The definition

Information Intelligence, defined

Information Intelligence (n.) — the discipline of connecting fragmented public records into a single, explainable layer capable of answering real questions, making predictions, and supporting decisions — as distinct from simply publishing, visualizing, or searching that data.

Why existing categories don't fit
CATEGORY

Business Intelligence

Built to answer questions about your own company's internal data — sales, ops, product usage. Not designed to reach outside the org into public records at all.

CATEGORY

Open Data Portals

Publish raw records for compliance. Access, not understanding — the CSV is the end of the product experience, not the beginning.

CATEGORY

GovTech / Civic Tech

Digitizes a government process — permitting, payments, 311 requests. Built for the agency's workflow, not for answering a resident's or investor's question.

Information Intelligence sits in the gap all three leave open: turning already-public records into a connected, explainable answer — for anyone who needs one, not just the agency that published it.

The thesis

Every category eventually gets defined by the company willing to name it.

CRM, DevOps, and Fintech all started as descriptions before they became industries. Alkartis is making the same bet on Information Intelligence — that the fastest way to build category leadership isn't waiting for the market to invent a name, it's shipping the products that make the name obvious.

This claim is backed by two shipped products, not a slide.

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