Roadmap
Upcoming enhancements to the Autobound Signal Database, including new data sources, schema improvements, and platform capabilities.
This roadmap outlines planned enhancements to the Signal Database. Timelines are estimates and subject to change based on customer feedback.
In Progress
Jul 28 - Glassdoor Reviews: 4-5× Volume Increase
Dramatically expanding our Glassdoor monitoring pool through improved company-to-domain matching. Expect 4-5× more review signals per delivery starting with the July batch. No schema changes — same fields, significantly more coverage.
Jul '26 - Company & Contact Fill Rate Improvements (Phase 2)
Continuing improvements to fill rates across all signal types for the shared company and contact objects. Phase 1 shipped in May 2026 (company name accuracy, enrichment waterfall, null company object fix). Phase 2 targets contact-level fields: contact.email, contact.linkedin_url, and contact.job_title.
Jul '26 - Industry Normalization
Standardizing company.industry to a canonical set of ~150 industries mapped to NAICS/SIC/LinkedIn taxonomies, applied consistently across all signal types. In code review now.
Jul '26 - SEC & Earnings Signal Quality
Quality pass across SEC filing and earnings signals: upgraded earnings-call transcript extraction, restored and expanded 20-F coverage, entity/domain matching fixes, subtype labeling corrections (8-K, Form D), and cross-filing deduplication.
Coming Next
Aug '26 - Data Quality
| Enhancement | Description |
|---|---|
| Entity resolution | Targeting 95%+ company.linkedin_url, 99%+ company.domain |
| Historical backfill | Expanding to 12-month lookback for Hiring, Glassdoor, LinkedIn, Reddit |
Sep '26 - New Products
| Product | Description |
|---|---|
| Cross-signal subtype standardization | Same business event → same subtype name regardless of source |
| Cross-signal deduplication | related_signals array linking duplicate events across sources |
Q4 '26 - New Sources
| Source | Entity | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Capterra | Company | Product reviews and ratings |
| TrustRadius | Company | Enterprise software reviews |
| Gartner Peer Insights | Company | Enterprise validation reviews |
| Quora | Company/Contact | Q&A discussions and expertise signals |
New review sources will follow the Product Reviews schema pattern.
Late '26 - Platform
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Canonical entity IDs | Stable autobound_id across all signals for consistent joins |
| API-first signal access | Real-time REST API lookup by company/contact, with webhook subscriptions |
Recently Shipped
For full details on each release, see our Changelog.
Jul '26 - AI Sandbox Upgrade
The AI Sandbox in the developer portal now works with your data end to end: verify email lists in chat, upload CSV/TXT/JSON files for the assistant to act on, and export any result as CSV, JSON, or Markdown. Full Signal API coverage in-chat (search, buyer intent, stats, account tools), now with newer default models and visible step-by-step reasoning. See changelog →
Jul '26 - Default Search Lookback Widened to 50 Days
POST /v1/companies/search and POST /v1/contacts/search now default detected_after to 50 days ago (previously 30) when the parameter is omitted, so the latest batch of every monthly-cadence signal type is always in the default window. Explicitly passed detected_after values behave exactly as before. See changelog →
Jul '26 - Email Verification API
New POST /v1/emails/verify and POST /v1/emails/verify/bulk (up to 1,000 emails per request) endpoints verify deliverability in real time: SMTP handshake validation, MX record checks, and AI-powered catch-all detection, returning status, confidence score, risk level, and provider info. 1 credit per verification; unknowns are free. See changelog →
Jul '26 - Pay by Invoice
Signal API credits can now be purchased by invoice. Our team sends a Stripe invoice to your billing contact (no card on file or self-serve checkout required) and credits are applied to your workspace balance automatically the moment the invoice is paid. See changelog →
Jul '26 - Buyer Intent Multi-Select Filters
New company_size[] and company_revenue[] array filters on Buyer Intent search and export endpoints. Values within a parameter are OR'd, filters across parameters are AND'd, and existing single-value _min parameters work unchanged. See changelog →
Jul '26 - Search Upgrade: Industry & Employee Filters, Faster Phrase Search
industries, employee_count_min, and employee_count_max filters on /v1/companies/search are now backed by our firmographic database of 11M+ companies, with a 60-day signal window for filtered searches. Multi-word keyword searches in content_filters are also significantly faster. See changelog →
Jul '26 - Enterprise Credit Packs
Four new enterprise credit packages from $10K to $40K, available on the Billing page. Each pack is a one-time credit purchase and works with Auto Top-Up. See changelog →
Jul '26 - Monitoring Pool API
POST /v1/monitoring/add lets you add companies (by domain) or contacts (by email or LinkedIn URL) to your signal monitoring pool programmatically. Newly added entities appear in your next signal delivery. See changelog →
Jul '26 - Auto Top-Up
Save a card, set a threshold, and your credit balance refills itself. Includes optional monthly spending caps, receipts on every charge, card expiry warnings, and failed-charge protection. See changelog →
Jun '26 - Company Buyer Intent API
Account-level buyer intent is live. POST /v1/buyer-intent/companies returns companies surging on your topics ranked by composite intent score, GET /v1/buyer-intent/companies/{domain}/timeline shows a single company's intent history across all topics, and POST /v1/buyer-intent/companies/export handles bulk pulls. See changelog →
Jun '26 - Twitter/X Contact Signals: 75x+ Volume Increase
Expanded our Twitter/X contact monitoring pool with enriched handle sourcing, delivering 75x+ more contact-level Twitter signals. No schema changes — same fields, significantly more coverage. See changelog →
Jun '26 - Daily News Cadence
News signals moved from weekly to daily delivery cadence. During transition, weekly and daily deliveries ran in parallel before the weekly cadence was retired. Same schema, same fields — just faster. See changelog →
Jun '26 - Delivery Dedup Ledger & Straggler Handling
Part 2 of delivery coverage improvements. Signal-level dedup ledger prevents duplicate deliveries; enhanced straggler handling ensures delayed signals land in the next batch. See changelog →
Jun '26 - Conference Speaker Intelligence
Replaced the Conference & CFP signal with a richer Conference Speaker signal. New pipeline extracts individual speakers from conference agendas (Sessionize + agentic LLM crawl), resolves company domains, and enriches contacts. Monthly cadence. Same bucket (gs://autobound-conference/), upgraded schema with speaker-level detail. See changelog →
Jun '26 - Content Filters
New content_filters parameter on /v1/companies/search and /v1/contacts/search lets you search inside the enriched content of LinkedIn, Twitter/X, and YouTube signals. See changelog →
Jun '26 - Podcast Appearance Signal Retired
The Podcast Appearance signal has been retired and removed from the signal taxonomy. See changelog →
May '26 - LinkedIn Comments Timestamps
⚠️ Breaking — new timestamp fields added, previously-null field now populated.
Populated parent_post.posted_date and added new comment_posted_at field on LinkedIn Comments signals. See changelog →
May '26 - Product Review Enrichments
⚠️ Breaking — new fields added to data and data.evidence[] objects.
Added source_page_url, product_name, review_url, star_rating, review_date, plus intent detection fields (switching_intent, competitors_mentioned, decision_maker_complaint). See changelog →
May '26 - Full Coverage Windows + Date Range Folders
Delivery batches now cover their full date range with no gaps, and folder names reflect the actual data period inside. 8-15% more signals per batch due to eliminated tail-end gaps. See changelog →
May '26 - Company & Contact Fill Rate (Phase 1)
Fixed company name accuracy in SEO signals, resolved null company objects on all contact-level signals, and implemented RocketReach-first enrichment waterfall for contact fields. See changelog →
Apr '26 - SEO & Traffic Signal v2
⚠️ New version — new v2 bucket. Existing v1 bucket and schema unchanged.
Major overhaul of the SEO & Traffic signal — expanding from ~2M to 4M+ monitored domains, new upstream data provider, richer schema with 24 derived insight fields, and a new baseline subtype that includes every domain with data (not just surge/decline thresholds).
Key Additions
| Category | New Fields | Description |
|---|---|---|
| AI Traffic | ai_traffic.total_visits, traffic_share, top_platforms, top_prompts | Traffic from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and other AI platforms |
| Engagement Quality | engagement_quality_score, engagement_quality, detail | Composite 0-100 score from bounce rate, pages/visit, and session duration |
| Brand Strength | brand_strength, brand_keyword_ratio, detail | Direct traffic % + branded keyword analysis |
| Digital Health Score | digital_health_score, digital_health_label, detail | Weighted composite across 6 dimensions (0-100) |
| Unique Visitors | unique_visitors, visits_unique_ratio, uv_model | Modeled UV from engagement-tier analysis |
| Geo Concentration | geo_concentration, detail | Audience geographic spread analysis |
| Search Dependency | search_dependency, detail | Search traffic reliance classification |
| Referral Strength | referral_strength, detail | Referral traffic significance |
| Social Traffic | social_traffic_level, detail | Social channel contribution analysis |
| Rankings | country_rank, category_rank, snapshot_date | Country-level and category-level rankings |
| Keywords | top_keywords[].volume, cpc, estimated_value | Search volume, CPC, and traffic value per keyword |
| Website Metadata | website_title, website_description, small_website | Upstream site metadata |
| Absolute Source Visits | search_visits, direct_visits, referral_visits, social_visits, mail_visits | Raw visit counts per traffic source |
New baseline subtype: every domain with upstream data gets a row, even without surge/decline thresholds. Existing subtypes (trafficSurge, trafficDecline, sustainedGrowth, sustainedDecline) remain unchanged.
Apr '26 - News Categories
✅ Additive — existing subtypes and schemas unchanged. Total news subtypes: 40.
10 new news subtypes expanding coverage of corporate events, financials, and risk signals. First delivery: April 28, 2026. See changelog →
New Subtypes
| Subtype | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
spins_off_company | Strategic | Company spins off a subsidiary |
spins_off_division | Strategic | Company spins off a division |
rebrands_to | Strategic | Company rebrands to a new name/identity |
splits_into | Strategic | Company splits into multiple entities |
declares_bankruptcy | Risk | Company files for bankruptcy |
loses_client | Revenue | Company loses a customer |
ends_partnership_with | Strategic | Company ends a partnership |
has_valuation | Financial | Company valuation reported |
has_earnings | Financial | Company earnings reported |
has_revenue | Financial | Company revenue reported |
Apr '26 - Seniority Categories + Title Normalization
⚠️ Breaking — non_manager and owner seniority categories removed.
Upstream seniority categories updated on Hiring Velocity and Hiring Trends. non_manager and owner removed; junior and mid_senior added. Two new additive fields: sample_normalized_titles and sample_translated_titles. First delivery: April 7, 2026. See changelog →
Apr '26 - Product Reviews v2 Migration
⚠️ Breaking — insight replaced by headline, relevance_score removed.
Schema update with +20% record count increase. New fields: batch_id, signal_name, association, detected_at, headline. See changelog →
Apr '26 - S3 Delivery Recovery
Our S3 delivery pipeline experienced a 29-day sync outage (Feb 25 – Mar 26). GCS (primary) was unaffected throughout. All 121 missing deliveries across 36 buckets were fully backfilled as of April 16. See changelog →
Mar '26 - New Signals
✅ Additive — 7 new signal types, bringing the total to 32+ signal sources. See changelog →
New Signal Types
| Signal | Entity | Refresh | Schema |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEC Form D Funding | Company | 2× Daily | View → |
| New Business Formations | Company | Daily | View → |
| Federal Contract Awards | Company | Daily | View → |
| Conference & CFP Events | Company | Daily | View → |
| HackerNews Signals | Company | Daily | View → |
| ProductHunt Launches | Company | Daily | View → |
| Podcast Appearances | Contact | Daily | View → |
Mar '26 - Weekly Refresh
All SEC filings, news, and hiring signals moved from quarterly/monthly to weekly. New signal types launch on daily cadence. See changelog →
Mar '26 - Delivery Tools
- Manifest files - Live (Beta). Event-driven pipeline triggers on each data drop. Contact us for access. See changelog →
- Delivery changelog - Track every delivery at autobound-api.readme.io/changelog
- Bucket discovery - Service accounts can now run
gsutil ls -p autobound-signal-deliveryto discover all available signal buckets. See changelog →
Mar '26 - Velocity Update
Time window alignment, 1:1 department mapping, full distribution (top-5 cap removed). Interpretation guide → · See changelog →
Stay Updated
Track all releases in our Changelog. Have a signal you'd like to see or a schema improvement that would help? Reach out at [email protected].
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