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What does Outtake do?

Outtake provides digital risk protection and narrative intelligence. Its autonomous AI agents detect, investigate and help dismantle external threats. They also analyze online conversations, claims and other signals to help security teams understand risks to people, reputation and operations.

That work can start with a fake website, account or app, but it can also start with an emerging narrative or a change in online discussion. Outtake connects related signals so teams can understand what is happening and decide how to respond.

What does Outtake protect?

Outtake organizes protection around the entities an organization cares about:

  • Brands. Lookalike domains, phishing sites, cloned apps, impersonation accounts and fraudulent ads.
  • Executives. Impersonation, exposed personal information, doxxing and extortion threats.
  • Locations. Online threat activity connected to facilities, events and public appearances.
  • Products. Unauthorized resale, trial and credit abuse, token fraud and other misuse.

Outtake's platform overview explains how these areas connect. The aim is to investigate activity where an organization's identity or assets are being used against it, rather than treating every suspicious mention as an incident.

How does it work?

The process starts with defining what is legitimate. The Entity Registry records the brands, people, locations and products being protected. That gives investigations a reference point when a suspicious variation appears.

AI agents then search for relevant activity and analyze text, images, video and audio. A finding might be a copied login page, an impersonating account or a reported message that needs investigation.

Outtake connects findings through threat graphing and narrative intelligence. Instead of stopping at the first URL, investigators can examine related identities, assets and infrastructure. The Digital Reservoir retains entity context, validated signals and investigation evidence to inform later work.

Response follows the case. Outtake's published workflow includes evidence packaging, automated reporting, platform escalation and takedown verification. The outcome depends on the threat and the services involved; finding an asset is not the same as confirming its removal.

What does that look like in practice?

Consider an illustrative example, not a customer case. An employee reports a website pretending to be your company's support portal.

The immediate question is whether that page is deceptive. The investigation also asks how people reach it, whether related accounts promote it and whether other assets point to the same operation.

That broader view helps the team decide what to report, what to block internally and what to check after action. A removed page is useful progress, but it does not prove that a linked account or replacement domain has disappeared.

What does narrative intelligence add?

Narrative Intelligence helps teams understand the stories, claims and patterns spreading online around the people and organizations they protect. Outtake's agents collect and analyze text, images, video and audio across online sources.

Rather than counting mentions, they cluster related signals, track emerging narratives and produce prioritized summaries. Use cases include monitoring risks around executives, facilities and events, as well as vendors and partners.

The response may be a security briefing or continued monitoring, not a takedown. Intelligence helps a team decide what needs attention and why, even when there is no fake asset to remove.

For a simple explanation, read What is narrative intelligence?.

Where should a new team start?

Start with the entity you need to protect and the question you need answered. A brand team might begin with fake customer-facing assets. An executive-protection team might begin with impersonation and exposed personal information. A team planning an event might want intelligence on emerging discussion around the person and venue.

Then ask to see the path from a real finding to evidence, response and a verified outcome. That makes the product easier to evaluate than a list of alerts alone.

For background on the category, read What is digital risk protection?.

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Reviewed October 1, 2026.