Case Study: Punchbowl News achieves 5x faster story lead research with Provectus

Punchbowl News cuts manual research effort 5x with Provectus

Punchbowl News, a premium political news organization, faced the challenge of having its reporters spend hours manually cross-referencing fragmented public data on campaign finance, lobbying, and congressional activity to find story leads. To differentiate itself in a competitive market, it needed a faster way to uncover the relationships between people, money, and policy. They partnered with Provectus to build an AI-driven political relationship intelligence platform.

Provectus built The Sphere, a unified platform that consolidates public data sources and uses AI models to detect and rank newsworthy connections. The solution was fully integrated into Punchbowl's existing product. This resulted in a 5x reduction in manual research effort, allowing reporters to find leads from a ranked shortlist inside their product instead of through hours of manual work, thereby scaling their coverage.

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