About us

The intelligence layer below the indexed web.

THINKPOL was founded in 2024 by Mat Gillard and Lucas Dominguez to make the grey web searchable, structured and actionable for security and intelligence teams.

30B+
Posts and comments archived
<300 ms
Median query latency
15 s
Live firehose refresh
100%
API uptime since March 2026
Principles

How we build and operate.

Publicly accessible data only, zero retention of customer queries, sovereign by construction, evidence-grade output, real-time by default, and grey web native from day one.

Meet the team
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Public data only
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Zero retention
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Sovereign
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Evidence-grade
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Real-time
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Grey web native
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Lawful basis
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Auditable
Team

Built by operators who lived the gap.

Two founders, one index, and an ecosystem of law enforcement, national security and CTI partners who shaped the product.

Mat Gillard

Mat Gillard

Co-Founder & CEO

Former French Foreign Legion. Intelligence diploma at Sciences Po, GSOC operations abroad. Speaks at INTERPOL's New Technologies Forum on grey web intelligence.

Lucas Dominguez

Lucas Dominguez

Co-Founder & CTO

Years reverse-engineering Meta's internal platforms, then production infrastructure at OVHcloud. Built and scaled the 30-billion-record ingestion layer.

How we got here.

From a college SaaS to INTERPOL's stage: the short version.

Backed by

Supported by the French public innovation ecosystem.

France 2030, La French Tech and APOK Invest back THINKPOL's sovereign infrastructure and its work with European law enforcement.

France 2030Stanford UniversityINTERPOLNorphluchsUniversity of OxfordOteria Cyber SchoolWavestoneIIPCICUserSearchLa French TechComplexity Science HubKeykitUL Standards & EngagementSocial LinksAPOK Invest
France 2030Stanford UniversityINTERPOLNorphluchsUniversity of OxfordOteria Cyber SchoolWavestoneIIPCICUserSearchLa French TechComplexity Science HubKeykitUL Standards & EngagementSocial LinksAPOK Invest
France 2030Stanford UniversityINTERPOLNorphluchsUniversity of OxfordOteria Cyber SchoolWavestoneIIPCICUserSearchLa French TechComplexity Science HubKeykitUL Standards & EngagementSocial LinksAPOK Invest
France 2030Stanford UniversityINTERPOLNorphluchsUniversity of OxfordOteria Cyber SchoolWavestoneIIPCICUserSearchLa French TechComplexity Science HubKeykitUL Standards & EngagementSocial LinksAPOK Invest
France 2030Stanford UniversityINTERPOLNorphluchsUniversity of OxfordOteria Cyber SchoolWavestoneIIPCICUserSearchLa French TechComplexity Science HubKeykitUL Standards & EngagementSocial LinksAPOK Invest