The Sunday Times: “Inside the Corporate Espionage Firm Exposing Chinese State Actors”
The Sunday Times’ coverage by Oliver Gill (Deputy Business Editor) profiles Strider Technologies and its work helping companies, governments and research institutions identify state-sponsored threats, with a particular focus on China, Russia and Iran’s economic statecraft. The article describes Strider as a London-founded intelligence company that uses artificial intelligence and open-source information to uncover connections between individuals, companies and foreign governments.
The article provides several examples of Strider’s investigations, including how the company identified links between an employee at a US biopharmaceutical company, a Chinese front company and organisations connected to the People’s Liberal Army, after the FBI had raised concerns about the individual. Oliver Gill also highlights Strider’s research into supply chains connected to Iran’s Shahed drone programme and the movement of sensitive goods to Russian defence entities through India.
The article gives significant attention to Strider’s growth and business model, describing how the company has built a client base among some of the world’s largest companies and government organisations. It also explains how Strider’s analysts combine AI with human research to map relationships and identify potential national-security risks that may not be immediately visible from individual pieces of public information. The article also examines the company’s expansion and the market for intelligence focussed on geopolitical and state-sponsored threats.
The Sunday Times includes comments from Strider President and Co-Founder, Eric Levesque, on the company’s focus on understanding how states use commercial activity to advance strategic objectives. It also quotes Executive Vice President, David Kilby OBE, on the risks facing businesses and universities.
Read the full article here.
