What Truflation does

Truflation, founded in 2021 and headquartered in San Francisco, operates a real-time inflation and economic data platform that aggregates 15+ million data points from 30+ sources to publish daily inflation indexes, contrasting with the monthly cadence and approximately 80,000-data-point methodology of the BLS CPI. Its core product suite includes the Truflation US CPI Index, the BEA PCE Price Index, the T-1/T-3/T-5 Forecast products that predict official releases up to five days in advance, divergence indexes that surface real-time gaps versus government measures, and the Truman AI agent for natural-language data querying. Enterprise delivery is handled via a REST API with native integrations into AWS, Snowflake, Prop Cloud, and MCP (Model Context Protocol). In 2026 the company extended into prediction-market infrastructure through the launch of Truflation Predict, a self-custodial blockchain-based prediction market, and a distribution partnership with Kalshi.

The business is monetized through tiered SaaS subscriptions — a freemium entry tier with 1,200 one-time credits, a Core plan at $59 per month, a Pro plan at $999 per month, and custom Enterprise pricing — layered with usage-based credit top-ups and commercial API licensing. Go-to-market blends a product-led growth motion for individual users, analysts, and developers with enterprise field sales targeting asset managers, hedge funds, pension funds, and treasury/risk teams at major financial institutions. Named enterprise customers include Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Tiger Global, ARK Investment Management, Scotiabank, Fineco Bank, KPMG, Swissblock, and the University of Tennessee. Primary customer segments are traders and investors seeking alpha from daily inflation signals, institutional funds needing macro intelligence ahead of official releases, corporate treasurers managing inflation exposure, and DeFi/developer teams consuming censorship-resistant on-chain economic data. Truflation is privately held, has raised approximately $6 million to date, and reports 11-50 employees.

Name

Truflation

Legal name

Tru Labs Inc.

Website

https://truflation.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Truflation is a San Francisco-based financial data platform that publishes daily, on-chain inflation and economic indexes aggregating 15+ million data points, serving traders, institutional asset managers, DeFi developers, and enterprise risk teams with APIs and AI-driven forecasting tools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Economic Data Analytics

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)

SIC

Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Prediction Markets & Information Finance (FSADAMAJ)

Keywords

• Real-time inflation data
• Economic data analytics
• Blockchain oracle services
• Inflation forecasting
• Financial market data

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Subscription - Core Plan: Monthly subscription at $59 providing 18,000 monthly credits with access to category-level data, T-1 forecast, 24-hour early access, up to 1-year downloadable history, and BLS data mapping.
2. Subscription - Pro Plan: Monthly subscription at $999 providing 360,000 monthly credits with access to subcategory-level data, T-3 forecast, 72-hour early access, up to 3-year history, and PCE data mapping.
3. Subscription - Enterprise Plan: Custom enterprise pricing with 1.5M credits/month, full Truman API access, exclusive private Truman instance, component-level data, T-5 forecast, data from 2010, commercial licensing, and tier 3 support with SLA.
4. Credit-Based Usage: Credit system used across all plans for API requests and data access. Enterprise tier includes 1M API requests/month. Credit top-ups available for all plans.
5. Freemium Access: Free tier providing 1,200 one-time credits with access to 338+ real-time indexes, Truman access, headline-level data, real-time inflation data, and BLS release day inflation report access.
6. API Licensing: Commercial licensing included in Enterprise tier for marketing purposes, with JSON API, AWS, Snowflake, Prop Cloud, and MCP integration options.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Truflation operates a real-time inflation and economic data platform that aggregates over 15 million data points from 30+ sources to compute daily inflation indexes (CPI, PCE, and others) for the US, UK, and Argentina. Data is published on-chain for transparency and censorship resistance, and is delivered via a web dashboard, REST API, cloud integrations (AWS, Snowflake), and AI-powered natural language querying through its Truman agent.

Product overview

Truflation is a real-time economic data platform offering an alternative to official government inflation measures. The core product is the Truflation Platform providing 340+ indexes including US CPI, BEA PCE, and international CPI variants (UK, Argentina), updated daily from 15+ million data points. Key modules include T-1/T-3/T-5 Forecast products that predict official BLS/BEA releases before they publish, Truman (AI query interface), and specialized Divergence Indexes. Enterprise customers access data via REST API, AWS, Snowflake, Prop Cloud, or MCP integrations. The company also operates Truflation Predict, a self-custodial prediction market platform, and offers an Inflation Calculator and Economic Calendar as supplementary tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Truman: AI Agent and API product for querying economic data in real time across all plans.
• Truflation Predict

Products and services

• Truflation Real-Time Inflation Index Real-time US Consumer Price Index tracking inflation across goods, services, and core categories using 15+ million data points from 30+ sources, updated daily versus monthly government releases. Available to individuals, analysts, and institutions via web dashboard and API.
• Truflation BEA PCE Price Index

Quantifiable outcome

• 45-day leading indicator advantage over government CPI releases, allowing proactive positioning
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability2 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered strategic.

• KalshistrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 April 2026Truflation indexes are now live and tradable on Kalshi, the leading U.S.-regulated prediction market platform. This integration enables traders, hedgers, and forecasters to take positions on daily inflation outcomes using Truflation's real-time economic data.
• ChainlinkstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 February 2024Chainlink, a leading blockchain oracle network, invested in Truflation's February 2024 funding round, suggesting potential integration between Truflation's economic data and Chainlink's oracle infrastructure for decentralized applications.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Messari: Crypto-native research and data platform with subscription tiers selling macro and crypto-economic intelligence to institutional and individual investors. Overlaps on subscription pricing models, institutional sales motion, and use of independent data versus official sources.
• Kalshi: CFTC-regulated prediction-market platform on which Truflation indexes are now tradable as event contracts. Direct peer in information finance and a strategic partner; both serve traders seeking tradable real-time inflation signals.
• Chainlink: Decentralized oracle network that publishes tamper-proof real-world data on-chain for DeFi applications. Truflation is both a Chainlink partner/investee and a direct competitor in the economic-data oracle category, with overlapping chains of DeFi developers and prediction-market builders as customers.
• YCharts: Subscription financial-data platform offering analysts and advisors economic indicators, charts, and downloadable data. Comparable on tiered subscription pricing, API access, and serving similar buy-side and advisory personas with macro data.
• Polymarket: Decentralized prediction-market platform trading on economic and financial outcomes. Comparable as an information-finance venue whose price-discovery mechanism depends on underlying real-time data feeds similar to those Truflation publishes.
• Trading Economics: Subscription-based economic data platform providing higher-frequency inflation and macro indicators from official and unofficial sources across countries. Most direct competitor on the alternative-inflation-data proposition for traders and analysts, with comparable subscription-based go-to-market.

Broad incumbents

• Refinitiv (LSEG): Major institutional financial-data and analytics provider within LSEG, serving asset managers, banks, and corporates with macro and pricing data. Comparable as an enterprise-tier economic-data vendor competing for the same institutional budget.
• Bloomberg L.P. Operates Bloomberg Terminal and economic data feeds used by the same institutional customers Truflation targets (Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, hedge funds). Comparable as a financial market data infrastructure provider serving macro investment decisions, though Bloomberg's scope is vastly broader than Truflation's inflation focus.

Emerging players

• The Block: Crypto-focused data and research provider publishing institutional-grade market intelligence and dashboards. Comparable in go-to-market (data subscriptions + institutional audience) and as a crypto-native alternative-data source.
• MacroMicro: Independent economic-data platform providing high-frequency inflation, employment, and macro charts with freemium and premium tiers. Direct functional peer for retail and prosumer subscribers looking for alternatives to official government releases.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/truflation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors17 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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