The Research Team

How does our team actually produce intelligence?

Every Elevated Signal report is built by a team that combines human analytical judgment with AI-powered data processing. We are not a chatbot wrapper. We are not prompt engineers selling ChatGPT output. We maintain our own data infrastructure with direct access to SEC filings, USPTO patent records, archived consumer discussions across social platforms, and federal and commercial public datasets.

Humans define the research scope, design the cross-referencing strategy, verify findings against primary sources, and write the strategic recommendations. AI does the scale work nobody wants to do by hand. It scans verified government and public datasets in parallel, looks for patterns across millions of data points, and flags discrepancies for a human to review. Neither side alone could produce what we deliver. The combination is what makes it work.

What data infrastructure do we run?

We built our own data warehouse rather than relying on third-party aggregators. This gives us access to raw data that most intelligence providers cannot touch:

• Archived consumer discussions across forums and social platforms, searchable by company, product, topic, and sentiment
• SEC EDGAR filings: 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, proxy statements, insider transactions
• Federal government contract records (USAspending.gov)
• FEC political contribution records
• USPTO trademark filings
• USPTO patent records
• CMS Open Payments (physician payment data)
• CFPB consumer complaints
• PPP loan records
• H-1B visa applications (salary and hiring data)
• NHTSA vehicle complaints and recalls
• OSHA workplace injury records

Combined coverage: government and commercial public datasets spanning federal regulatory filings, patent and trademark registries, healthcare and pharmaceutical data, financial disclosures, and archived consumer discussions across social platforms. Every data source is refreshed on a regular cadence and optimized for fast search.

How does our verification process actually work?

Every factual claim in an Elevated Signal report passes through multi-agent verification. Multiple independent AI systems analyze the same data and must agree before a finding makes it into the final report. When they disagree, the claim gets flagged for human review. This catches the hallucinations, single-source errors, and confirmation bias that plague both AI-only and human-only research.

We cite every source. Every statistic links back to its origin. If we cannot verify a claim against a primary source, it does not go in the report.

What research has the team published?

Our team publishes original research and analysis on the Elevated Signal blog. Recent publications:

• Business Intelligence Consulting: What It Costs & What You Get: pricing analysis across every tier from McKinsey to freelancers
• Free Competitive Analysis Template: step-by-step framework with data source instructions
• Complete Guide to Competitor Benchmarking: real industry benchmarks for SaaS, ecommerce, and manufacturing