SOCIALTRENDLY INC
AI software platform for detecting deception, disinformation, and synthetic manipulation in publicly available information from social media, news, and online sources
- Sector
- Defense
- Headquarters
- Rochester, NY
- Latest Form D
- $11.7M, Nov 2024
- Total capital
- $30.3M
- Federal grants
- $50K
- 1 award · 2020
- Rank in peer group#37 of 88
- Private capital raised
- $30.2M
- 2 Form D · last Nov 2024
- 23 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $50K
- 1 award · Defense
- Rank in Defense#896 of 1442
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$11.7M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$18.5M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Deception Detection Across the Digital Media Landscape$50K
- Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I - Deception Detection Across The Digital Media Landscape$50K
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Federal first
38months
from SOCIALTRENDLY INC’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Mar 2020
- Defense · $50K
- First Form D · May 2023
- $18.5M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 2 awards
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Standing among 88 peers
Line = medianDefense · Software
- Federal grants#37 · top 42%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Daniel FreemanDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- David PalmerDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Naushad UzZamanExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Wasim KhaledExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.
Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Regulatory activity · Defense
- Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
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