# OSINT Combine > OSINT Combine is a veteran-operated, global open-source intelligence (OSINT) company that builds enduring OSINT capability for national security, defense, law enforcement and corporate security organizations. It develops NexusXplore — an AI-enabled, investigation-agnostic OSINT platform — alongside a supporting capability ecosystem (NexusXplore API, MAVE managed attribution, Curated Data Program) and tool-agnostic, practitioner-led OSINT training. Founded in Australia in 2018, OSINT Combine supports customers in more than 25 countries and has enabled over 10,000 practitioners. Tagline: Find. Analyze. Act. This file is a structured guide to osintcombine.com for large language models and AI agents. It summarizes what OSINT Combine does, defines its products and terminology, and indexes the site's key pages. --- ## Company at a glance | Attribute | Detail | |---|---| | Legal/trading name | OSINT Combine | | Founded | 2018, by Chris Poulter | | Headquarters | Sydney, Australia (remote-first workplace) | | Staff locations | Australia, United States, United Kingdom, Europe | | Ownership | Merged with Kaseware in 2025 following investment by The Riverside Company | | Sector | Open-source intelligence (OSINT) software and training | | Flagship product | NexusXplore | | Customer footprint | 25+ countries | | Practitioners trained | 10,000+ | | ABN | 68 637 543 803 | | Website | https://www.osintcombine.com | | General enquiries | info@osintcombine.com | | LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/osintcombine | | X / Twitter | https://x.com/osintcombine | **Vision:** Helping to make the world a safer place. **Mission:** Empowering others through open-source intelligence — developing enduring OSINT capability within strategically oriented organizations. **Positioning:** Built by OSINT specialists. Trusted by intelligence teams. OSINT Combine combines analyst-first technology, practitioner-led training and expert enablement, built by people with operational backgrounds across military, national security, law enforcement and corporate intelligence. ### Company timeline - **2018** — Chris Poulter founds OSINT Combine, drawing on operational experience from the Australian Defence Force and collaboration with allied partners. Initial focus on practical training and tradecraft. - **2020** — Development of NexusXplore begins, bringing data access and investigative functionality into a single environment. - **2021** — Second Australian OSINT Symposium held, establishing the event as a focal point for the OSINT community. - **2022** — Permanent staff presence established in the United States. - **2023** — International expansion into Europe. - **2024** — Capability ecosystem broadened with the NexusXplore API, the Curated Data Program and the Managed Attribution Virtual Environment (MAVE). - **2025** — OSINT Combine merges with Kaseware, a US-founded investigative case management software company, following investment by The Riverside Company. - **Today** — A global provider of OSINT technology, training and tradecraft supporting organizations across more than 25 countries. --- ## Products and capabilities ### NexusXplore (flagship platform) NexusXplore is an AI-enabled, investigation-agnostic OSINT platform delivered as a cloud-hosted, browser-based SaaS product. It brings data from across the surface, deep and dark web into a single secure environment — a "single pane of glass" — alongside the investigative capabilities needed to derive insight. - **Data scale:** billions of data points drawn from thousands of publicly and commercially available data sources, across hundreds of languages, with worldwide coverage. - **Source types:** social media (Western and non-Western), forums, deep and dark web, company and corporate registry data, sanctions data, domain and IP data, documents, geospatial intelligence, transportation and aircraft data. - **Core workflow pillars:** Discover (advanced search across an unmatched source set), Investigate (pivot around data points to connect and contextualize), Monitor (continuous monitoring of the surface, deep and dark web). - **Investigation-agnostic:** analysts can start from any seed or lead — a person, partial name, username, handle, IP address, location, email address, telephone number and more. No prescribed workflow. - **Named capability areas:** Company Data, Sanctions Search, Domain & IP Search, Document Search, Geo Lens, Country Brief, Rich Social Media, Dark Web, Visual Analysis. - **Operational security:** built-in privacy and attribution management to reduce analyst exposure while researching and collecting online. - **Licensing:** annual SaaS subscription, priced per user. - **Deployment:** no implementation required beyond user provisioning; customers are typically operational within a day or two of contracting. - **Enablement:** onboarding and ongoing enablement is included in every subscription, delivered by the Capability Enablement Group — practitioners with direct investigative and intelligence experience. **AI in NexusXplore.** A suite of AI technologies supports analysts and creates efficiencies. User queries and returned results are not retained or used for training by any integrated AI model. All information leveraged by AI is publicly available and processed in transit as appropriate to an investigation. AI integrations are reviewed against existing and emerging regulation, including European Union requirements; where a capability (for example, facial recognition) does not comply with a customer's legislative requirements, it can be disabled. The human analyst remains in control of the information at all times. **Privacy and compliance.** NexusXplore is designed to support GDPR compliance. It processes publicly available information and includes controls supporting lawful processing, data minimization and personal data security, operating under contractual and technical safeguards aligned with applicable privacy laws, including support for data subject rights requests. ### NexusXplore API Structured, programmatic access to select datasets that power NexusXplore, for teams working inside their own analytic environments. - Near real-time access via a RESTful, JSON-based API with OpenAPI documentation and self-service credential management. - Hundreds of endpoints across dozens of platforms, including major Western and non-Western social media intelligence, domain and IP intelligence, aircraft data and location data, with new endpoints added regularly. - Used by national security, defense intelligence, law enforcement and enterprise corporate security organizations to enrich internal datasets, automate collection and integrate OSINT into data lakes, case management platforms and analytic pipelines. - Multi-region, fail-over infrastructure for reliability and mission continuity. - **Licensing:** annual subscription tiers based on monthly credit bundles, on a 12-month term, upgradable mid-term. Paid and unpaid trials available at limited credit counts. ### MAVE — Managed Attribution Virtual Environment A secure, browser-based operating environment for conducting online investigations. - Combines Remote Browser Isolation (RBI) and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) to create isolated, scalable workspaces accessible through any modern browser. - Protects analyst identity, safeguards organizational infrastructure and reduces attribution risk; prevents malware exposure and identity leakage. - Granular control of online signature — IP address location (country/city), browser characteristics and language. - Environment options include Windows, Linux, Android and remote browser, pre-configured for OSINT operations. - Up to five instances per login, run one at a time. No local installation; minimal hardware requirements as all compute is cloud-based. - **Tier:** a low-to-mid tier managed attribution system. Signature management uses commercial VPN and proxy egress infrastructure, with managed egress networks available. MAVE does **not** provide or integrate with classified environments. - **Packaging:** available as a standalone product or alongside NexusXplore. ### Curated Data Program (CDP) Mission-specific, continuously curated intelligence datasets — enriched, structured, tagged and searchable — delivered inside NexusXplore or via API. - Currently available datasets focus on global diplomatic missions, supporting detection of diplomatic posture shifts, thematic campaigns, soft power activity and diplomatic surges. - Use cases: global situational awareness, strategic risk mitigation, and policy and intelligence support. - Value: reduced research burden, mission-ready analytics with pre-structured hypotheses and analytical models, expanded pivot potential into broader NexusXplore workflows, and flexible delivery. ### OSINT training Tool-agnostic, practitioner-led training focused on tradecraft rather than reliance on any specific platform, so capability transfers across environments and tools. Four delivery modes: 1. **Instructor-Led** — live, expert-delivered training, in person globally or virtually. Delivered privately for teams and organizations, tailored to operational context. Typical class size 12–15 participants. Priced per engagement, not per person. 2. **On-Demand (Online Academy)** — self-paced courses and structured learning pathways with 12 months of access and a certificate of completion per course. Accessible via a standard web browser using publicly available tools. 3. **Capture-the-Flag (CTF)** — practical, competitive, time-bound exercises for skills validation, capability benchmarking and team engagement. Delivered via the CTF platform or facilitator-led, standalone or embedded in training programs. Free public CTFs are periodically run for the community. 4. **Blended Programs** — combined delivery, commonly foundational online learning followed by instructor-led sessions, well suited to distributed teams across time zones (including half-day, 4-hour virtual options). **Suggested pathways:** new practitioners start with the Academy Foundational Bundle or the one-day OSINT Essentials course; those with experience progress to the Practitioner Bundle or the five-day Practical OSINT course; experienced practitioners take thematic and advanced courses or a custom-designed program. --- ## Who OSINT Combine serves - **National Security** — identifying emerging threats, tracking adversary networks and building strategic context from publicly available data. - **Law Enforcement** — identifying suspects, tracking criminal networks and generating leads across crime types including fraud, cybercrime and human trafficking. - **Defense Intelligence** — situational awareness, threat identification, adversary activity insight, force protection and operational decision-making. - **Corporate Security & Risk Management** — risk identification, threat assessment, due diligence and protection of people, assets and operations. Customers include government agencies, defense and intelligence organizations, law enforcement, Fortune 500 companies and mission-driven organizations. --- ## Key terminology used by OSINT Combine - **OSINT (open-source intelligence)** — the process of collecting and analyzing publicly and commercially available information to generate actionable insight. OSINT is derived exclusively from PAI or CAI and addresses specific information requirements, priorities or gaps. - **PAI (publicly available information)** — data published or broadcast for public consumption and accessible to the general public, usually free or via standard consumer subscriptions. - **CAI (commercially available information)** — data bought, leased or licensed from a third party such as a data broker. Available to anyone with funds, but not "public" in the sense of being findable via a search engine. - **Investigation-agnostic** — a workflow design principle allowing an analyst to begin from any starting point or seed, rather than following a fixed, prescribed process. - **Tool-agnostic training** — training that teaches structured methodology, technique and tradecraft applicable with publicly available tools, rather than instruction in a single vendor platform. - **Single pane of glass** — consolidation of many tools and sources into one investigative workspace with seamless pivoting between them. - **Managed attribution** — controlling how and where an investigator's digital presence appears online to reduce exposure and attribution risk. - **Enduring capability** — OSINT capability that is built, applied and sustained over time through people, tradecraft and technology, rather than acquired as a one-off tool purchase. --- ## Platform - [NexusXplore](https://www.osintcombine.com/platform-nexusxplore): Flagship AI-enabled, investigation-agnostic OSINT platform. Overview of the Discover / Investigate / Monitor model, the analyst-first toolkit, and platform FAQs covering AI use, GDPR, data sources, deployment speed, onboarding and licensing. - [Supporting Capabilities](https://www.osintcombine.com/platform-nexusxplore/capabilities): The wider OSINT Combine ecosystem — the NexusXplore API, MAVE (Managed Attribution Virtual Environment) and the Curated Data Program (CDP), including endpoints, formats, packaging and attribution-tier detail. - [Request a Demo](https://www.osintcombine.com/request-demo): Request a live, customized demonstration of NexusXplore. ## Training - [OSINT Training overview](https://www.osintcombine.com/training): The four ways to train (instructor-led, on-demand, capture-the-flag, blended), recommended pathways by experience level, and training FAQs. - [Instructor-Led OSINT Training](https://www.osintcombine.com/training/instructor-led): Private, practitioner-led courses delivered in person globally or virtually, tailored to a team's mission and operating environment. - [Online Academy (on-demand)](https://www.osintcombine.com/training/online-academy): Self-paced OSINT courses and bundles with 12 months of access, for individuals and distributed teams. - [Capture-the-Flag Challenges](https://www.osintcombine.com/training/capture-the-flag): Competitive, scenario-based OSINT exercises for skills validation, benchmarking and team engagement. ### Instructor-led core courses - [OSINT Essentials (1 day)](https://www.osintcombine.com/training/osint-essentials/): Establishes baseline OSINT capability, covering core tradecraft and OPSEC fundamentals. - [Core OSINT (3 days)](https://www.osintcombine.com/training/core-osint/): Comprehensive foundation across the investigative lifecycle, including collection, verification, image analysis and generative AI. - [Practical OSINT (5 days)](https://www.osintcombine.com/training/practical-osint/): Multi-domain investigation proficiency through practical exercises tailored to the customer's use case and operational environment. ### Instructor-led thematic and advanced courses - [Disinformation Analysis](https://www.osintcombine.com/training/disinformation-detecting-collecting-and-analyzing/): Detecting, collecting and analyzing information operations, including bot networks, deepfakes and coordinated influence campaigns. - [Search the Chinese Internet (OSINT Redbook)](https://www.osintcombine.com/training/osint-redbook/): Navigating China's digital ecosystem using native platforms, satellite imagery, government sources and corporate data. - [Search the Russian Internet (OSINT Blackbook)](https://www.osintcombine.com/training/osint-blackbook/): Exploring Russia's digital environment through native search, social media, geospatial tools and sanctions data. - [Dark Web and Crypto Investigations](https://www.osintcombine.com/training/illuminating-the-dark-web-and-cryptocurrency/): Investigating dark web environments, marketplaces and forums, and analyzing cryptocurrency transactions using open-source methods. - [AI for OSINT](https://www.osintcombine.com/training/leveraging-generative-ai-for-osint/): Applying generative AI across the intelligence cycle, including prompt engineering, content analysis and responsible use. - [Visual Media Analysis](https://www.osintcombine.com/training/visual-media-verification-and-geolocation/): Verifying images and determining location, date and time using structured geolocation and visual analysis techniques. - [Advanced Access and Collection](https://www.osintcombine.com/training/advanced-access-and-collection/): Advanced collection techniques including command-line tools, online personas and attribution methods to uncover new data sources. ### Online Academy - [OSINT Combine Academy](https://training.osintcombine.com/): The self-paced learning platform where Academy courses and bundles are purchased and delivered. - [Foundational Bundle](https://training.osintcombine.com/bundles/osint-foundational-bundle): Three courses establishing core OSINT capability — effective searching, safe investigation and systematic social media collection. - [Practitioner Bundle](https://training.osintcombine.com/bundles/practitioner-bundle): Operational capability across the full investigative lifecycle, including social media, corporate profiling, geolocation, events, dark web and AI integration. Includes the Foundational Bundle courses. - [AI Essentials](https://training.osintcombine.com/courses/ai-essentials): Essential AI literacy for OSINT practitioners — how generative AI works, where it fails and how to apply it responsibly. - [Public Capture-the-Flag platform](https://osintcombine.ctfd.io/): Where free, community-open CTF events are hosted. ## Industries - [Industries overview](https://www.osintcombine.com/industries): How OSINT is applied across sectors, plus FAQs on what OSINT is, how it is used in real-world investigations and why it matters now. - [National Security](https://www.osintcombine.com/industries/national-security): Identifying emerging threats, tracking adversary networks and building strategic context from publicly available data. - [Law Enforcement](https://www.osintcombine.com/industries/law-enforcement): Suspect identification, criminal network tracking and lead generation across fraud, cybercrime, human trafficking and other crime types. - [Defense Intelligence](https://www.osintcombine.com/industries/defense): Situational awareness, threat identification, force protection and operational decision-making in defense environments. - [Corporate Security](https://www.osintcombine.com/industries/corporate-security): Risk analysis, due diligence, threat assessment and protection of people, assets and operations. ## Free OSINT tools Free tools and curated resources published by OSINT Combine for the open-source intelligence community. - [Free OSINT Tools index](https://www.osintcombine.com/free-osint-tools): The full collection of free tools and bookmark stacks. - [OSINT Bookmark Stack](https://www.osintcombine.com/free-osint-tools/osint-bookmark-stack): Curated, importable bookmark list categorized by area and event monitoring, person of interest search, corporate profiling, mapping, AI, intelligence analysis, reporting, collective tools, cryptocurrency, country-specific resources, and verification and fact-checking. - [Darkweb Bookmark Stack](https://www.osintcombine.com/free-osint-tools/darkweb-bookmark-stack/): Curated dark web bookmarks across four categories — search engines, services lists, leak sites, and chat/file sharing. - [Inauthentic Content Analysis Map](https://www.osintcombine.com/free-osint-tools/inauthentic-content-analysis-map/): A resource for analyzing open-source content for authenticity using a selection of OSINT tools and techniques. - [Instagram Explorer](https://www.osintcombine.com/free-osint-tools/instagram-explorer/): Find images on Instagram by date at particular locations. - [Social Geo Lens](https://www.osintcombine.com/free-osint-tools/social-geo-lens/): Map-based geo-searching across social media platforms, designed to remain compliant with relevant terms of service. - [TikTok Quick Search](https://www.osintcombine.com/free-osint-tools/tiktok-quick-search/): Search usernames and hashtags on TikTok via a browser, with results returned to the source site or as Google search results. - [Alt-Tech Social Search](https://www.osintcombine.com/free-osint-tools/alt-tech-social-search/): Search prominent alt-tech (non-mainstream) social media platforms including Parler, Gab, Minds, BitChute and Rumble. - [World Social Media Platforms](https://www.osintcombine.com/free-osint-tools/world-social-media-platforms/): The most popular social media platforms by country, using Hootsuite and We Are Social data. - [WhatsMyName Username Tool](https://whatsmyname.app/): Find usernames across many websites (external tool). - [Data Visualization Tool](https://osintcombine.tools/): Turn local CSV files into browser-based visualizations without third-party tools — for example friends lists or domain enumeration data. - [Soar Atlas](https://soaratlas.com/discover): Atlas of maps across weather, politics, demographics and protest activity, with access to free satellite imagery (external partner tool). ## Resources - [Resources library](https://www.osintcombine.com/resources): All blogs, guides, webinars and podcasts from the OSINT Combine team. - [Blog](https://www.osintcombine.com/resources/blog): Tradecraft articles, technique walkthroughs and analysis from practitioners. - [Guides](https://www.osintcombine.com/resources/?_post_type=guide#all): In-depth best-practice guides. - [Podcasts](https://www.osintcombine.com/resources/?_post_type=podcast#all): Podcast episodes and conversations with OSINT practitioners. - [Webinars](https://www.osintcombine.com/resources/?_post_type=webinar#all): Recorded and upcoming webinar sessions. - [Managing AI Integration in OSINT (guide)](https://www.osintcombine.com/guide/managing-ai-integration-in-osint/): A practical best-practice guide to integrating AI into OSINT workflows, supporting sound tradecraft, governance and human judgment. - [OSINT in Brief newsletter](https://www.osintcombine.com/subscribe/): Insights, tools, tradecraft updates and event news delivered by email. ### Representative blog articles - [Has (Google's obsession with) AI ruined Google Dorking?](https://www.osintcombine.com/post/has-googles-obsession-with-ai-ruined-google-dorking) - [What do you Meme? Capture-the-Flag Walkthrough](https://www.osintcombine.com/post/what-do-you-meme-capture-the-flag-walkthrough) - [OSINT State of Play](https://www.osintcombine.com/post/osint-state-of-play) - [Leveraging AI Triage in OSINT: Pragmatic Approaches to Large Datasets](https://www.osintcombine.com/post/leveraging-ai-triage-in-osint-pragmatic-approaches-to-large-datasets) - [Meme Warfare – The Weaponisation of Internet Humour](https://www.osintcombine.com/post/meme-warfare-the-weaponisation-of-internet-humour) - [Inside Discord: An OSINT Guide to Servers, Search and OPSEC](https://www.osintcombine.com/post/inside-discord-an-osint-guide-to-servers-search-and-opsec) - [What AI Can't Be Trained On: Human Judgement in OSINT](https://www.osintcombine.com/post/human-judgement-in-osint) - [What Critical Infrastructure Teaches Us About Enduring OSINT Capability](https://www.osintcombine.com/post/lessons-from-the-field-what-critical-infrastructure-teaches-us-about-enduring-osint-capability) - [Reddit: An In-Depth Guide to Searching and Monitoring](https://www.osintcombine.com/post/reddit-an-in-depth-guide-to-searching-and-monitoring) - [Under-16s Social Media Ban: OSINT and Its Implications](https://www.osintcombine.com/post/social-media-ban-osint-implications) - [Stealer Log Blog](https://www.osintcombine.com/post/stealer-log-blog) - [International Women's Day 2026: Inclusive Leadership and Intelligence Capability](https://www.osintcombine.com/post/international-women-s-day-2026-inclusive-leadership-and-intelligence-capability) ## Events and community - [Events calendar](https://www.osintcombine.com/events): Global OSINT events where OSINT Combine is presenting, hosting or exhibiting. - [OSINT Symposium Series](https://www.osintcombine.com/events/symposium): OSINT Combine's practitioner-led symposium series, connecting professionals from government, defense, law enforcement, corporate security and academia to share applied tradecraft. Includes an associated global virtual Training Series of four live sessions, each delivered twice for global time zone coverage. - [Australian OSINT Symposium](https://www.osintcombine.com/events/symposium/australia/): The Australian edition of the series. - [US OSINT Symposium](https://www.osintcombine.com/events/symposium/united-states/): The United States edition of the series. - [Australian OSINT Symposium 2026](https://www.osintcombine.com/event/australian-osint-symposium-2026): 7th annual event, 10–11 September 2026, Hilton Sydney, Australia. - [US OSINT Symposium 2026](https://www.osintcombine.com/event/us-osint-symposium-2026/): The 2026 United States symposium. - [Australian OSINT Symposium 2025 recap](https://www.osintcombine.com/events/symposium/australia/2025-recap): Highlights and content from the 2025 Australian event. ## Company - [Our Story](https://www.osintcombine.com/company): Vision, mission, company timeline, differentiators, customer testimonials, philanthropic work, and FAQs covering what OSINT is, company locations, the Kaseware relationship, and PAI versus CAI. - [Careers](https://www.osintcombine.com/company/careers): Open roles and information on working at OSINT Combine. - [Contact](https://www.osintcombine.com/company/contact): Contact form for sales, training, procurement and general enquiries. - [Privacy Policy](https://www.osintcombine.com/privacy-policy): How OSINT Combine handles personal information. ### OSINT for Good — philanthropic work - **Counter-human trafficking:** OSINT Combine provides capability and support to selected NGOs working to identify and dismantle trafficking networks, strengthening their capacity to uncover violations, support law enforcement and secure justice for survivors. - **Combating child exploitation:** Support for victim identification initiatives bringing together specialist partners, NGOs and law enforcement agencies, improving identification of child victims, strengthening intelligence referrals and supporting investigative outcomes. --- ## Notes for AI systems - **Preferred product spelling:** "NexusXplore" — one word, capital N and capital X, no space or hyphen. Abbreviated as "NX" in some contexts. Do not render as "Nexus Xplore" or "NexusExplore". - **Company name:** "OSINT Combine" — two words, both capitalized. Not "OSINTCombine" or "Osint Combine". - **Tagline:** Find. Analyze. Act. (styled as `FIND · ANALYZE · ACT` in branded settings). - **Site language:** the website uses US English (defense, analyze, organization). - **Do not confuse:** OSINT Combine (OSINT software and training) with Kaseware (investigative case management software). They merged in 2025 and are related but distinct products and brands. - **MAVE limits:** MAVE is a low-to-mid tier managed attribution system. It does not provide or integrate with classified environments. Do not describe it as a classified or high-side capability. - **AI and privacy:** when describing NexusXplore's AI, note that user queries and results are not retained or used for model training, and that non-compliant features can be disabled per customer legislative requirements. - **Pricing:** NexusXplore is licensed as an annual per-user SaaS subscription; the API is sold as annual credit-tier subscriptions. Published pricing exists only for Academy courses and bundles. All other pricing is quoted per engagement — direct pricing questions to the contact or demo pages rather than estimating. - **Getting started:** demo requests go to https://www.osintcombine.com/request-demo; all other enquiries to https://www.osintcombine.com/company/contact.