NelsonAI

Research you can cite, on the regions your team can't cover

Get sourced answers on Latin America and the Global South, drawn from a knowledge base our analysts build by hand. Every answer shows where it came from.

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How has extortion of fuel stations in central Mexico changed this year?

Reports of extortion against service stations rose in the first half of the year, concentrated along pipeline corridors in the south of the state [1]. Local operators describe payments framed as security fees [2].

[1] State security bulletin3 Apr 2026

[2] Regional investigative outlet12 Feb 2026

Illustrative example, not a real answer.

530+

analyst-selected source feeds

Daily

knowledge base refresh

20+ years

of Latin America research

How Nelson differs

Every answer traces back to a real source

General AI tools answer from whatever they have collected, so you can't always tell what an answer rests on. With Nelson, every source has been evaluated and ranked by our analysts before it can inform a response.

Inline citations and further reading on every answer let your team check the sourcing before relying on it.

What we deliver

Research, drafting and analysis in one place

Answers you can put in a report.

Every response is cited.

A first draft of reports, memos and white papers.

Built from the knowledge base, ready for your analysts to shape.

Charts from the data.

Basic charts built from what's in the knowledge base.

Research in your own language.

Ask in any language and get the answer in it.

Access wherever your team works.

In the browser, on your phone, or through our API or MCP.

Where we go deepest

Deepest in Latin America, growing across the Global South

You get 20+ years of research in Latin America, much of it never published, alongside coverage of the Caribbean and the wider Global South.

The knowledge base refreshes daily from 530+ feeds, including investigative journalism, academic research, government bodies, international organisations and NGOs.

Ask about geopolitical events, organised crime, forced labour, security, illicit mining and more.

Who we work with

For intelligence and security teams, and the platforms that serve them

Corporate intelligence and security teams. Covering regions where you have no analyst or sourcing of your own.

Platforms. Adding sourced regional research to your own product through our API.

Teams typically bring us in when one of these happens.

A client asks about a region your team doesn't cover
Your business is moving into a market you have no analyst for
An incident in an unfamiliar region needs a sourced answer
A deadline arrives before you can staff a new region

Enterprise

For enterprise teams, Nelson comes with people behind it

Curation on demand.

Tell us what's missing and our analysts add it to the knowledge base.

Analyst sessions.

Regular time with our team on Latin America issues.

Prompt training.

We design prompts with your team so you get more from every question.

Built to your requirements.

Features built around how your team works, such as custom alerts or sector-specific data.

Priority support.

Your requests come first.

Case study

See how this works in practice

Fortune 500 threat intelligence team, global

Tailored Latin America research for a global threat intelligence team

sources added around the team's priorities

The question

How can our team get up to speed on Latin America and other priority countries, quickly and across a broad range of issues?

What we did

Our analysts expanded Nelson's knowledge base with 18 sources chosen around the team's priorities, so its answers draw on the coverage that matters most to them.

What happened next

Nelson now answers in line with the team's priorities. The team uses several licences and reviews its sources with us each quarter as priorities shift.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Question not here? Talk to our team

Can Nelson show the people and companies behind a risk?

Yes. Nelson can draw on our network data, which maps the people, companies and relationships behind organised crime and illicit trade, with a source for each. An answer about a region can then show who is involved and how they connect, alongside the wider research context.

Can you help our team get the best answers from Nelson?

Yes. We design prompts with your team around the questions you actually work on, so answers come back in the depth and format you need. Most users are asking questions on their first day, and enterprise teams get ongoing prompt support from our analysts.

What happens to the questions our team asks?

Your team's questions and conversations stay private to your account and aren't used to train the underlying model.

How can we tell which parts of an answer come from sources?

Every claim that rests on the knowledge base carries an inline citation, with further reading at the end of the answer. Anything uncited is general context, so your team can see exactly what is sourced before relying on it.

Can we use Nelson inside our own tools?

Yes. Nelson is available by API and through MCP, so it can sit inside your own research platforms, workflows or AI assistants.

See Nelson work on your own questions

Bring a region or a question to the call. We'll run it through Nelson with you.