News Signals

Real-time news events about companies including funding rounds, acquisitions, partnerships, product launches, and leadership changes.

Why This Signal Matters

Timely outreach triggers - Reach out when companies have fresh news and budget
Funding signals - Companies with new funding are actively investing in growth
Leadership changes - New executives often bring new vendor evaluations
Expansion signals - Growing companies need new solutions

Available Subtypes

Subtype Enum	Category	Description
`acquires`	strategic	Company acquires another company or assets
`attends_event`	market	Company attends or sponsors an industry event
`closes_offices_in`	operations	Company closes offices in a location
`decreases_headcount_by`	workforce	Company reduces workforce
`expands_facilities`	operations	Company expands physical facilities
`expands_offices_in`	operations	Company expands offices in existing location
`expands_offices_to`	operations	Company opens offices in new location
`files_suit_against`	risk	Company files lawsuit against another entity
`funding`	financial	Company receives financing (Series A, B, C, seed, etc.)
`goes_public`	financial	Company IPO or public listing
`has_issues_with`	risk	Company experiences issues (security, product, etc.)
`hires`	leadership	Company hires new executive or key person
`identified_as_competitor_of`	competitive	Company identified as competitor to another
`increases_headcount_by`	workforce	Company grows workforce
`integrates_with`	technology	Company announces integration with another product/service
`invests_into`	financial	Company makes investment into another company
`invests_into_assets`	financial	Company invests in assets (real estate, equipment, etc.)
`is_developing`	technology	Company developing new product or technology
`launches`	technology	Company launches new product or service
`leaves`	leadership	Executive or key person leaves the company
`merges_with`	strategic	Company merges with another company
`opens_new_location`	operations	Company opens new physical location
`partners_with`	strategic	Company announces partnership
`promotes`	leadership	Company promotes employee to new role
`receives_award`	market	Company receives industry award or recognition
`receives_financing`	financial	Company receives financing (general)
`recognized_as`	market	Company recognized for achievement
`retires_from`	leadership	Executive retires from the company
`sells_assets_to`	strategic	Company sells assets to another entity
`signs_new_client`	revenue	Company announces new customer win

Signal Categories

Signals are organized into these categories:

Category	Description
`financial`
`strategic`
`operations`
`workforce`
`leadership`
`technology`
`market`
`risk`
`competitive`
`revenue`

Schema

{
  "signal_id": "3c9f4d2a-8e6f-4b2c-9d9a-2a91b7e4f6c1",
  "signal_type": "news",
  "signal_subtype": "receives_financing",
  "association": "company",
  "detected_at": "2025-01-03T14:22:18Z",
  "company": {
    "name": "ExampleCorp",
    "domain": "examplecorp.com"
  },
  "data": {
    "signal_name": "Receives Financing",
    "category": "receives_financing",
    "summary": "ExampleCorp raises $25M Series B funding from top investors.",
    "confidence": 0.92,
    "found_at": "2025-01-03T14:22:18Z",
    "article_sentence": "ExampleCorp announced today that it has raised $25 million in Series B funding led by Sequoia Capital.",
    "planning": false,
    "amount": "$25M",
    "amount_normalized": 25000000,
    "financing_type": "Series B",
    "financing_type_normalized": "series_b",
    "financing_type_tags": [
      "equity"
    ],
    "job_title_tags": [],
    "product_tags": [],
    "assets_tags": [],
    "location": "San Francisco, CA",
    "location_data": [
      {
        "city": "San Francisco",
        "state": "California",
        "country": "United States"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Field Reference

Core Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
`signal_id`	string (UUID)	✓	Unique identifier for this signal
`signal_type`	string	✓	Always "news"
`signal_subtype`	string	✓	News event type (see allowed values above)
`detected_at`	string (ISO 8601)	✓	Source event timestamp
`association`	string	✓	Entity association type - always "company"

Company Object

Field	Type	Required	Description
`company.name`	string	✓	Company name
`company.domain`	string	✓	Company website domain

Data Object

Field	Type	Required	Description
`data.signal_name`	string		Human-readable event name for UI display
`data.category`	string	✓	Category of the news event (see allowed values above)
`data.summary`	string	✓	Brief summary of the news event
`data.confidence`	float		Confidence score (must be >= 0.8 to emit)
`data.found_at`	string (ISO 8601)		When the article was discovered
`data.article_sentence`	string		Key sentence from the source article
`data.planning`	boolean		Whether this is a planned/future event
`data.financing_type_tags`	array[string]		Types of financing involved (`angel`, `debt`, `donation`, `equity`, `grant`, `ipo`, `seed`)
`data.job_title_tags`	array[string]		Job function categories for hire/promotion events (see allowed values above)
`data.product_tags`	array[string]		Product category tags for launches (see allowed values above)
`data.assets_tags`	array[string]		Asset category tags
`data.amount`	string		Raw funding amount as reported (e.g. "$25M", "25 million")
`data.amount_normalized`	integer		Funding amount normalized to USD integer
`data.financing_type_normalized`	string		Normalized financing round type (see allowed values above)
`data.financing_type`	string		Raw financing type as reported in source
`data.contact`	string		Person mentioned in the news
`data.job_title`	string		Job title of the person
`data.location`	string		Location string
`data.location_data`	object		Structured location data
`data.headcount`	integer		Headcount number (for increases/decreases)
`data.event`	string		Event name (for attends_event)
`data.award`	string		Award name (for receives_award)
`data.recognition`	string		Recognition details (for recognized_as)
`data.product`	string		Product name (for launches, is_developing)
`data.product_data`	object		Structured product data
`data.assets`	string		Assets involved (for acquires, sells_assets_to)
`data.vulnerability`	string		Vulnerability details (for has_issues_with)
`data.effective_date`	string		Effective date of the event

Coverage

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Coverage: 4,000,000 companies