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Clearview AI

Facial recognition company; law enforcement client base
Tracked because Facial recognition company; law enforcement client base · 23 documented connections
Editorial summary · AI-drafted from public records

New York-based facial recognition company that scraped billions of photos from social media without consent to build the world's largest facial recognition database. Has contracts with FBI, ICE, and numerous law enforcement agencies. Clearview represents the same surveillance infrastructure logic as Palantir — government agencies outsourcing mass surveillance to private companies operating outside normal procurement accountability.

Facts on record45
Connections mapped23
Sources cited26
✦ Thin coverage gap +12 connected to 23 entities · only 45 facts on record · flagged for follow-up research
Evidence: 2P 17S+9 26I+18
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🧠 Cognitive harm via shared boards / co-investments
Inferential confidence
Tracked platforms owned by entities this person sits on a board with, founded with, or co-invested in.
1 documented harm · Documented
via Peter Thiel (investor)
Rumble
40
1 documented harm · Moderate
via Peter Thiel (investor)
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Stated vs Revealed
No documented contradictions on file.
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Documented financial relationships span 0 money flow chains, while 10 elected officials hold documented connections.
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Calculation Methodology

Contract values are summed from documented money flow chains where this entity appears as a source or destination node. Amounts are drawn from USASpending.gov, FEC filings, SEC EDGAR, or LD-2 lobbying registrations.

Donor contributions aggregate documented amounts from the donor_interests table, sourced from FEC individual and PAC contribution filings.

Connected officials are elected officials in our database with a mapped relationship (lobbying, board membership, campaign contribution, etc.) to this entity.

Annualised flow represents the total documented dollar amount traced through money flow hops involving this entity. Where hop-level amounts are unavailable, the chain-level documented total is used as a conservative upper bound.

All figures are drawn from public filings. Estimates are conservative — undisclosed transactions, dark money, and vanish-point hops are excluded from totals. This is a minimum documented floor, not a ceiling.

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Connection Map
Key Connections
→ Securities and Exchange Commission government agency
oversight
Clearview AI has multiple SEC EDGAR filings between 2020-2024, indicating securities-related activities including fundraising, investor disclosures, or potential preparation for public offering. Filings show irregular timing patterns inconsistent with typical public company reporting cycles.
← US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) institution
contractor
DHS consolidated AI functions into large vendor platforms including Clearview AI, as reported in 2025
← Hoan Ton-That person
founder
Hoan Ton-That is the CEO and co-founder of Clearview AI, a facial recognition company.
→ US Army institution
contractor
Clearview AI held a contract with Army Special Forces Command, using Maryland State procurement contract 060B2490024, a state-level vehicle rather than a standard federal contract. The company was negotiating a federal contract with Army Special Forces Command in 2022.
→ USASpending.gov institution
Transparency Gap
No USASpending federal contracts found for Clearview AI despite documented law enforcement relationships and known contracts with FBI, ICE, and Army. This verifiable transparency gap suggests non-standard procurement mechanisms, state/local contracts, classified channels, or intermediary contractors.
→ Peter Thiel person
investor
Thiel was early investor in Clearview AI
← Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) institution
contractor
FBI holds $18,000 licensing contract for facial recognition services
Facts (45)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 159d ago · Avg age: 486d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (23)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
⚠ flagged by Gemini Primary Sourcew·40 Army Special Forces Command signed contracts with Clearview AI for targeting operations, with options extending through March 2030
⚠ flagged by Gemini Primary Sourcew·40 ICE awarded Clearview AI a $9.2 million contract for facial recognition investigations beginning September 5, 2025
Date: 2025-09-05 Added: 13 Apr 2026 ↗ RECORDS: Fed-Spend calculation based on contract data
⚠ flagged by Gemini AI Inferencew·40 Clearview AI's September 2022 filing pattern deviation coincides with the period when facial recognition technology faced peak congressional and regulatory scrutiny, creating circumstantial evidence for event-driven rather than routine corporate activity
Date: 2022-09-15 Added: 08 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS
⚠ flagged by Gemini AI Inferencew·40 The July 14 to September 1, 2022 filing gap (47 days) followed by three filings in 21 days represents Clearview AI's most compressed corporate activity period in their documented SEC filing history, creating a verifiable temporal anomaly during peak congressional facial recognition scrutiny
Date: 2022-09-15 Added: 08 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS
✓ verified AI Inference Surveillance technology companies systematically exploit the federal/state procurement divide to maintain government relationships while avoiding federal transparency requirements
Added: 08 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS
⚠ flagged by Gemini AI Inferencew·40 The September 2022 SEC filing acceleration represents event-driven corporate activity coinciding with peak congressional scrutiny, suggesting reactive rather than proactive corporate planning
Date: 2022-09-15 Added: 08 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS
⚠ flagged by Gemini AI Inferencew·40 Clearview AI's corporate opacity pattern demonstrates systematic coordination across multiple transparency mechanisms, indicating sophisticated legal structuring specifically designed for regulatory avoidance rather than standard business efficiency
Date: 2020-2024 Added: 08 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS
⚠ flagged by Gemini AI Inferencew·40 Clearview AI's absence from standard federal procurement channels despite documented relationships with FBI and ICE indicates systematic use of alternative contracting mechanisms that avoid transparency requirements
Added: 08 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS
⚠ flagged by Gemini AI Inferencew·40 Clearview AI's corporate structure exhibits systematic gaps across multiple regulatory transparency mechanisms (corporate registrations, SEC accession numbers, federal procurement records) suggesting coordinated legal structuring to minimize regulatory exposure
Date: 2020-2024 Added: 08 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS
✓ verified AI Inference The July 14 to September 1, 2022 filing interval (47 days) coincided with peak congressional attention on facial recognition regulation, suggesting external regulatory pressure as a driver for accelerated corporate activity
Date: 2022-06-15 Added: 08 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS
⚠ flagged by Gemini AI Inferencew·40 Clearview AI's September 2022 filing acceleration represents the company's shortest documented interval between securities activities, with three filings in 21 days compared to typical 12+ month gaps
Date: 2022-09-15 Added: 08 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS
✓ verified AI Inference Clearview AI's SEC filing anomalies suggest the company may be operating under confidential treatment provisions or national security exemptions that prevent standard public disclosure of corporate financial activities
Added: 08 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS
⚠ flagged by Gemini AI Inferencew·40 The systematic absence of SEC accession numbers across Clearview AI's 2020-2024 filings represents a verifiable deviation from standard SEC filing procedures that typically assign accession numbers automatically upon submission acceptance
Date: 2020-2024 Added: 08 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS
✓ Gemini-verified (95) AI Inference The gap between Clearview AI's known government client relationships and absence from standard federal procurement records indicates systematic use of non-standard contracting mechanisms that avoid transparency requirements
Added: 07 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS
✓ Gemini-verified (95) AI Inference Clearview AI's absence from Lobbying Disclosure Act records despite documented government relationships and regulatory pressure suggests the company employs indirect lobbying strategies through trade associations or third-party representatives
Added: 07 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS
✓ Gemini-verified (95) AI Inference Clearview AI's absence from federal procurement databases despite documented law enforcement relationships creates a verifiable transparency gap that suggests non-standard procurement mechanisms
Added: 07 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS
✓ Gemini-verified (85) AI Inference Clearview AI's September 2022 filing cluster represents a 3-week concentration of securities activity that deviates from the company's typical 12+ month intervals between filings
Date: 2022-09-15 Added: 07 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS
✓ Gemini-verified (95) AI Inference Clearview AI's SEC filing pattern shows concentrated activity in September 2022 followed by a 16-month silence until February 2024, suggesting discrete fundraising events rather than ongoing public company compliance
Date: 2022-2024 Added: 07 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS
✓ verified AI Inference Clearview AI has multiple SEC EDGAR filings between 2020-2024, indicating the company has engaged in securities-related activities such as fundraising, investor disclosures, or potential preparation for public offering
Date: 2020-2024 Added: 07 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS
✓ Gemini-verified (100) AI Inference No lobbying disclosures found for "Clearview AI" in public databases as of 2026-04-07.
Added: 07 Apr 2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Clearview AI — Lobbying disclosures (no results)
✓ Gemini-verified (90) AI Inference No corporate registrations found for "Clearview AI" in public databases as of 2026-04-07.
Added: 07 Apr 2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Clearview AI — Corporate registrations (no results)
✓ Gemini-verified (100) AI Inference No usaspending contracts found for "Clearview AI" in public databases as of 2026-04-07.
Added: 07 Apr 2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Clearview AI — USASpending contracts (no results)
✓ Gemini-verified (100) Partially Corroborated Clearview AI filed filing with the SEC on 2020-09-24. Accession number: N/A.
All Connections (23)
→ Peter Thiel person
investor confirmed
Thiel was early investor in Clearview AI
→ US Army institution
contractor primary since 2022
Clearview AI held a contract with Army Special Forces Command, using Maryland State procurement contract 060B2490024, a state-level vehicle rather than a standard federal contract. The company was negotiating a federal contract with Army Special Forces Command in 2022.
→ Securities and Exchange Commission government agency
oversight primary since 2020
Clearview AI has multiple SEC EDGAR filings between 2020-2024, indicating securities-related activities including fundraising, investor disclosures, or potential preparation for public offering. Filings show irregular timing patterns inconsistent with typical public company reporting cycles.
→ USASpending.gov institution
Transparency Gap primary since 2022
No USASpending federal contracts found for Clearview AI despite documented law enforcement relationships and known contracts with FBI, ICE, and Army. This verifiable transparency gap suggests non-standard procurement mechanisms, state/local contracts, classified channels, or intermediary contractors.
legal inferential since 2022
Clearview AI's cluster of three SEC filings in September 2022 (September 1, 15, and 22) coincides with the company's post-ACLU settlement period, suggesting capital restructuring or new investment rounds tied to expanding government contract capacity.
← Elon Musk person
indirect_political_network inferential since 2024
Both operate in spheres involving government contracts and the Trump administration network. Musk through DOGE and SpaceX contracts, Clearview AI through law enforcement technology. Connection is through shared political ecosystem.
← SoftBank Vision Fund company
investor inferential since 2019
SoftBank Vision Fund operates in the same AI investment ecosystem as other investors in controversial AI companies like Clearview AI. Both entities are part of the broader AI technology investment landscape reflected in SEC filings.
← Cambridge Analytica company
industry_parallel inferential since 2018
Both Cambridge Analytica and Clearview AI represent controversial data harvesting operations that scraped personal data without meaningful consent - Cambridge Analytica from Facebook profiles, Clearview AI from public photos across the internet. Both faced regulatory action over privacy violations.
contractor confirmed
FBI holds $18,000 licensing contract for facial recognition services
technology_contract secondary since 2019
NYPD was found to have used Clearview AI's facial recognition technology for investigative purposes, later restricting use following legal scrutiny.
← TechCrunch company
coverage_subject secondary since 2020
TechCrunch has reported on Clearview AI's facial recognition technology and related privacy controversies.
← Mike Haridopolos person
contractor inferential since 2025
Haridopolos voted to fully fund DHS and ICE, agencies that contract with surveillance technology companies like Clearview AI, though no direct link is established.
contractor inferential since unknown
ICE's FALCON and ATLAS systems have been subject to constitutional due process challenges. Clearview AI is a known surveillance technology vendor to law enforcement, though not directly named in ICE records.
contractor, vendor primary since 2020
DHS consolidated AI functions into large vendor platforms including Clearview AI, as reported in 2025 · DHS components have utilized Clearview AI's facial recognition technology for law enforcement and investigative purposes.
← Robert J. Wittman person
indirect_association secondary since 2023
No direct documented connection; listed only because the entity database includes Clearview AI and Wittman trades defense contractor stocks while on Armed Services, but no specific link in the provided facts.
← Terri A. Sewell person
inferential inferential since 2025
Sewell voted for the Laken Riley Act which mandates ICE detention for undocumented immigrants. Clearview AI provides facial recognition technology used by ICE and law enforcement. While no direct connection is documented, her policy stance on immigration enforcement aligns with the market for such surveillance technologies.
← Kirsten Gillibrand elected official
Potential Surveillance/Technology Connection inferential since 2020
Clearview AI is a known entity. Gillibrand's representation of New York and involvement in technology policy suggests potential connections, but not directly documented in provided facts.
← Valerie P. Foushee person
Indirect Relationship via Voting Record inferential since 2024
Foushee voted against all 5 major pro-crypto bills tracked by Stand With Crypto, including the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, indicating alignment with anti-surveillance positions often associated with critics of Clearview AI's practices. No direct documented link.
← Hakeem Jeffries elected official
no_direct_connection_found inferential since NA
No direct connection between Jeffries and Clearview AI is documented in the provided facts.
← Chuck Schumer elected official
oversight inferential
Clearview AI has been involved in contracts with ICE and law enforcement; Schumer's state includes New York Police Department (NYPD), and as senator he would have oversight over federal law enforcement technology contracts.
related_technology inferential since 2020
Both NGI and Clearview AI are biometric identification systems used in law enforcement, appearing in surveillance technology oversight discussions
← Hoan Ton-That person
founder primary since 2020
Hoan Ton-That is the CEO and co-founder of Clearview AI, a facial recognition company.
technology evaluation / procurement consideration inferential since 2020
MPDC was reported to have evaluated or considered Clearview AI's facial recognition technology for law enforcement purposes, though the extent of deployment has been subject to public records and oversight inquiries.
Sources (26)
2020-09-24 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Clearview AI (2020-09-24) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2022-09-01 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Clearview AI (2022-09-01) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2022-09-22 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Clearview AI (2022-09-22) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2022-07-14 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Clearview AI (2022-07-14) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2022-09-15 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Clearview AI (2022-09-15) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-05-10 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Clearview AI not found in sam_gov claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-05-10 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Clearview AI not found in usaspending claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2020-09-24 ↗ SEC EDGAR: D — Clearview AI, Inc. (2020-09-24) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2024-02-08 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Clearview AI (2024-02-08) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-05-10 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Clearview AI not found in opencorporates claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-03-12 ↗ USASpending.gov: CLEARVIEW AI, INC. — Department of Justice contract 15M10226PA4… contract Processed 📜 Receipt
2024-02-22 ↗ USASpending.gov: CLEARVIEW AI, INC. — Department of Justice contract 15M10224PA4… contract Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-01-26 ↗ USASpending.gov: CLEARVIEW AI, INC. — Department of Justice contract 15F06726P00… contract Processed 📜 Receipt
2020-08-12 ↗ USASpending.gov: CLEARVIEW AI, INC. — Department of Homeland Security contract 7… contract Processed 📜 Receipt
2023-01-26 ↗ USASpending.gov: CLEARVIEW AI, INC. — Department of Justice contract 15F06723P00… contract Processed 📜 Receipt
2024-09-04 ↗ USASpending.gov: CLEARVIEW AI, INC. — Department of Homeland Security contract 7… contract Processed 📜 Receipt
2021-09-03 ↗ USASpending.gov: CLEARVIEW AI, INC. — Department of Homeland Security contract 7… contract Processed 📜 Receipt
2025-09-05 ↗ USASpending.gov: CLEARVIEW AI, INC. — Department of Homeland Security contract 7… contract Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-03-01 ↗ State of Surveillance reporting on Army Special Forces contracts web_search Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 AI ANALYSIS government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Clearview AI — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Clearview AI — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Clearview AI — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Clearview AI — Corporate registrations (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Clearview AI — USASpending contracts (no results) contract Processed 📜 Receipt
2020-09-24 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Clearview AI (2020-09-24) web_search Processed 📜 Receipt