The Research Team
100% US-based. No offshore labor. No subcontractors. Every report is produced by our team using proprietary data infrastructure.
How our team produces intelligence
Every Elevated Signal report is built by a team that combines human analytical judgment with AI-powered data processing. We are not a chatbot wrapper. We are not prompt engineers selling ChatGPT output. We maintain our own data infrastructure with access to over 30 billion consumer data points, 143 million SEC filings, 18 million USPTO patent records, and 23 other federal and commercial datasets.
Our analysts define the research scope, design the cross-referencing strategy, verify findings against primary sources, and write the strategic recommendations. AI handles the scale work: scanning thousands of sources simultaneously, identifying patterns across millions of data points, and flagging discrepancies for human review. Neither humans nor AI alone could produce what we deliver. The combination is what makes it work.
Our data infrastructure
We built our own data warehouse rather than relying on third-party aggregators. This gives us access to raw data that most intelligence providers cannot touch:
- 30.5 billion Reddit posts and comments (2005-2025) — full-text indexed, searchable by company, product, topic, and sentiment
- 143 million SEC EDGAR filings — 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, proxy statements, insider transactions
- 108.8 million federal government contract records (USAspending.gov)
- 79.5 million FEC political contribution records
- 55.9 million USPTO trademark filings
- 18 million USPTO patent records
- 15.4 million CMS Open Payments (physician payment data)
- 13.8 million CFPB consumer complaints
- 11.5 million PPP loan records
- 3.9 million H-1B visa applications (salary and hiring data)
- 2.5 million NHTSA vehicle complaints and recalls
- 1.5 million OSHA workplace injury records
Total: over 430 million records across 23 datasets, plus the 30.5 billion Reddit posts in a separate high-performance database. Every data source is refreshed on a regular cadence and indexed for sub-second search.
Our verification process
Every factual claim in an Elevated Signal report passes through multi-agent verification. Multiple independent AI systems analyze the same data and must agree before a finding makes it into the final report. When they disagree, the claim gets flagged for human review. This catches the hallucinations, single-source errors, and confirmation bias that plague both AI-only and human-only research.
We cite every source. Every statistic links back to its origin. If we cannot verify a claim against a primary source, it does not go in the report.
Published research
Our team publishes original research and analysis on the Elevated Signal blog. Recent publications:
- Business Intelligence Consulting: What It Costs & What You Get — pricing analysis across every tier from McKinsey to freelancers
- Free Competitive Analysis Template — step-by-step framework with data source instructions
- Complete Guide to Competitor Benchmarking — real industry benchmarks for SaaS, ecommerce, and manufacturing
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