Refute
Category: AI in Cybersecurity
A quantitative threat intelligence platform that uses AI to detect, analyze, and neutralize automated disinformation campaigns and hybrid warfare tactics in real-time. Refute was founded in 2024. The company is led by Tom Garnett. Based in London, United Kingdom. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: £7.3M. Latest round: Seed (£5.0M, Feb 2025). Key investors include ["Amadeus Capital Partners","Playfair Capital","National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF)","Charlie Songhurst","Alastair Paterson"].
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdom
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- £7.3M
Value proposition
Protects brand integrity and operational security by identifying and scoring malicious narratives at the speed of the adversary, moving from reactive fact-checking to proactive threat intelligence.
Products and solutions
["Quantitative Narrative Scoring Engine","Cross-Channel Disinformation Monitoring Platform","Automated Narrative Attack Detection System","Hybrid Warfare Threat Intelligence Dashboard"]
Unique value
Treats disinformation as a cybersecurity 'threat intelligence' problem rather than a content moderation issue, focusing on the mechanics of automated narrative amplification.
Target customer
Large commercial enterprises, government agencies, national security organizations, and financial institutions.
Industries served
["Cybersecurity","Government & Defense","Financial Services","Enterprise Brand Protection","Public Relations & Media"]
Technology advantage
Leverages deep national security expertise to apply 'adversarial' logic to digital narratives, using proprietary algorithms to score the risk and reach of interconnected disinformation across multiple digital channels.
How they differentiate
Refute treats disinformation as a technical cybersecurity 'threat intelligence' problem rather than a content moderation issue. It focuses on the mechanics of automated narrative amplification and 'adversarial' logic to score the risk of interconnected digital attacks in real-time.
Main competitors
["Logically","Blackbird.ai","Cyabra","Alethea"]
Key partnerships
["National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF)","Amadeus Capital Partners","Playfair Capital","UK National Security ecosystem"]
Notable customers
["UK National Security ecosystem","Large Commercial Enterprises","Financial Institutions"]
Major milestones
["Secured £2.3M Pre-seed funding led by Playfair Capital in Dec 2024","Secured £5M Seed funding led by Amadeus Capital Partners and NSSIF in Feb 2025","Developed a proprietary quantitative narrative scoring engine for hybrid warfare defense"]
Growth metrics
Rapidly scaled from Pre-seed to Seed within three months; team size expanded to 11-50 employees.
Market positioning
Seed-stage specialist focusing on high-stakes national security and enterprise brand protection.
Geographic focus
United Kingdom, Europe, and North America
Patents and IP
No registered patents publicly disclosed; relies on proprietary trade secrets and high-scale internet resilience models.
About Tom Garnett
Former General Manager of Labyrinth Intelligence at Ripjar and National Security lead at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence (formerly Detica). Over 20 years of experience in data analysis and national security systems.
Official website: https://refute.com