Blackbird.AI
Category: AI in Cybersecurity
AI-driven Narrative Intelligence platform that detects, analyzes, and helps organizations respond to disinformation and narrative-based attacks. Blackbird.AI was founded in 2017. The company is led by Wasim Khaled. Based in New York, NY, USA. Team size: 101-500. Total funding raised: $58M. Latest round: Strategic Investment. Key investors include Ten Eleven Ventures, Dorilton Ventures, Dave DeWalt, Chris Young.
- Founded
- 2017
- Headquarters
- New York, NY, USA
- Team size
- 101-500
- Total funding
- $58M
Value proposition
Constellation platform automatically detects, measures, and contextualizes harmful narratives and disinformation campaigns so brands, executives, and national security organizations can respond before reputational or financial harm occurs.
Products and solutions
Constellation Platform (Dashboard, Narrative Feed, API), Compass Context (harmful narrative detection), Compass Vision (deepfake/AI-generated image detection), RAV3N Watch, RAV3N Recon, RAV3N Agent (embedded AI analyst)
Unique value
World's first purpose-built AI-based Narrative Intelligence Platform combining narrative risk scoring, bot/network analysis, and deepfake detection at scale.
Target customer
Corporate communications, security, and risk leaders at large brands, critical infrastructure operators, financial institutions, media companies, and national security/public sector organizations.
Industries served
Corporate Intelligence, Critical Infrastructure, Consumer Products, Media, Healthcare, Technology Platforms, Finance, Travel & Entertainment, Public Sector
Technology advantage
Proprietary AI/NLP models for narrative risk scoring, bot and coordinated-network detection, and multimodal (image/video) deepfake analysis; recognized by Gartner as a Market Shaper in Narrative Intelligence (2026).
How they differentiate
Purpose-built for organized influence-operation detection (bot networks, cohort/community mapping, narrative risk scoring) rather than general social listening or sentiment analysis; adds deepfake/AI-image detection (Compass Vision).
Main competitors
Cyabra, Zignal Labs, Alethea
Key partnerships
Brandwatch / NATO NCI Agency (IEAC consortium), Weber Shandwick + Google HALO (key data partner), World Wide Technology (WWT) strategic alliance, BlackCloak (executive digital + narrative protection), Dave DeWalt / NightDragon (strategic investor & Advisory Board Chairman)
Notable customers
NATO (NCI Agency IEAC), US Army, Weber Shandwick
Major milestones
2017: Founded (bootstrapped) by Wasim Khaled and Dr. Naushad UzZaman, 2021: $10M Series A, 2023: $20M Series B, 2026: Named Gartner 'Market Shaper' in Narrative Intelligence, 2026: $28M strategic round bringing total funding to $58M.
Growth metrics
118% YoY ARR growth; 3X customer logo wins (as of 2026 funding announcement).
Market positioning
Positioned by Gartner as a 'Market Shaper' / leader in the emerging Narrative Intelligence category, serving both enterprise brand-risk and national-security use cases.
Geographic focus
Primarily US-based enterprise and government customers, with global brand and national security clients.
Patents and IP
3 full patent filings and 10 provisionals (per blackbird.ai); granted US-12639533-B2 (multilingual supervised ML tools); legal entity SocialTrendly, Inc. d/b/a Blackbird.AI.
About Wasim Khaled
Co-founder & CEO of Blackbird.AI since 2017; background in computer science and human-computer interface design; serial entrepreneur prior to founding Blackbird.AI.
Latest news about Blackbird.AI
- Blackbird.AI has raised 28 million dollars in strategic funding, bringing its total capital to 58 million dollars to scale its Constellation platform. This follows 118 percent ARR growth, signaling th
- Blackbird.AI raised 28 million dollars in strategic funding to scale its narrative intelligence platform, backed by cybersecurity leaders from NightDragon and Microsoft. The investment follows 118 per
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Official website: https://blackbird.ai
