# PublicRelay

> PublicRelay is a Tysons, Virginia media-intelligence company that combines AI-scale monitoring with dedicated human analysts. Its enterprise programs turn news, social conversation and reputation signals into curated briefings, dashboards, alerts, scores and recommendations for communications leaders who need defensible answers rather than another feed of mentions.

- **Founded:** 2008
- **Headquarters:** Tysons, United States
- **Founders:** Eric Koefoot (Co-founder and former CEO), Chris Bolster (Co-founder and former managing partner), Jean Pierre LeJacq (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Sensei, Reputation Management, Media Insights, Brand and Industry Insights, Risk Management
- **Notable:** Built a platform reported by its development partner to process an average of seven million distinct articles, posts and social items per day from more than 35 feeds., Developed an on-site analytics command center for CES that combined real-time dashboards with human analysis., Launched StormWatch and Competitive Predictor in 2022 to forecast story virality and likely competitive messaging.

## Products & services

- **Sensei** — A self-service intelligence platform for querying client-specific media data, building analyses, viewing real-time alerts and creating shareable visualizations.
- **Reputation Management** — An analyst-led program combining alerts, briefings, performance reports, recommendations and proprietary reputation and media-quality scores.
- **Media Insights** — Custom analysis of stakeholders, influential outlets, authors and the conversations shaping public perception.
- **Brand and Industry Insights** — Competitive and narrative intelligence designed to identify trends, peer positioning and emerging industry signals.
- **Risk Management** — Analyst-backed early warning, real-time alerts and horizon scans for reputational issues before they become established crises.
- **Spark** — A product for understanding social conversations that shape corporate reputation.
- **Echo** — Analysis of how generative AI systems represent and cite a brand, including gaps in the narrative.
- **Predictive analytics** — Launched with StormWatch and Competitive Predictor to estimate which stories may spread and which messages competitors may emphasize next.

## Achievements

- Built a platform reported by its development partner to process an average of seven million distinct articles, posts and social items per day from more than 35 feeds.
- Developed an on-site analytics command center for CES that combined real-time dashboards with human analysis.
- Launched StormWatch and Competitive Predictor in 2022 to forecast story virality and likely competitive messaging.
- A go-to-market systems overhaul centered on HubSpot produced 100% sales-team adoption, 60 qualified prospects from email marketing and a vendor-reported 340% rise in sales revenue in one year.
- Reached more than $10 million in revenue before its 2021 growth-equity process, according to the transaction adviser.
- Secured six formal investment offers during the process that ended with Tritium Partners.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — PublicRelay appointed Jason Downie chief executive officer. He joined after serving as U.S. CEO and chief revenue officer at Making Science.
- **2026-03** — The company published new work on predictive crisis intelligence and on the changing role of communications, reputation and value.
- **2026-02** — PublicRelay framed its next product phase as Human + AI 2.0, emphasizing interpretation and client-specific intelligence rather than generic summaries.
- **2025-11** — The product team outlined a communications strategy for generative-engine optimization, connecting earned-media authority with visibility in AI-generated answers.
- **2025-07** — PublicRelay expanded its public positioning around AI search and generative-engine optimization for communications teams.

## Links

- Website: https://publicrelay.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/publicrelay/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/PublicRelay
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/pages/refname/111398875568019

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Last updated: 2026-09-23