About Us & About You

Engineer meets
PR

Vinesight was built as an engineer-driven solution to a multifaceted problem: how do stories spread, evolve, shape our perception, and eventually our decision-making.

Vinesight's own story, and our team, reflect this requirement to master many domains at the same time.

A figure revealing the Vinesight mark, emerging from the fog

From content to network

Our Story

Vinesight was founded by three PhDs in mathematical and computational sciences, who wanted to understand how toxic narratives spread, not simply from a content perspective but from a behavioural one. In a pre-AI world, how do you make sense of the social media chaos? How do you trace the inauthentic part of the conversation?

In 2019, we set out to build something different. Instead of asking "is this true?", Vinesight asked "how is this moving, how fast, who is moving it, and where is it going next?" That shift — from content to network, from the claim to the campaign — is what made the technology work across every language, format, and platform at once.

It is also what created the thing that matters most to the people we protect: time. The hours between when a narrative first appears in a hard-to-reach corner and when it hits the mainstream.

The road so far

Seven years of
getting sharper

each release, a sharper platform

  1. 01 / 06

    2019

    Vinesight is founded by three PhDs in mathematical and computational sciences.

  2. 02 / 06

    2020

    First customer. Vinesight proves its concept with NGOs and enterprises.

  3. 03 / 06

    2022

    Vinesight raises a $4 million seed round.

  4. 04 / 06

    2023

    LLMs are integrated into the platform. First government client, and a US office.

  5. 05 / 06

    2024

    The platform expands to cover dozens of social media outlets.

  6. 06 / 06

    2025

    ARR doubles across 2023–2025 as Vinesight expands in Asia and the Middle East. Vinesight raises a total of $12M.

Our Team

Many domains, one team

Mathematicians, engineers, analysts and operators. Hover or tap any face for the full story.

  • Gideon Blocq, PhD

    Gideon Blocq, PhD

    CEO & Co-founder

    CEO and co-founder of Vinesight. His academic foundation in Algorithmic Game Theory gives him a distinctive lens on how narratives form, spread, and inflict damage. A former Google Doctoral Fellow, he helps Fortune 500 companies and public institutions navigate a world where a single narrative can move markets and reshape reputations overnight.

  • Yoel Grinshpon

    Yoel Grinshpon

    Co-founder, VP Research

    Co-founder leading Vinesight's research, turning advances in network science and machine learning into the models behind the platform.

  • Alana Herbst

    Alana Herbst

    VP Delivery & Strategic Insight

    Leads delivery and strategic insight, making sure every client turns Vinesight's intelligence into decisions.

  • Will Juseck

    Will Juseck

    VP Sales

    Leads sales, partnering with organizations that can't afford to find out last.

  • Michael Rosenberg

    Michael Rosenberg

    CFO

    Chief Financial Officer, steering Vinesight's growth and operations.

  • Daniel Nisman

    Daniel Nisman

    Director of Strategic Solutions

    Directs strategic solutions, shaping how Vinesight is applied to each client's toughest problems.

  • Michael Horowitz

    Michael Horowitz

    Director of Strategic Insights

    Directs strategic insights, translating raw signal into the story behind the story.

  • Saul Shamash

    Saul Shamash

    Delivery Team Leader

    Leads the delivery team, keeping clients inside the decision window.

  • Jake Ford

    Jake Ford

    Head of Partnerships

    Heads partnerships, extending Vinesight's reach across sectors and regions.

  • Nick Smaldone

    Nick Smaldone

    Account Executive

    Account Executive, helping new teams put narrative intelligence to work.

About You

You're accountable for the story.

If you lead communications, brand, or risk

You answer for how your organization is perceived, yet the conversations that shape that perception form on platforms your current tools do not reach. Too often, the first time you hear about a narrative is when it has already crossed into mainstream coverage, and by then your options have narrowed to damage control.

You don't need more mentions to count. You need to know which narratives are forming, who is driving them, and where they are headed, early enough to act.

If you work in government, defense, or strategic comms

You operate in the cognitive domain, where narratives move across languages, borders, and adversary channels faster than reporting can keep up. Visibility is fragmented, and the window between a coordinated campaign taking shape and reaching a wide audience is short.

You need full-spectrum awareness, and the context to act with confidence inside that window.

Let's protect your story

See the narratives forming around you right now, and exactly what to do about them.

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