
Pendulum Intelligence is a mission-driven company that provides AI-powered brand intelligence and risk management solutions. Their proprietary platform analyzes billions of pieces of video, audio, image, and text content from over 20 platforms including YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and podcasts to identify risks, opportunities, and insights for corporate communications, public affairs, government, and security teams. Key products include the Pendulum platform for real-time brand and risk monitoring, ElectionIQ for tracking narratives in the 2024 US elections, and RiskWand for automated risk detection. Pendulum's technology leverages generative AI and contextual machine learning to deliver actionable intelligence, helping organizations proactively manage reputation and security threats. The company is recognized with awards such as the 2024 Best in Threat Management Software and Best AI Threat Detection, and serves a diverse client base with extensive data coverage and advanced analytics capabilities.

Pendulum Intelligence is a mission-driven company that provides AI-powered brand intelligence and risk management solutions. Their proprietary platform analyzes billions of pieces of video, audio, image, and text content from over 20 platforms including YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and podcasts to identify risks, opportunities, and insights for corporate communications, public affairs, government, and security teams. Key products include the Pendulum platform for real-time brand and risk monitoring, ElectionIQ for tracking narratives in the 2024 US elections, and RiskWand for automated risk detection. Pendulum's technology leverages generative AI and contextual machine learning to deliver actionable intelligence, helping organizations proactively manage reputation and security threats. The company is recognized with awards such as the 2024 Best in Threat Management Software and Best AI Threat Detection, and serves a diverse client base with extensive data coverage and advanced analytics capabilities.
What they do: AI-powered multi-modal brand and risk intelligence (video, audio, image, text)
Founded / HQ: 2021, Seattle
Founders: Mark Listes (CEO) and Sam Clark (Co‑Founder & Chief Scientist/CTO)
Notable products: Pendulum platform, RiskWand, ElectionIQ
Seed funding: $5.9M seed (Jan 2022) led by Madrona; Cercano participated
Brand monitoring, reputation management, narrative and threat intelligence, public affairs and security monitoring
2021
Media & social listening / Risk & narrative intelligence
$5,900,000
Participation from Cercano Management; company was incubated inside Madrona Venture Labs
“Backed by institutional seed investors (Madrona Venture Group, Cercano Management)”