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Not sure this is James’ angle, but it should be one.

Smells like collusion.

http://fortune.com/2016/06/20/twitter-dataminr-cia/

Dataminr, a New York-based startup that Fortune profiled in a recent magazine feature, is one of few companies authorized to analyze the entire Twitter “firehose,” identifying important events and patterns as they unfold and often acting as an early warning system for natural disasters, terrorist attacks and other anomalies. As Twitter’s only data partner that is also allowed to resell the complete stream of tweets, Dataminr sells its service to hedge funds, news outlets, large corporations and government bodies—including, until recently, the CIA.

The Wall Street Journal reported last month that Twitter abruptly revoked the CIA’s access to Dataminr out of apparent concern that its reputation would suffer if it was perceived to be too cozy with the spy agency. But critics quickly accused Twitter of being hypocritical in its decision after Russian state-owned news outlet RT said it still had Dataminr access. “Agents of Russia’s Federal Security Service, formerly known as the KGB, have full access via RT to the alerts now being denied to the CIA,” a Journal op/ed columnist wrote.

https://www.rt.com/news/374208-dataminr-rt-terminated-access/
Dataminr terminates RT access to Twitter news discovery tool, gives no official reason
Published time: 19 Jan, 2017

https://www.dataminr.com/press/announcing-dataminr-for-news/

Announcing Dataminr for News in partnership with Twitter & CNN
January 29, 2014
Today, I am thrilled to announce our upcoming launch of Dataminr for News, a new product developed in close partnership with Twitter and CNN. Dataminr for News will provide newsrooms around the world with a powerful new technology to rapidly discover emerging information on Twitter.

With more than 500 million Tweets sent per day, identifying critical information when it first emerges on Twitter is a tremendous challenge. Dataminr’s unique technology solves this challenge by algorithmically discovering, qualifying, categorizing and alerting clients to key information in real-time.

Powered by the same proprietary pattern-recognition algorithms behind Dataminr’s highly successful Finance and Public Sector products, Dataminr for News delivers a customizable set of alerts directly into the user’s existing work-flow. This creates a seamless, real-time bridge between the front edge of Twitter and decision-makers in the newsroom.

We’ve worked closely with CNN to develop Dataminr for News. They’ve been an ideal partner given their best-in-class newsgathering operation, global focus, and strong commitment to innovation. By integrating our alpha product into their daily workflow, reporters at CNN were able to offer invaluable feedback about the product and its algorithms.

http://fortune.com/2015/01/30/dataminr/

Dataminr last year struck partnerships with Twitter (TWTR, -1.77%) and news outlets like CNN, the BBC and USA Today to help journalists find breaking news on the social network. Dataminr’s rival, a Boulder-based social data company called Gnip, sold to Twitter in 2014. Another social data startup, Topsy sold to Apple (AAPL, +0.30%) for more than $200 million in 2013. A third, Datasift, has raised $71.7 million in venture backing.

To date, Dataminr has raised $49.6 million in total VC funding, including a $30 million Series C round in 2013. Investors include Box Group, Deep Fork Capital, GSV Capital, Venrock and Institutional Venture Partners. The