Public research, with context
DeepTrail is an AI OSINT investigation agent for social media intelligence (SOCMINT). Give it one platform and a username or public profile link. It reviews relevant public sources and brings the findings into an interactive investigation map.
Profile brings public details together. Network lets you explore connections. Activity puts dated signals in order. Observed and inferred findings remain distinguishable, with supporting evidence available for inspection.
Explore the example investigation map →Journalism & fact-checking
What is the public story behind this account?
A post can be the beginning of a story, but it rarely supplies the whole context. Start with its author's public account to explore related profiles, professional affiliations, connected organizations, and dated activity. Follow each material finding back to its source before using it in your reporting.
What you gain: Build a source-backed research trail and identify the questions that still need direct verification.
Partner & founder due diligence
Does their public work support the introduction?
Before a partnership or business conversation, bring scattered public context together. Explore a founder's or prospective collaborator's visible work, projects, organizations, and professional connections across accounts and websites. Review the evidence behind an affiliation rather than treating a profile claim as proof.
What you gain: Arrive with better questions about relevant experience, shared projects, and gaps in the public record.
Creator & expert research
Is this the right person for our collaboration?
Go beyond a single bio when researching a creator, speaker, or subject-matter expert. Cross-platform intelligence helps you understand their public focus, visible work, collaborations, and recent activity. Inspect the sources behind that context as you prepare an outreach brief.
What you gain: Understand what someone publicly contributes and where that work connects with your project.
Impersonation & fraud review
What supports this account's claimed identity?
When an account appears to represent a known person or professional, inspect the public signals supporting that claim. Explore linked sites, related accounts, affiliations, and inconsistencies in the reviewed material. Identity intelligence keeps uncertain matches open for review; a shared username or an apparent connection is only a lead.
What you gain: Find evidence to investigate a suspected impersonation and separate supported connections from assumptions. Findings do not establish fraud on their own.
Community & network research
How does this person connect to a wider community?
Use social network analysis to explore the people, projects, organizations, and communities connected to a public account. DeepTrail's investigation map makes those relationships easier to navigate, with evidence and qualification attached to the connections you inspect.
What you gain: Understand the context around a subject without assuming that an interaction proves a close relationship or endorsement.
Your own public-footprint audit
What picture do my public accounts create?
Start with your own username or profile link to review how your public presence fits together. Explore discoverable accounts, visible affiliations, and the latest known public activity found in reviewed sources. Open the original material to spot outdated descriptions or connections that need clarification.
What you gain: See what public sources say about you and decide what to update at the source.
Questions before you begin
Can DeepTrail find every account or confirm an identity?
Coverage depends on the public sources available during an investigation. Related accounts can remain inferred or unresolved. Review the evidence behind a match before treating it as the same person.
Does activity mean someone is online right now?
Activity shows dated public signals found in reviewed sources. It is not a live presence indicator or continuous monitoring service.
Can I reopen an investigation later?
Investigations are session-only. Inputs, collected source material, and results are deleted when the investigation session ends; they do not become saved account history.
Use DeepTrail for lawful, proportionate public-source research. Our Responsible Use Policy explains the expectations for handling findings and respecting people’s rights.
Start with what you know
You do not need a dossier. One public account is enough to begin exploring the profile, connections, and activity that the available evidence supports.