Organisations
2680 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 3 of 45.
American Leadership Action Fund
Minnesota-registered super PAC that reported $1.45m backing Mark Sanford in July 2026.
American Nuclear Society
US professional nuclear organisation; relay channel for IAEA assessments on Iranian facility damage since June 2025.
American Rheinmetall
US arm of Rheinmetall and prime contractor on the Army Project Sustainment award.
Americans for Prosperity Action
Americans for Prosperity Action is the political action arm of the Koch network's Americans for Prosperity advocacy organisation, one of the largest Republican-aligned super PACs.
American Steamship Owners Mutual P&I
US-based Protection & Indemnity mutual insurance association underwriting third-party maritime liability
AM General
US specialist vehicle maker producing the HMMWV; showing an autonomous derivative at Eurosatory 2026.
Amin Exchange
Iran-based currency exchange designated by OFAC sb0502 for routing IRGC oil revenues through multi-jurisdiction shells.
Amnesty International
Global human rights NGO founded 1961; lead monitor of Iran's wartime executions and mass detentions.
amNewYork
New York local news outlet that covered the NY redistricting constitutional foreclosure for 2026.
AmorphiQ
UK quantum startup; selected for UKRI DeepTech Catalyst Quantum Harwell cohort, April 2026.
AMPTP
Hollywood trade body negotiating AI rights and union contracts for major studios.
Ams-OSRAM
Austrian-German photonics and chip maker formed by the 2020 ams-OSRAM merger.
Amtrak
US national passenger rail operator.
ANAC
Italy's National Anti-Corruption Authority (Autorità Nazionale Anticorruzione), tasked by Sports Minister Abodi with ruling on Giovanni Malagò's FIGC presidential eligibility.
Anadolu Agency
Turkey's state-run news agency, founded 1920, a wire relaying diplomatic sourcing across several conflicts.
Anchorage Digital
Federally chartered crypto bank; gave $1M to Fellowship PAC in Q1 2026.
Andreessen Horowitz
Silicon Valley VC firm (a16z); backs anti-regulation AI PAC and co-led the largest-ever private defence-tech round.
Anduril
US defence-AI firm; Lattice counter-drone backbone, Fury CCA, Golden Dome SBI prime, Arsenal-1 factory.
ANI
Indian wire service Asian News International; covers South and Southeast Asia for global clients.
ANSA
Italy's main national news agency; cited as source for Abete-Malagò AIC/AIAC meeting reports.
ANSSI
France's national cybersecurity agency, issuing SecNumCloud and NIS2 compliance guidance for critical infrastructure.
Antel
Uruguay's state telecom operator building a $70m AI data centre in Canelones.
ANTEX S.A.
A GAESA export subsidiary designated on 13 July for managing the export of Cuban forced labour to Angola.
Anthropic
AI safety company; developer of Claude; subject of the largest publicly named publisher content settlement.
Antimatter
Data security startup acquired by Databricks in March 2026 as part of the Lakewatch SIEM build.
Antonio ConteNapoli's title-winning manager and the FIGC's leading candidate to coach Italy after 2026 World Cup failure.
Apis Partners
Pan-African growth VC; co-led Paymentology's raise, its 16th payments investment.
Apium Swarm Robotics
GPS-denied drone swarming startup acquired by Red Cat Holdings, March 2026.
Apoha
London deep-tech company building a layer of empirically measured molecular-behaviour data for AI systems that need to reason about chemistry and materials.
Apollo Global Management
US alternative investment manager active in private credit, real assets and the Thames Water rescue bid.
Appeal CommitteeFIFA's appellate judicial body that reviews first-instance rulings from the Disciplinary Committee.
Apple
World's largest tech firm; named IRGC military target over AI claims
Applied Digital
US data-centre operator serving AI infrastructure customers.
Applied Materials
US semiconductor equipment giant; returning investor in PhysicsX's $300m Series C.
APS
Arizona's largest electric utility; offers 18-24 month large-load connections with solar PPAs at $20-25/MWh for Mesa data centres.
APT28
Russian GRU military intelligence cyber unit; attributed with DNS-hijacking home routers to steal Microsoft 365 credentials.
APT45
A People's Republic of China-nexus advanced persistent threat cluster that sends thousands of recursive prompts to Gemini to validate proof-of-concept exploits against known CVEs.
Aqua Security
An Israeli cloud-native security vendor and publisher of the Trivy open-source vulnerability scanner.
Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington
DC think tank advising US policy on Gulf Arab states amid escalating Iran conflict.
Arab League
Regional body of 22 Arab states coordinating political and security positions since 1945.
Archer Aviation
Listed electric air-taxi maker pivoting into defence with Anduril via the Thunder tiltrotor.
Arctic Wolf
Detection vendor that observed DragonForce using SimpleHelp RMM as initial access vector.
ARD
Germany's public-service broadcaster consortium; EU AI Act Article 50 compliance test case.
ARERA
Autorità di Regolazione per Energia Reti e Ambiente, Italy's independent energy, networks and environment regulator.
Argentine Football Association
Argentina's national football governing body, facing an unresolved FIFA review over its Malvinas banner.
Argus Industrial
US industrial company; partner in Mountain Horse Solutions' Pentagon Lethality Prize winning submission.
Argus Media
UK-based global energy and commodity price reporting agency.
Arista NetworksUS data-centre networking vendor; maker of the EOS switch operating system.
Arm
Cambridge chip-architecture licensor; Nasdaq-listed; co-invested in Wayve's autonomous-driving stack, April 2026.
Armory Alliance LLCBelarus-registered firm in Iran's CITC arms-procurement network; designated 8 May 2026 by OFAC.
Arms Control Association
Washington DC non-profit tracking nuclear treaties; confirmed Witkoff raised no verification terms at the 26 February Iran session.
Arquus
French military-vehicle manufacturer in the Renault/John Cockerill group; co-developing a Belgium-France reconnaissance UGV.
Arrakis
London artificial-intelligence company that raised a £22.5m Series A.
Arsenal FCArsenal Football Club: north London Premier League club; home of Sweden striker Viktor Gyokeres.
ARX IndustriesGerman-Ukrainian joint venture building the Rys Pro ground drone in both countries.
ARX Robotics
German UGV maker; builds the GEREON robot for British Army, Ukraine and Europe's defence market.
Asco-Vandellos
Spanish nuclear association operating the Asco and Vandellos plants; named in CNMC blackout probe.
ASD
Australian Signals Directorate; Australia's SIGINT and cyber agency, co-signed the 16-agency China-nexus advisory.
Asharq Al-Awsat
Saudi-owned pan-Arab daily with London HQ; corroborated Khamenei medical reporting and provides Iran coverage from Gulf perspective.
ASIC
Australia's corporate and securities regulator; investigating DroneShield's 2025 market announcements and insider share sales.