Primer

Primer is an artificial intelligence company that specializes in AI-powered data analysis and natural language processing technology. The company's flagship products include Primer Command, a real-time threat detection platform, and Primer Delta, a natural language document sorting and analysis tool. Primer Command provides AI-generated situation reports and summaries of emerging events from over 60,000 news and social media sources in 100 languages. Primer Delta can analyze millions of documents in seconds, extracting entities, locations, and topics of interest while generating comprehensive summaries.

The company's AI technology is deployed by various US government agencies, including the National Security Agency, US Air Force, Army, and US Special Operations Command, as well as Fortune 100 companies. Primer's tools are used by intelligence analysts to detect cyberthreat indicators, track illicit finance and weapons, monitor adversaries' technological capabilities, and uncover influence operations. In February 2024, Primer's platform was being used by NSA analysts to augment cybersecurity signals and help connect dots in understanding potential attack vectors.

Primer aims to transform how analysts, operators, and decision-makers make sense of massive volumes of open-source and proprietary data, reducing time to decision. The company's technology is built on transformer-based neural networks, making its solutions faster, more accurate, and customizable to customer data and workflows. In April 2023, Primer launched its Delta Platform, which can be deployed on local machines or in the cloud.

Key customers and partnerships

Primer's key customers include various US government agencies such as the National Security Agency, US Air Force, Army, and US Special Operations Command. The company also serves Fortune 500 companies. Primer has worked with USSOCOM, Air Force, and Army officials since 2020 to develop and enhance the machine learning capabilities of US forces, focusing on areas such as mission planning, predictive logistics, and accelerating intelligence and decision cycles.

In terms of partnerships, Primer has received funding from In-Q-Tel, an investment fund backed by the CIA, indicating a strategic relationship with the intelligence community.