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

Gartner has named Blackbird.AI the Company to Beat for Disinformation Narrative Intelligence in its latest AI Vendor Race report.

If there were a Magic Quadrant today, we would be leading it.

This marks a real inflection point for the industry.

What our customers and partners have long understood is now being recognized more broadly. Narrative attacks are no longer theoretical, and they’ve never been solely a communications issue. They drive financial loss, reputational damage, operational disruption, and real-world harm.

Narrative Intelligence is emerging as a core hub for mitigating enterprise risk. The market is moving decisively from awareness into active defense and offense.

Gartner cites our strong brand, defining thought leadership, industry-first feature expansion, and key partnerships as the factors that put Blackbird.AI out front. For us, this is validation of a strategy we committed to early and a world we saw forming.

Narrative Intelligence is becoming foundational infrastructure, following the same path cyber, fraud, and identity once did. Safeguarding trust is one of the defining security challenges of our time, and we are proud to help enterprises and governments defend it at scale.

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– Wasim Khaled, Blackbird.AI CEO and Co-Founder

Gartner has named Blackbird.AI the “Company to Beat” for Disinformation Narrative Intelligence in its December 8, 2025, AI Vendor Race report.

Gartner predicts that by 2028, as many as 60% of leading security platforms will incorporate disinformation security context. The firm also forecasts that half of enterprises will adopt relevant products, services, or features to address these evolving threats.

The analyst firm cited Blackbird.AI’s “strong brand, defining thought leadership, industry-first feature expansion, and key partnerships” as factors that “make it the frontrunner in the disinformation narrative intelligence AI race.” Gartner is a global research and advisory firm that provides analysis, insights, and guidance to business and technology leaders. The AI Vendor Race report series evaluates emerging technology categories and identifies leading vendors based on brand strength, product innovation, market positioning, and strategic partnerships. The recognition signals growing enterprise demand for tools that detect and counter narrative threats. 

“We believe recognition of Blackbird.AI in the Gartner report as the Company to Beat for Disinformation Narrative Intelligence is a signal of where the world is headed. The threat landscape has fundamentally shifted. Disinformation and narrative attacks now drive real financial, reputational, and even physical harm, and leaders are recognizing that these risks demand the same level of vigilance as cyber and fraud,” said Wasim Khaled, CEO and Co-Founder of Blackbird.AI. “I’m incredibly proud of the Blackbird.AI team. They do the hard work every day, building and deploying AI-driven narrative intelligence that helps our customers protect trust, safety, and decision-making at a global scale.”

LEARN: What Is Narrative Intelligence?

Narrative intelligence is the ability to detect, analyze, and respond to the stories and information campaigns that shape public perception and influence decision-making. Unlike traditional media monitoring or social listening, narrative intelligence goes deeper: it identifies who is behind a narrative, how it spreads across networks, what anomalous behavior amplifies it, and which communities it activates. Organizations use narrative intelligence to understand threats before they cause financial, reputational, or operational damage.

Narrative intelligence, security, and disinformation security treat cyber threats and coordinated narrative manipulation campaigns as enterprise threats that require the same defensive posture as cyberattacks and fraud. This discipline applies AI-driven analysis to detect harmful narratives targeting organizations, executives, and critical operations before they escalate into crises. Narrative intelligence security integrates with existing risk frameworks to help security teams identify threat actors, track how malicious narratives spread, and respond with speed and precision. As Gartner predicts, leading security platforms will increasingly incorporate disinformation context, making narrative intelligence a core component of enterprise defense.

Blackbird.AI helps organizations detect, understand, and respond to disinformation and narrative attack threats across the enterprise. The platform enables teams to respond immediately to crisis narratives, defend brand reputation, stay ahead of cyber attacks and compliance issues, and protect executives from deepfake attacks. Organizations also use Blackbird.AI to navigate geopolitical risk, inform financial market decisions, detect stock manipulation, and safeguard physical assets, intellectual property, infrastructure, and personnel. The platform addresses supply chain disruptions and rumors of shortages, identifies insider threats and persuasion campaigns, preserves trust in ESG commitments, and investigates narrative risks during mergers and acquisitions.

• Gartner has named Blackbird.AI the Company to Beat for Disinformation Narrative Intelligence in its latest AI Vendor Race report.
  
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Source: Gartner Report, AI Vendor Race: Blackbird.AI Is the Company to Beat for Disinformation Narrative Intelligence, By Alfredo Ramirez IV, Apeksha Kaushik, December 2025.

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