Factal launches Advance and Explorer, extending risk intelligence beyond real-time alerts

Two new premium products built on Factal's trusted verification standard help security teams prepare earlier and respond faster.

SEATTLE, Aug. 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Factal, the verified risk intelligence platform, announced two new premium products, Factal Advance and Factal Explorer. Together, they extend Factal's verified intelligence beyond real-time alerts.

Factal has always helped security teams understand what's happening in the moment. Advance and Explorer extend the timeline, one looking ahead to what's coming, the other reaching back through the largest living archive of verified risk events in the world.

Accelerated by advanced AI and grounded in verified intelligence, Factal's new products give security teams more time to prepare and more context to decide without leaving the platform they already trust.

"AI is only as trustworthy as the intelligence behind it," said Cory Bergman, Factal co-founder and CPO. "Every answer in Explorer and every heads-up in Advance is grounded in global events that Factal journalists have verified, geolocated and written. That's the difference between AI that sounds confident and intelligence you can act on."

Factal Advance gives security teams early notice of upcoming events and developing situations that could impact their assets and operations. When a major event like a large public gathering is scheduled in proximity to an organization's location, Factal members are notified in advance. Instead of reacting when it happens, security teams can plan for it days ahead.

Advance also provides forward-looking intelligence, written by Factal's editors, to help operations plan for severe weather, geopolitical instability and other emerging developments.

"Our editors spend hours every week studying developments in their respective regions and planning coverage for the weeks and months ahead. Until now, that work has stayed behind the scenes," said Jillian Stampher, Factal's head of news. "As seasoned journalists, they tap deep knowledge of local conflicts, political dynamics and historical unrest to go beyond the who, what, where and tell you why it matters."

A powerful AI discovery engine, Factal Explorer makes it easy to get direct answers to questions like "What just happened in Rome?" or "Have any wildfires burned near our San Diego locations?" Answer are grounded in eight years of verified events, updated minute by minute. It's the largest record of verified risk intelligence at your fingertips.

Each detail is cited to the corresponding Factal update and its original source, so validation takes a glance, not another search. Every event is precisely geolocated, so Explorer knows not just what happened, but how close it came to your offices, sites and people. With exclusive access to a deep verified archive, Explorer holds a structural advantage over AI tools that rely on an incomplete, often synthetic view of the public web.

Explorer is also built to Factal's privacy standard: member data never touches an AI model and is never used for training. Assets, travelers and users stay private.

Both products will be available this fall. Join the waitlist to be the first to trial Factal Advance and Factal Explorer.

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SOURCE Factal