Gigafact

What Gigafact does

Gigafact Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2021 and headquartered in Redwood City, California. The organization supports a network of nonpartisan local newsrooms in the United States with a standardized editorial product called Fact Briefs — short, under-150-word responses to community questions, rumors, and claims, each with a definitive yes/no answer backed by high-quality primary sources. Beyond the editorial methodology, Gigafact provides partner newsrooms with AI-driven software tools, training, ongoing editorial support, startup funding, and amplification across social media platforms where misinformation circulates. The publisher network has collectively produced over 2,000 Fact Briefs.

In 2024, Gigafact spun out from Repustar (the public-benefit corporation that had incubated it) into an independent nonprofit with its own governance, staff, and funding base, and launched Gigafact Parser — an AI-powered civic platform that transcribes and analyzes audio and video recordings of public officials, extracts claims and talking points, and makes them searchable across politicians and topics. Parser is offered as a SaaS subscription at $120 per user per month (with subsidies for small regional outlets), supplemented by usage-based content acceleration services, and supported by a free "In Their Own Words" email digest. The Parser database currently holds 2,500+ hours of verified political speech from hundreds of national profile politicians.

Gigafact operates on a hybrid revenue model combining philanthropic donations from individuals and foundations (including Skoll Foundation, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, American Journalism Project, Google News Initiative, and James Irvine Foundation) with Parser subscription and usage fees. Distribution occurs through partner newsroom websites, the Gigafact site, social media platforms (X, Instagram, TikTok, BlueSky, NextDoor, WhatsApp), and a growing suite of engagement products including Fact Brief Quizzes. The organization runs with a four-person core team plus board members and advisors.

Name

Gigafact

Legal name

Gigafact Foundation

Website

https://gigafact.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Gigafact Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that equips a network of 20+ US nonpartisan local newsrooms with editorial methodology, AI tools, and funding to publish Fact Briefs — short, source-backed responses to community misinformation claims — and sells subscriptions to its Parser political-speech analytics platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fact-Checking and News Verification Services

NAICS

All Other Publishers (513199), Periodical Publishers (513120), Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (519)

SIC

Miscellaneous Publishing (2741), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

News & Media Comment/UGC Moderation (Comments, uploads, livestreams) (BPAAALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

AI-Generated Content Detection & Authorship Verification (EDAFALAB)

Keywords

• Fact-checking services
• Misinformation research
• Local newsroom tools
• Political speech analysis
• Claims verification

Headquarters

HQ city

Redwood City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Philanthropic Donations: Gigafact is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit relying on donations from individuals and philanthropies. Donors contributing $5,000 or more are publicly listed. Major donors include Skoll Foundation, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, American Journalism Project, Google News Initiative, James Irvine Foundation, and various family foundations and individual donors.
2. Parser Subscription Fees: Parser database access subscription at $120/month per user provides access to searchable political speech database, cross-platform searches, email notifications, and content upload capabilities. Content Acceleration Services available at $8 per piece of content or $20 per recording-hour for larger projects. Subsidies available for qualified small regional news outlets.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Gigafact produces Fact Briefs — short, verified, neutral, nonpartisan summaries of trending claims — and operates Parser, an algorithm that identifies claims from political speech such as State of the Union addresses. The organization distributes this content and tooling to local newsrooms as a free service to combat misinformation.

Product overview

Gigafact operates a platform supporting local newsrooms with a core product called Fact Briefs—short, source-backed editorial responses to local questions, rumors, and claims that circulate online. Partner newsrooms publish Fact Briefs using Gigafact's standardized editorial methodology. The company also offers Gigafact Parser, an AI-powered civic platform for journalists that transcribes and analyzes audio/video of political speeches into searchable databases of claims and talking points. Additional offerings include Fact Brief Quizzes for reader engagement and editorial Trust Principles that govern the network's nonpartisan standards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fact Briefs Short, verified, neutral, nonpartisan summaries of trending claims, produced by Gigafact editors and made available to local newsroom partners for republication. 2,000+ Fact Briefs had been published as of the most recent reporting.
• Parser An algorithm developed by Gigafact that identifies and extracts claims from political speech such as State of the Union addresses, supporting Gigafact's editorial team and partner newsrooms in scaling fact-checking. The system had processed 2,500+ hours of political speech as of the most recent reporting.

Quantifiable outcome

• Newsrooms gain new ways to inform readers, build civic bridges, hold public officials to account, and engage readers
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Arizona Center for Investigative ReportingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNonpartisan local newsroom partner that publishes Fact Briefs on Arizona-specific claims and community issues as part of the Gigafact network.
• Maine Trust for Local NewscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaine local news organization publishing Fact Briefs on state-specific claims including pesticides, teacher spending, and Maine policies.
• Wisconsin WatchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNonpartisan nonprofit Wisconsin investigative journalism outlet that has published multiple Fact Briefs on state government, elections, and policy claims.
• Oklahoma WatchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNonprofit Oklahoma news organization publishing in-depth Fact Briefs on state political claims, foster care, and Oklahoma history.
• The Colorado SuncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAward-winning nonprofit Colorado news outlet publishing numerous Fact Briefs on Colorado-specific topics including housing, data centers, wildfires, and state politics.
• The Nevada IndependentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNonpartisan nonprofit Nevada news organization founded by Jon Ralston in 2017, publishing Fact Briefs on Nevada political and community claims.
• The Providence EyecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRhode Island local news outlet publishing Fact Briefs on local claims, cost of living, overdose deaths, and Providence community issues.
• The Macon MelodycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGeorgia local news outlet publishing Fact Briefs on state and local claims including elections, healthcare, housing, and environmental topics.
• Suncoast SearchlightcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFlorida local news outlet publishing Fact Briefs on Florida-specific claims including Florida governor race, Sarasota policies, and regional issues.
• EconofactcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNon-partisan publication by academic economists from across the country publishing national economic Fact Briefs on topics like European heat deaths, unemployment, and energy.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• PolitiFact: PolitiFact is the pioneering U.S. political fact-checking organization, operating the Truth-O-Meter methodology across topics. It directly competes with Gigafact's Fact Brief product in political and policy claim verification, and its founder has publicly endorsed Gigafact.
• Snopes: Snopes is one of the oldest and largest fact-checking outlets, covering rumors, misinformation, and viral claims. It competes with Gigafact for audience attention on circulating misinformation and shares similar methodology around source-backed responses.
• FactCheck.org: FactCheck.org is a nonpartisan nonprofit fact-checking project focused on U.S. political claims. It overlaps directly with Gigafact's mission to provide evidence-based responses to political misinformation, though it operates at the national rather than local level.
• Lead Stories: Lead Stories is a fact-checking and misinformation debunking site that uses AI-assisted tools alongside journalists. Its combination of technology and editorial fact-checks mirrors Gigafact's AI-plus-newsroom model.
• The Dispatch Fact Check: The Dispatch Fact Check publishes short, source-cited political claim responses comparable in format to Gigafact's Fact Briefs. It targets a similar audience of politically engaged news consumers seeking quick verification.

Emerging players

• NewsGuard: NewsGuard rates the credibility of news and information websites using journalistic criteria, selling to platforms, advertisers, and libraries. It is adjacent to Gigafact's mission of combating misinformation but focuses on source ratings rather than individual claim verification.
• Ground News: Ground News is a subscription news comparison platform that helps readers identify bias and blind spots in coverage. It overlaps with Gigafact's reader trust and transparency mission but does not produce original fact-checks.

Broad incumbents

• Reuters Fact Check: Reuters Fact Check is part of a major global newswire and covers global misinformation at scale. While not a nonprofit and far larger, it competes for the same journalistic verification mindshare and audience trust on circulating claims.
• Washington Post Fact Checker: The Washington Post Fact Checker column (now part of Democracy Dies in Darkness coverage) rates political claims. It is a major newspaper incumbent with overlapping subject matter but vastly different distribution and ownership structure.
• AP Fact Check: AP Fact Check is a long-running fact-checking vertical of the Associated Press, covering political claims from a major wire service perspective. It competes for political claim verification but at national/global scale rather than local.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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