DataExa

About DataExa

DataExa, formally registered as Xiamen Yuanting Information Science and Technology Co., Ltd., is a specialized provider of open-source intelligence (OSINT) platforms. The company was officially established in 2014, following foundational work by its core team in 2013 on major cognitive graph construction for a Chinese national defense client.

The firm operates within China's expanding military intelligence landscape, supplying sophisticated data analysis tools to the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Its core business revolves around leveraging publicly available information from a wide array of international sources—including foreign governments, military entities, think tanks, social media, and commercial data providers—and processing it into strategic intelligence.

DataExa's flagship product is the "Tianji Intelligence Information Center Platform" (天机.情报信息中心平台). This system is engineered as a distributed strategic intelligence analysis platform, with a specific focus on gathering and analyzing foreign military, scientific, and technological intelligence. The business model is centered on contracting with state entities, providing the PLA with critical OSINT platform and database products to enhance its intelligence capabilities concerning countries such as the US, Taiwan, Japan, and India.

The company is a key private-sector component of a broader ecosystem that supports China's strategic objective to leverage OSINT. This ecosystem includes state-owned enterprises, research institutes, and universities, all contributing to the PLA's capacity to collect and analyze vast amounts of open-source data for military purposes.