Built with you, deciphered by Spikr

Buyer intelligence,
without the fluff.

A live view of your target market, filtered to the accounts that fit your ICP, then layered with signal-grade intelligence Spikr gathers on your behalf. Track the companies that matter. Run with the intelligence yourself, or ask Spikr to secure the introduction. Refined, evidenced and efficient, this is aggregated data with a human intelligence layer on top.

£1,000per month
ICPdefined with you
10 creditsincluded at sign-up
12 monthsof access
What it isn't
  • Another AI "recommendations" tool that invents things to say
  • A scoring engine that pretends it knows who's ready to buy
  • A data platform priced for procurement, not for the team using it
  • An analyst report that goes stale the day it lands
What it is
  • Your target market, mapped to your ICP, refreshed weekly
  • A portfolio of tracked strategic accounts with sourced, dated intel
  • On-demand senior engagement, gathered by humans, not bots
  • A refined, intelligent and efficient service you can hand to your team on Monday morning
How it works

Three layers. Priced separately. Bought together.

01

Your market, in focus

Included, £1,000/mo

We sit with you and define your ICP. Sector, geography, size, spend profile, whatever combination fits your business. The result is a live, filterable view of the companies that actually matter, showing your sales and marketing team exactly where their focus should sit.

Refreshed weekly. Refine the filter anytime, part of the service.

03

Senior engagement, on demand

8 or 12 credits per engagement

Run with the intel yourself, or send Spikr in to secure the introduction to the relevant decision-makers. The outcome is engagement, a meeting, an intel-gathering call, a keep-in-touch commitment, a foothold. We only invoice when the engagement lands.

Human-led, senior-level, priced by company size.

The intel pack

A £250 intel pack, unpacked.

Pick an account, add it to your portfolio, and the intel starts arriving. One credit buys 12 months of eyes on a named company. Every entry sourced, every date real, every category earned.

People move 04 Sep 2026

New Chief Technology Officer appointed

Sarah Chen (ex-JPMorgan MD, Cloud Platforms) has been named CTO of HSBC's Global Banking and Markets division. Previous role: JPM Chase, 2019 to 2026. Reports to Nuno Matos, CEO Wealth and Personal Banking.

Source: HSBC press release, 04 Sep 2026. Verified: LinkedIn

Tech commitment 28 Aug 2026

Google Cloud AI partnership announced

HSBC and Google Cloud have announced a multi-year partnership around generative AI for retail banking. Specific workloads named: customer service, KYC automation, and fraud detection. No mention of infrastructure venue.

Source: Google Cloud blog, 28 Aug 2026. Reuters

Procurement 19 Aug 2026

RFP published for network modernisation

HSBC has issued a Request for Proposal for a five-year global network transformation, covering SD-WAN, SASE, and DDoS. Submissions close 30 Sep 2026. Named incumbents to be replaced: BT Global Services (partial), Orange Business.

Source: Bank Procurement Portal, ref BPO-2026-4471

People move 12 Aug 2026

Head of Infrastructure departs

David Ellingworth, HSBC's Global Head of Infrastructure Engineering since 2022, has left the bank. LinkedIn status: "Open to new opportunities." Replacement not yet announced.

Source: LinkedIn, 12 Aug 2026

Financial event 30 Jul 2026

H1 2026 results, technology spend up 11% YoY

Interim results confirm technology and operations spend of $6.8bn for H1 2026, up 11% year-on-year. Management commentary attributes increase to "cloud migration and AI enablement." Full breakdown in analyst pack, page 47.

Source: HSBC H1 2026 Interim Report. Analyst pack, p.47

Public statement 18 Jul 2026

CEO commits to "exit legacy DC estate by 2029"

Group CEO Georges Elhedery, speaking at the FT Banking Summit, said HSBC will "reduce owned data centre footprint by two-thirds by end of 2029, moving critical workloads to hyperscaler and colocation providers." Colo partners not named.

Source: FT Banking Summit, 18 Jul 2026 (transcript)

Earlier signals 21 entries before Jul 2026

Full 12-month history available in your Dark Data inbox. Weekly refresh. Push to email. Export to CSV or CRM.

Our promise

Every entry is evidenced. Every date is real. Nothing is invented.

The market is drowning in AI-generated "insights" that fall apart under the first bit of scrutiny. Dark Data is the opposite. Every entry carries a source link, a date, and a category. If we cannot evidence it, we do not publish it. If we are not sure, we say so.

It is a hard operating rule. It is why our customers trust the platform in front of their sales teams and their CEOs.

The evidence bar
  • Every entry has a public source link
  • Every entry is dated to the day
  • Every entry is categorised, no ambiguity
  • Coverage confidence marked when data is thin
  • No AI-written "recommendations"
  • No made-up buyer intent scores
  • No "companies like you also viewed"
Pricing

Simple, predictable, priced for sales and marketing teams.

Platform Licence
£1,000 /month
12-month term, billed annually
  • ICP defined with you at onboarding
  • Ongoing ICP refinement, part of the service
  • Live, filterable view of your target market
  • Weekly refresh
  • Unlimited platform seats
  • 10 credits included at sign-up
What credits buy
  • Intel pack1 credit
  • Named company, 12 months, live updates
  • Senior engagement, up to 10,000 employees8 credits
  • Senior engagement, 10,000+ employees12 credits
  • Bespoke research briefQuoted
  • You only pay when the engagement lands.
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