Tracelight is live: OSINT investigations with citation-anchored reports

Today we're launching Tracelight to the public.

We built it because the existing OSINT tools fall into two camps: enterprise platforms priced for Fortune 500 SOCs, or hobbyist scripts that nobody can defend in deposition. The middle — small private investigators, corporate diligence teams, investigative reporters — gets squeezed.

What's different

Tracelight runs 32 OSINT workers in parallel against a single subject, then writes a structured report where every claim links back to the exact API response that produced it. If opposing counsel pushes back on a finding, you click through the citation, see the timestamp, see the raw data, and re-run the lookup if you want. Reproducible. Auditable. Court-ready.

Why the citation trail matters

We've seen real cases lost because the investigator's report said "subject was found on dark-web forum X" without anything underneath. When the defense subpoenas the methodology, "I Googled it" doesn't survive cross-examination. Every Tracelight report ships with the equivalent of a chain-of-custody log baked in.

Pricing

Starter at $49/mo (25 cases), Pro at higher tiers, Agency for shops running multiple books of business. 7-day free trial on every plan, no credit card required to try.

What's next

We're heads-down on three things: more OSINT sources (especially regional ones — Companies House, SAYARI, court systems beyond the US), tighter integrations (Slack, Zapier, Webhooks all live today), and a public API so larger shops can wire Tracelight into their existing workflow.

If you do investigative work and want a tool that earns its keep on the citation trail alone, give it a try.