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3544 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 39 of 60.

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Novo HoldingsDKDanish investment firm reportedly participating in Mistral AI's funding round.
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NPRUSUS non-profit public broadcaster; rigorous open-source verification across conflicts and elections.
NRAsBENational Regulatory Authorities; ACER's 27-member-state network; filed 204 STORs in 2025.
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NRCCUSRepublican Party committee that funds and supports Republican candidates for the US House.
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nrwl/NxUSOpen-source monorepo build-tooling project (Nx) maintained by Nrwl; the official repository was used to stage the hidden payload in the GitHub breach.
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NSAUSUS signals intelligence and cybersecurity agency within the Department of Defense.
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NscaleGBUK AI infrastructure hyperscaler; raised $2bn Series C in March 2026, Europe's largest-ever venture round.
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NSO GroupIsraeli maker of Pegasus spyware, added to the US Entity List in November 2021.
NTI BioUSNuclear Threat Initiative biosecurity programme; produces Global Health Security Index and biorisk policy research.
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NTTJPJapanese telecommunications and technology group operating one of the world's largest data centre networks.
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NUANCES TECHNOLOGIESFRFrench firm supplying drone detection and neutralisation systems.
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NufarmAgrochemical company partnering with Moa Technology on herbicide research.
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NuQuantumGBUK quantum-networking startup that raised $60m Series A, the largest quantum-networking round globally.
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NVenturesUSNVIDIA's corporate venture capital arm, making its first UK investment via Orbital Industries' $50m Series B.
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NvidiaUSAI chip maker whose GPUs underpin military targeting systems worldwide
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NXPNLDutch chip maker; automotive and embedded semiconductors; ESMC Dresden investor.
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Nxum GroupUSFellowship PAC's ad-buying LLC co-founded by Bo Hines; routed $3M+ in crypto-funded independent expenditures.
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NYISOUSNew York Independent System Operator, managing electricity transmission across New York State.
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NY/NJ Host CommitteeUSNon-profit body coordinating NY/NJ's World Cup hosting; authored the $150 rail plan and cited by HRW for rights failures.
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NyoboltGBCambridge battery spinout; 0-80% charge in under five minutes; unicorn at $1bn valuation, May 2026.
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NYPDUSNew York City's police department, the largest municipal force in the United States.
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Observatorio Cubano de ConflictosCUCuban opposition monitoring body tracking protests and state repressive actions; separate from OCDH.
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Observer Research FoundationINNew Delhi think tank founded 1990; India's top-ranked foreign-policy and strategic affairs research institution.
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OBS ProjectOpen-source project behind the OBS Studio streaming software.
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OCCARDEEuropean intergovernmental agency managing collaborative armaments programmes for six member states, including France and Germany.
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Occidental PetroleumUSUS oil and gas major co-operating the Shah gas field in the UAE, now disrupted by drone strike.
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OCDHESMadrid-based Cuban human rights observatory; primary independent source for repression statistics
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Ocean Allianz Shipping LLCAEDubai-registered shipping company designated by OFAC on 11 May 2026 for facilitating IRGC oil logistics.
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Oceaneering InternationalUSUS subsea engineering and robotics company partnering with Kongsberg on the CAMP XLUUV design.
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Ocean InfinityGBMarine robotics operator running uncrewed survey and security vessels worldwide.
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OcesaMXMexican live-events promoter that operated the Guadalajara Fan Festival via a subsidiary.
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OCHAUSUN body coordinating humanitarian response and tracking casualty figures in active conflicts.
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OC MediaGETbilisi-based independent news outlet covering Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia's North Caucasus since 2017.
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Octopus Apollo VCTGBOctopus Investments-managed VCT focused on later-stage UK businesses; third-largest VCT raiser in the 2025/26 record year.
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Octopus VenturesGBLondon-based VC, part of Octopus Group, one of Europe's larger early-stage funds; co-invested in Semble.
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OdysseyGBUK AI startup building multimodal world models for defence and autonomous systems applications.
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Odyssey VenturesGBTransatlantic pre-seed and seed fund bridging UK founders to US capital.
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OECDParis-based intergovernmental body setting policy standards for 38 member economies worldwide.
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OE DigitalGBOffshore Engineer Digital, an online publication covering oil and gas field operations.
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OFACUSUS Treasury sanctions bureau administering SDN designations across Iran, Russia, Cuba and cyber-threat programmes.
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OfcomGBUK communications regulator overseeing broadcasting, telecoms and online safety.
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Office for Budget ResponsibilityGBUK's independent fiscal watchdog, created in 2010, forecasting public spending, borrowing and tax receipts.
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Office for Life SciencesGBUK cross-government unit coordinating life-sciences industrial strategy.
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Office for National StatisticsGBThe UK's official statistics agency, publishing economic, labour market and population data.
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Office for StudentsGBThe regulator for higher education providers in England.
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Office of Legal CounselUSThe Department of Justice office whose written opinions bind all executive-branch agencies on legal questions.
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Office of Management and BudgetUSUS federal office that prepares the President's budget and inter-agency funding requests.
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Office of Small Business GrowthGBNew MOD office increasing procurement share for SMEs and defence-native startups.
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Office of Special CounselUSIndependent federal agency enforcing the Hatch Act; relevant to TrumpIRA.gov's campaign-finance question.
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Office of the President of UkraineUAStaff office supporting Ukraine's President; headed by Kyrylo Budanov since 2 January 2026.
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OfgemGBThe Office of Gas and Electricity Markets, the independent UK energy regulator overseeing the electricity and gas networks.
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OfwatGBThe economic regulator of the water and sewerage sector in England and Wales.
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OHBDEGerman aerospace and space technology company, founding joint venture partner with Helsing on AI-based orbital reconnaissance and targeting.
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OHCHRCHUN human rights office; recorded 17 seafarer deaths in the Iran war's Hormuz shipping crisis.
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Oil City NewsUSLocal news outlet in Casper, Wyoming.
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OilPrice.comOnline specialist energy markets outlet; source of oil, gas and energy pricing news.
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OireachtasIEIreland's national parliament, comprising the President, Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann.
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OKAICNChinese e-bike and micro-mobility hardware manufacturer; took minority equity stake in Forest.
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Oleksandr Dovzhenko Film StudiosUAUkraine national film studio in Kyiv, founded 1928, whose costume archive was destroyed in the 14-15 June 2026 Russian barrage.
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OlixGBUK startup designing edge AI silicon chips for inference at the network edge.