About

ABOUT SAYARI

We built the world model of global commerce and the shadow economy that exploits it.

Sayari exists because the same ownership intelligence that enforcement agencies need is also what compliance teams need. No one had built it right.

Founded in Washington, D.C. in 2015 by people from the intelligence community, financial crime investigation, and data engineering. Trusted today by the most demanding institutions on earth.

1.5B+

ENTITIES MAPPED

15+

U.S. AGENCIES

250+

JURISDICTIONS

~$100M

ARR

The Arc

Founded twice.

Sayari built a ~$100M ARR business by following Google’s playbook — but for economic security. First, a search engine for non-indexed records backed by tens of billions of documents. Then a knowledge graph connecting 1.5B+ entities and 3B+ relationships across the world’s corporate and trade records.

Now, the agentic system of work for economic security and risk. Every company is early stage again, whether they know it or not. We chose to confront that reality head-on.

2015 – 2020

Search Engine

Non-indexed records. Hard-to-get data from ephemeral sources. Tens of billions of documents that no one else was collecting.

First government deployments. Intelligence community roots operationalized.

2020 – 2025

Knowledge Graph

1.5B+ entities. 3B+ relationships. Global corporate and trade records connected into a dynamic, living world model across 250+ jurisdictions.

6 of 10 largest global banks. Fortune 1000 manufacturers. Deloitte Fast 500. Inc. 5000.

2026 – FUTURE

System of Work

Agentic system of work. Tradecraft AI. Domain-specific models. Trust as the product. Differentiated by the judgment layer.

The system of work that makes AI safe for critical decisions in last-mile domains.

AI-NATIVE OPERATIONS

If you sell judgment infrastructure, you have to be the first customer.

Every function inside Sayari runs on AI-native operating systems we built ourselves — what we call xOS. Not chatbots or copilots, but infrastructure: automated loops that monitor signals, produce outputs, and route them to the right people without anyone asking.

01

Intelligence

Automated signal monitoring — regulatory shifts, market moves, competitive changes — surfaced before anyone asks

02

Production

Decision trees that score, draft, and assemble outputs against evaluation rubrics — not prompts

03

Distribution

Outputs routed to the right people, right channel, right time — the system orchestrates, humans decide

04

Accountability

Real-time performance scoring that gives operators awareness, not retrospective reports

MarketingOS. SalesOS. Every function. The same four-layer architecture applies across the company — marketing, sales, CS, product, engineering, legal, and finance. Each xOS runs on the same judgment infrastructure we sell to clients. Platform shifts like the one we are in today force every company to confront the innovator’s dilemma. We chose to be the disruption.

WHY WE WIN

Three proprietary assets. One compounding advantage.

The commercial world model and the tradecraft that interprets it produced each other. The expertise was honed on this specific data, and the data was shaped by the expertise. Neither can be acquired independently because they grew together over a decade.

Commercial World Model

The definitive structured model of global commerce and the shadow economy that exploits it. 12B+ longitudinal records. 1.5B+ entities. 3B+ relationships. Full global coverage including China, secrecy jurisdictions, and ephemeral sources.

Domain Knowledge & Tradecraft

What “right” looks like for economic security analysis — and the ability to prove it. 1,000+ analytical reports. 300+ hours of expert walkthroughs. 650K+ lines of expert-built ontology. 67,000+ labeled decisions.

Compounding System of Work

The feedback apparatus that keeps both assets current and compounding. Captive analyst base, customer workflows, forward-deployed engineers, enterprise instrumentation. Every interaction sharpens the standard.

Platform shifts like the one we are in today force every company to confront the innovator’s dilemma. Sayari’s response: a dedicated team with assets from across the business, charged with a single question — if AI eats SaaS and data alone isn’t enough, what are we really selling? The answer — trust — redefined the company.

Mission

The judgment infrastructure for trustworthy AI in economic security and commercial risk.

The world’s financial and trade systems depend on the ability to verify who you’re doing business with. As sanctions, export controls, and supply chain regulations grow more complex, that verification problem becomes harder — and the cost of getting it wrong grows larger.

We operate in a world where there is real good and real evil. We show up every day to contribute towards the good. The companies that are inventing the future trust us to secure it.

Our Values

Humble Conviction

We do our own work and don’t expect others to educate us on their challenges, but we actively listen and admit when we’re wrong.

Decisive Agility

We prioritize swift, thoughtful decisions — balancing data with judgment and escalating contentious challenges immediately.

Empowered Ownership

We take pride in our work, share in success through ownership, and are deeply invested in achieving exceptional outcomes.

Intentional Adaptability

We embrace change and cultivate the flexibility required to navigate hyper-growth while staying focused on our core strengths.

Mission Alignment

We exist to empower the defenders of global systems of commerce and trade for a safer, stronger, and better world.

THE NAME

Sayari: scout, traveler, one who follows paths

The word carries weight across many languages. Each root speaks to a dimension of what we do: following networks across borders, discovering what’s hidden, adapting to new terrain.

سيّار

Sayyār

Arabic

Wandering, mobile, or orbiting. A high-level view tracking movement across borders.

סייר

Sayar

Hebrew

A scout, explorer, or reconnaissance. Proactive intelligence required to map unknown territory.

سيّار

Sayyār

Persian

Itinerant, voyager, or in motion. Maintaining clarity while navigating changing environments.

سیاره

Sayyārah

Urdu

A planet or celestial traveler. Finding fixed patterns within a chaotic universe of data.

Seyyar

Turkish

Portable, mobile, and field-ready. Intelligence that isn’t static; it works in the field

Sayari

Swahili

A planet or celestial sphere. The interconnectedness of the global economy.

ڻ–ی–ڕ

S–Y–R

Aramaic

To visit, inspect, or keep watch. The discipline of inspection to ensure the integrity of a path.

Sayari

Quechua / Kichwa

To rise, to stand up, or to emerge. The drive to stand firm, face complexity, and surface the truth.

GLOBAL PRESENCE

Three regions. Eight countries. 24-hour coverage.

The data we analyze spans every jurisdiction where commerce flows and risk hides. Building that capability requires a team with lived experience across the jurisdictions, languages, and regulatory systems our clients operate in.

NORTH AMERICA

Washington, D.C. (HQ1) · Canada

Global headquarters. Product, engineering, data science, go-to-market, and government programs operate from D.C., with engineering and data teams across Canada.

EUROPE & MIDDLE EAST

London (HQ2) · Israel · Dubai

EMEA headquarters in London covering enterprise relationships across Europe and satellite engineering office in Israel and sales team in GCC.

ASIA-PACIFIC

Singapore · Japan · Australia

Regional offices in Tokyo, Singapore, and Canberra supporting enterprise commercial and government relationships with localized executive presence and subject matter expertise.

LEADERSHIP