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Agentic OSINT for Due Diligence Professionals
Nexus is an agentic OSINT platform for due diligence professionals who need to research a counterparty and document what the evidence supports. Choose a Skill such as Sanctions, PEP and Risk Screening or UK Company Registry, or describe the review in your own words. Nexus discovers sources, links cited findings to inspectable evidence, maps officers and related entities in a case graph and produces a source-backed brief or PDF report, with the due diligence professional deciding every conclusion.
Research counterparties, officers and ownership structures before a transaction, onboarding or partnership closes. Nexus brings official registry records, filings, sanctions and PEP screening, offshore references and adverse media into one evidence-linked case.
Challenges
Challenges for Due Diligence Professionals
Layered ownership
Nominee directors, intermediaries and offshore vehicles are used to separate a company from the people who benefit from it. Registry records show what was filed, not always who controls what.
Same-name matches
Sanctions, PEP and adverse-media searches return candidates, not confirmed identities. Treating a name match as a hit, or a no-match as clearance, is the fastest route to a wrong conclusion.
Fragmented sources
Company registries, filings, risk datasets, offshore records and news reporting sit in separate places with different formats, so the analyst spends the review copying between tabs instead of assessing.
Documenting the check
Clients, auditors and regulators expect a dated, reproducible record of what was searched, what was found and what remained open, not a summary with no trail back to the source.
Workflow
The Nexus workflow for Due Diligence Professionals
- 01
Define the objective
Open a case and record the counterparty, known officers, jurisdictions, identifiers and the question the review must answer: ownership, risk exposure, reputation or all three.
- 02
Choose your starting point
Start with a focused Skill such as UK Company Registry, Sanctions, PEP and Risk Screening or Offshore Structure Research, or describe the whole review in the case conversation and let Nexus plan the steps.
- 03
Discover relevant evidence
Nexus discovers relevant official records, risk records, offshore references and public reporting for the objective and returns each finding cited to the source it came from.
- 04
Review findings critically
Open the evidence behind each citation and read the record in context. Nexus labels what is supported, what is only a possible match, where sources contradict each other and what remains unknown, so a same-name sanctions or PEP candidate is never written up as a confirmed hit.
- 05
Explore relationships
Add officers, entities, intermediaries and addresses to the case graph and examine how they connect, without treating a shared name or address as proof of control.
- 06
Develop the assessment
Ask follow-up questions, record your analysis in investigation notes and produce a BLUF Situation Brief or a structured PDF report from selected records, including available custody entries where enabled.
Skill Library
Skills used in this workflow
The investigative Skills these cases draw on most. Every Skill states the question it answers, what the investigator receives and what it cannot establish.
Outcomes
Outcomes for Due Diligence Professionals
- Registry, filings, sanctions and adverse media in one case
- Every finding linked to inspectable evidence
- Possible matches kept separate from supported findings
- Officer and entity relationships mapped in a case graph
- Information gaps documented instead of silently omitted
- Structured PDF reports with available custody records where enabled
Related OSINT concepts
Frequently asked questions
What is agentic OSINT for due diligence?
Agentic OSINT for due diligence is public-source research in which an AI agent plans and carries out the review steps, such as registry lookups, filing review, sanctions and PEP screening, offshore-record research and adverse-media timelines, against a defined objective. In Nexus cited findings link to retained source records, and the due diligence professional reviews the evidence, directs follow-up questions and decides what the file concludes.
Can Nexus confirm beneficial ownership or clear a counterparty?
Nexus does not confirm beneficial ownership or clear a counterparty; it supports the assessment without declaring ownership, control or clearance. Registry and offshore records show what was recorded, a sanctions or PEP candidate is a possible match until the due diligence professional resolves identity, and an unsuccessful search does not establish that a risk is absent. Nexus labels supported findings, possible matches, contradictions and information gaps so the conclusion rests on the evidence, not on a name match.
How does Nexus document a due diligence review for auditors and clients?
Work in the intended case and save relevant registry, filing, screening and adverse-media findings. Open citations to review available source details, and use Agency graphs and notes where needed. Export selected case records to a structured PDF, including available custody entries where enabled. Review the output and retain original material so auditors or clients can assess the documented findings and limitations.
Can I describe a due diligence review in plain language instead of picking a Skill?
Nexus lets a due diligence professional describe the review in plain language; it is one of three ways to start, alongside picking a Skill from the Skill Library or running a direct lookup. For a counterparty review, that means describing the company, its officers and the questions to answer; Nexus plans the steps, discovers evidence and presents cited findings. Follow-up requests refine the review without starting over.
Is it lawful and ethical to use Nexus for due diligence?
Nexus researches public and authorized sources only: official registries, public filings, supported sanctions and PEP datasets, public offshore records and published reporting. It does not access private accounts, guess contact details or infer a person’s location. Due diligence professionals remain responsible for having a lawful basis for the review, handling personal data under the rules that apply to them and treating findings as evidence to assess rather than conclusions to act on.
Which Nexus plan fits due diligence work?
Pro (€59/month) fits most due diligence professionals: it opens 43 of the 47 investigative Skills, including UK Company Registry, US Public Filings, Offshore Structure Research, Sanctions, PEP and Risk Screening, Sanctions Ownership Exposure, Bank and Payment Identifiers and News and Adverse-Media Timeline. Agency (€89/month) opens all 47, including Cross-Entity Correlation for relationship analysis across people, organizations and digital identifiers, plus end-to-end encrypted investigation notes.