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Contested deletion

This page is not unambiguously promotional, because the content of the article is cited from reputable news sources such as The New York Times. Th subject of the article clearly demonstrates notoriety. If an administrator has issues with the page as written, those specific instances should be flagged or edited rather than nominating the page for deletion. As noted in WP:DINC, “If an article on a notable subject can be improved through normal editing, do not put it through a deletion discussion.” --92.237.183.144 (talk) 21:31, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

This page needs a substantial update

Enigma has closed Enigma Public and shifted their focus to small business data. I've made some updates, but more needs to be done to reflect this change.

I was only able to find a Hacker News post that reflected the shutdown of Enigma Public, but I also verified it through their website. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:1C2:1380:4B30:B4C3:1E4D:6BA5:48D0 (talk) 22:34, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

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Disclosure: I'm employed by Enigma Technologies. Most of my wiki contributions are over on Wikidata, but I've been frustrated that this page is basically a time capsule from 2018. The lede is about a product we shut down in 2020, and even back then another editor flagged that it needed a refresh. I previously fixed a one-character typo in the website URL without disclosing my affiliation; noting that now for transparency. I also used a LLM to refresh my memory of Wikipedia's COI and sourcing policies. The source research and writing here is my own.

I'd love it if an editor without a WP:COI would consider some of these changes. Everything below is sourced to independent publications, and I've broken it into separate items that can be evaluated independently.

Infobox corrections

A few things in the infobox are stale:

BB&T: Listed as a key investor/customer, but BB&T merged into Truist Financial in 2019. Suggest replacing with "Truist Financial" per American Banker . Proposed infobox change: BB&T → Truist Financial

Board members: The infobox lists Scott Sandel (NEA), Ben Narasin, and Andrew Cleland (Comcast Ventures). This dates from 2018 Series C coverage and the board composition's changed since then. However, as there's no independent source confirming the current board, I'd suggest removing individual board member names and just retaining the co-founders. Proposed infobox change: Key People field → Hicham Oudghiri (CEO, co-founder), Marc DaCosta (Chairman, co-founder)

Employee count: Listed as 145. Built In's 2024 Best Startups listing reports approximately 71 . Proposed infobox change: 145 → ~71 (2024)

Lede

The opening sentence says we're "mainly known for Enigma Public, a now defunct library of public data." That product was shut down in 2020. Leading with it isn't really accurate anymore.

The Washington Post actually described us pretty well in their 2024 sanctions investigation: "a data and entity resolution company that specializes in sanctions screening and business intelligence" . Forbes had us as building "a real-time data map of the global economy" back in 2019 . And PYMNTS covered our KYB (Know Your Business) verification platform launch in 2023 .

It would help to get the lede to something like "Enigma Technologies is a New York-based data and entity resolution company specializing in sanctions screening and business intelligence for financial services." Open to better wording, just want to get it out of the 2018 framing.

Products section

The Products section describes ParseKit, Concourse, and a Python SDK. None of these exist anymore.

What we actually do now is KYB, or Know Your Business verification. PYMNTS covered the platform launch in 2023 . Under the hood it's an entity resolution knowledge graph that Forbes profiled in 2019 . We also do sanctions screening, which is what the Washington Post used our data for in their "Money War" series (cited above in the Lede section).

The customer list also names BB&T (see Infobox corrections above). American Banker confirmed Truist, American Express, and Capital One as current customers in 2022 .

Not proposing specific product copy, just gathering the sources in one place, if you think this section needs a rewrite.

Rebalance Enigma Public / Enigma Labs sections

Not suggesting these be removed. The sourcing is solid and they're part of the company's history. But between them they take up roughly 60% of the article, and both describe things that no longer exist. Enigma Public was deactivated in 2020; the Labs projects (Smoke Signals, the shutdown calculator) were one-offs from 2013-2019.

Per WP:WEIGHT, condensing each to a paragraph within a "History" section seems more proportional than having them as standalone sections that dominate the page.

Post-2019 developments

The article's history effectively stops in 2018. Here's what's been covered since, including some negative developments I'm including for completeness:

COVID-19 impact (2020): Crain's New York Business reported that sales "could soon fall as much as 50%" . The Center for an Urban Future, an independent NYC think tank, reported that "Enigma has had to lay off about a third of its workforce" .

Prime spinoff (2022): The company spun off a lending platform called Prime, backed by $49M from Capital One, Customers Bancorp, NEA, and Third Point. Covered by American Banker and Venture Capital Journal .

Data used in academic research (2024): A paper in the Journal of Finance used Enigma's credit and debit card transaction data to study racial disparities in PPP lending, analyzing 813,812 recipients. The acknowledgments thank CEO Hicham Oudghiri and advisor Karen Mills by name. Published version: . NBER working paper (preprint): .

Data used in Washington Post investigation (2024)': The Washington Posts multi-part "Money War" investigation on U.S. sanctions policy, which won the 2025 Gerald Loeb Award for International reporting , credits Enigma as the data source for 30 years of OFAC records. Two articles in the series name Enigma directly: and .

Forbes Fintech 50 (2019): The article mentions the 2018 Fintech 50 appearance but not 2019. Enigma was named to the list in both consecutive years. Forbes 2019: .

A note on disambiguation

Heads up for editors watching this page: in July 2025, a company called Sphinx acquired "Enigma International," a Fairfax, VA defense contractor specializing in cyber operations and foreign language translation. Washington Technology and GovCon Wire both covered it. That is a completely different company from Enigma Technologies (enigma.com).