Zignal Labs
Zignal Labs is a real-time media intelligence company that serves military and law enforcement agencies as well as private marketing and public relations customers. It was founded in 2011 by Josh Ginsberg, Adam Beaugh, and Jim Hornthal and is headquartered in San Francisco. It analyzes over 8 billion social media posts per day in over 100 languages using machine learning, computer vision, and optical character recognition. It has worked with US agencies including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), military forces including the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and private-sector customers such as Airbnb and The Washington Post.