exposure tools that turns real-time, client-tailored intelligence into risk-prioritized action, integrated with ThreatConnect.

EnterpriseEnterpriseEmerging2026

ThreatConnect Platform

Threat-intelligence management platform, acquired in 2025, for contextualizing, prioritizing and responding to cyber threats; used by one-third of the Fortune 50.

PlatformEnterpriseLive

Dataminr for News

Real-time breaking-news alerting service that helps journalists and newsrooms find and verify events early.

EnterpriseEnterpriseLive

Executive Summary

What they do

  • Detect breaking events, threats and risks from public data in real time
  • Run more than 60 specialized LLMs trained on a 10-plus-year event archive
  • Sell First Alert to government and Pulse/Advanced to corporate security teams

Why it matters

  • Won a five-year, $318M Department of War contract covering every military branch
  • Bought ThreatConnect for $290M, adding internal threat-intel data to external signals
  • Agentic AI now corroborates events, adds context and forecasts near-term impacts

Best fit

  • Defense, intelligence and emergency-management agencies that need public-information (PAI) alerting at scale
  • Corporate security, executive protection and travel-risk teams at global enterprises
  • SOC and threat-intel teams combining external signals with ThreatConnect workflows

Watch-outs

  • Public scrutiny over police use of First Alert to monitor protests
  • Heavy reliance on social-media data access, including X's firehose
  • Convertible-debt financing and repeated layoffs suggest pressure on profitability

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Analyst VerdictShortlist

Dataminr pioneered real-time alerting from publicly available information and is still the category leader. The Department of War enterprise contract, NATO use and new agentic First Alert Advanced and Corporate Security releases back that up, so government, defense and large-enterprise security buyers should shortlist it now. Before signing, check pricing, how well the ThreatConnect integration has matured, and your own civil-liberties and data-sourcing compliance requirements.

Signal Provenance

Latest observation date and source for each signal category

Signal CategoryLast UpdatedSource
Funding Signals
Last funding round, Funding stage
Oct 31, 2026Montclare research agents
Hiring Velocity
Headcount, Headcount growth
Nov 3, 2026Montclare research agents
Technical Output
Research papers, GitHub activity
Nov 3, 2026Montclare research agents
News Sentiment
News mentions, News sentiment
Nov 2, 2026Montclare research agents
Partnership Signals
Enterprise partnerships, Distribution partners
NeverMontclare research agents
Revenue Indicators
ARR estimate, Revenue growth
Nov 3, 2026Montclare research agents
Leadership Signals
CEO tenure, Founder-led
Nov 3, 2026Montclare research agents
Competitive Position
Category rank, Market share
Nov 3, 2026Montclare research agents

Why this Bluescore?

6 dimensions, each scored 0–10 against all — companies. Each adds its weight × score to the Bluescore — see methodology

D1 · Business Model & Revenue (21%)
5.5
+11.5 of 21 pts · Top 20%
D2 · Product Depth (21%)
3.8
+8.0 of 21 pts · 32th pct
D3 · Data & Model Moat (19%)
5.7
+10.8 of 19 pts · Top 25%
D4 · Talent & Research (16%)
2.7
+4.3 of 16 pts · 28th pct
D5 · Customer Adoption (13%)
5.5
+7.2 of 13 pts · 70th pct
D6 · Investment Momentum (10%)
7.1
+7.1 of 10 pts · Top 12%

Risks

Reputational and legal exposure from documented police monitoring of protests via First Alert
Medium
Losing or repricing social-media firehose access could weaken alert speed and coverage
Medium
No priced equity round since 2021; recent funding came through Fortress and NightDragon convertibles
Medium
ThreatConnect integration and cyber expansion still maturing against established threat-intel vendors
Low
Repeated layoff rounds since 2023 may affect support continuity and roadmap delivery
Low
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