Wasim

Wasim Khaled is the CEO and Co-Founder of Blackbird.AI, an AI-powered risk and narrative intelligence platform at the forefront of combating disinformation and narrative attacks. A computer scientist by training, Khaled has deep expertise in information operations, computational propaganda, behavioral science, and artificial intelligence, particularly in their applications to defense, cybersecurity, and risk intelligence. He has advised government agencies and Fortune 500 companies on mitigating the risks of escalating information warfare. Khaled is a member of the Social Intelligence Lab and the Weber Shandwick Collective, and his insights have been featured in TechCrunch, WIRED, The New York Times, Bloomberg, Fortune, NPR, and NASDAQ. Before founding Blackbird.AI, he launched LuxMobile, an Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Company in America, and was named the Inc. 500 Asian Entrepreneur of the Year.

Wasim Khaled is the CEO and Co-Founder of Blackbird.AI, an AI-powered risk and narrative intelligence platform at the forefront of combating disinformation and narrative attacks. A computer scientist by training, Khaled has deep expertise in information operations, computational propaganda, behavioral science, and artificial intelligence, particularly in their applications to defense, cybersecurity, and risk intelligence. He has advised government agencies and Fortune 500 companies on mitigating the risks of escalating information warfare. Khaled is a member of the Social Intelligence Lab and the Weber Shandwick Collective, and his insights have been featured in TechCrunch, WIRED, The New York Times, Bloomberg, Fortune, NPR, and NASDAQ. Before founding Blackbird.AI, he launched LuxMobile, an Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Company in America, and was named the Inc. 500 Asian Entrepreneur of the Year.

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WEF Global Risks Report: Narrative Attacks Are An Increasingly Critical Global Threat in 2026

The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2026 ranks misinformation and disinformation as the second most severe short-term global risk, highlighting how AI-powered narrative attacks continue to destabilize societies and erode trust. Here are 5 takeaways for executives and organizations from the report.

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2026 Narrative Intelligence Forecast: Narrative Risk Is An Ongoing Threat

AI lowered costs so much that Narrative Attacks can be created, tested, amplified, and adjusted by bad actors continuously. The old model, where a story breaks, and you respond, no longer reflects how influence works. Here are three things leaders and organizations need to know about manipulated narratives.

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Blackbird.AI Reports 118% ARR Growth, Triples Customer Wins, and Secures $28M in Strategic Funding

Strategic funding from Ten Eleven Ventures, Dorilton Ventures, and cybersecurity leaders Dave DeWalt and Chris Young accelerates Blackbird.AI's mission to protect organizations from narrative attacks, which the World Economic Forum named the #1 global threat.

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Gartner Names Blackbird.AI “Company to Beat” for Narrative Intelligence

Gartner’s AI Vendor Race report positions Blackbird.AI as the frontrunner in disinformation narrative intelligence, citing strong brand leadership, industry-first features, and key partnerships.

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Why Coordinated Narrative Attacks Threaten Executives And Enterprise Value

Corporate leaders must recognize that coordinated narrative attack campaigns targeting executives, brands, and physical infrastructure represent a new threat vector requiring the same vigilance as cyber threats and fraud.

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The Meteoric Rise of Disinformation Security and Narrative Intelligence

Disinformation Security through narrative intelligence is one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity categories, as executives realized narrative attacks targeting their companies and leaders represent a critical new threat vector.

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Hijacked AI Agent Signals New Normal for Modern Cyber Threats and Narrative Attacks

This attack signals a new normal in which AI agents can be hijacked for cyber and narrative operations, enabling adversaries to launch machine-speed intrusions and influence campaigns before security teams can respond.

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AI is Now the Operator: The End of Human-Led Cyberattacks

Artificial intelligence has evolved beyond a tool to a primary threat actor, orchestrating ransomware campaigns, market manipulation, and narrative warfare at machine speed.

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What Is Gray Zone Warfare and Why Narrative Intelligence Is the New Defense

Modern conflict has evolved beyond traditional battlefields. Today’s most consequential confrontations unfold in the gray zone, an information battlespace where adversaries manipulate narratives, data, and perceptions to achieve strategic outcomes without open warfare. The goal is no longer physical destruction but manipulation and distortion: to distort truth, divide societies, and weaken trust across entire information ecosystems.

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Zero Trust: When Your Most Vulnerable Endpoint Is the Mind

As sophisticated actors weaponize narratives and deepfakes, cybersecurity must evolve beyond protecting systems to safeguarding perception itself: The next breach will target your narrative and your network

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