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Investigations with AI.
The tools to run your own.

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Visual investigations and reporting methods published on the Buried Signals YouTube channel.

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Indicator AI Lab: tools, monthly Investigation Debriefs and Case Notes, office hours every two weeks, and 50% off training bootcamps.

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TOOLS
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The investigation stack: Scoutpost, OSINT Navigator, Data Navigator, Spotlight, Mycroft, and new experiments.

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AI agents training: understand, check, monitor, remember, and investigate.

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CONSULTING
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Newsroom strategy, workshops, custom AI systems, and pilots for editorial teams.

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Investigation & Technology Partners

Pulitzer Center · NZZ · The New Humanitarian · Indicator · Big Local News · Muckrock · Bellingcat

Producing visual investigations and building open-source tools with leading investigative media and journalism nonprofits.

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Tools

Spotlight

Investigation system for AI agents: methodology first, verification built in, local-capable when a case needs it.

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Scoutpost

AI scouts that monitor pages, beats, social profiles, councils, PDFs, and source lists, then surface source-linked leads.

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OSINT Navigator

AI-powered search across OSINT tools, with recommendations that can route into agent workflows.

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Data Navigator

Ask public registries and structured data sources in plain language, then keep the evidence trail inspectable.

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Mycroft

A journalist-oriented agent setup for vault Q&A, source checks, briefs, and repeatable newsroom workflows.

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Splash

An open skill pack that gives any newsroom a visual desk — the AI you already use, taught to build scrollytelling maps, chart stories, and motion video.

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Articles

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About

Tom Vaillant

Tom Vaillant — Visual journalist and technologist building Buried Signals in partnership with Indicator. He uses AI to accelerate investigations, disclose methodologies, and build open tools for journalists and researchers.

Membership

Coming August 2026 Buried Signals x Indicator

Tools and methods from real investigations with AI.

Members get the tool suite, monthly Investigation Debriefs and Case Notes, office hours every two weeks, and 50% off training bootcamps.

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