What is factually.co and who runs it?
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Executive summary
Factually.co is not mentioned in the supplied sources; available sources do not mention the domain factually.co or identify who runs it (not found in current reporting). The provided results instead include profiles for similarly named organisations — Factly (a data-driven media outlet founded in 2016 with listed founders and leadership) and Factually Health (an AI health-information company) — which may explain confusion between names [1] [2].
1. What the record shows: no direct entry for factually.co
Search results provided contain no page or profile for factually.co; none of the snippets reference that domain or state who operates it. The sources instead return entries for different organisations with similar names, so any firm conclusion about factually.co’s identity or operators cannot be drawn from the available reporting (not found in current reporting).
2. Closely named organisations that appear in the results
Two organisations appear in these search results that could be conflated with “Factually” or “Factually.co.” Factly (also styled Factly Media and Research) is described as a media and research outlet founded in 2016 that focuses on public information and data; its leadership page and founder information are present on its site [1]. Separately, “Factually Health” is profiled as an AI-driven health-information company in PitchBook’s database [2]. Neither source links these entities to a factually.co domain [1] [2].
3. Who runs the closest match, Factly
Factly’s leadership and founding information are explicitly listed on its site and corporate profiles. Tracxn and Factly’s team page indicate founders including Shashi Kiran Deshetti, Manoj Manduva, Tejeswi Pratima Dodda, Rakesh Reddy and Srinivas Kompally and show the organisation’s purpose to make public information and data more meaningful [3] [1]. If a reader is trying to identify Factly rather than factually.co, those names are the reported operators [3] [1].
4. What Factually Health claims to be and who it serves
PitchBook’s profile describes Factually Health as a private company building an AI platform to provide evidence‑based, credibility‑scored health information to patients and platforms — a distinct, product‑oriented company rather than a fact‑checking newsroom [2]. PitchBook does not provide a public list of executives in the supplied snippet; the profile emphasizes product function and target users rather than corporate ownership details [2].
5. Why name confusion matters: different missions and risks of misattribution
The supplied sources show that similarly named organisations perform different functions: Factly is a media/research outlet focused on public records and data analysis (including RTI-driven work), while Factually Health builds AI tools for medical information [3] [1] [2]. Misattributing ownership, funding, or editorial intent between similarly named entities can create reputational risk and factual error. The available reporting does not link any of these profiles to the domain factually.co (not found in current reporting).
6. Limits of the available reporting and next steps I recommend
The most important limitation: the provided results do not include the domain you asked about. To identify who runs factually.co you will need either a direct WHOIS lookup, a site “About/Team” page, corporate registries, or reputable media coverage mentioning that specific domain. The supplied sources do not supply those records (not found in current reporting). If you want, I can analyze additional search results or a captured page for factually.co and cite those documents directly.
Sources: Factly leadership and company pages (Tracxn, Factly team page) and a PitchBook company profile for Factually Health as provided in the search results [3] [1] [2].