Our Story

Our vision is to go beyond predicting business impact and uncover the forces that shape local economies. PredictHQ transforms global event complexity into verified real-world context that improves forecasting, AI inference, and operational decision-making. By grounding models in what is happening, where, when, and at what scale, we help businesses act with more confidence in the real world.

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Born of Necessity

Volatility is the enemy of demand planning, with business leaders often lacking any predictability into WHY they are seeing fluctuations in demand and WHEN this will happen again. When it comes to understanding how real-world events impact demand, most business leaders simply don't know what they don't know.

Our co-founders, Campbell Brown, Mike Ballantyne, and Robert Kern, learned this firsthand, joining forces to solve the challenge of predicting demand surges Campbell and Mike were experiencing at their global travel company.

They found there was no solution to help them predict future demand surges. Aggregating APIs, scraping websites and manually entering data lacked the required quality, intelligence and infrastructure to solve this problem at scale. They knew artificial intelligence was the answer, but there was something missing from the many new and unproven “solutions” and the existing tools that were suddenly “smarter.”

Verified Real-World Context

The missing enabler for better demand planning was an always-on source of verified real-world context, not just basic event data, but a trusted way to understand and predict how real-world events impact demand.

That insight became the start of PredictHQ. Tested and proven within Campbell and Mike's global travel company, the approach unlocked $1.2M in value within the first year.

Building on that early success, PredictHQ developed a platform that transforms messy real-world activity into structured, explainable context that can be integrated into everything from mobility apps like Uber to complex demand forecasts for retail brands like CVS. Helping businesses navigate volatility with greater confidence.

Forged in the Land of the Long White Cloud

We're a New Zealand-founded company with customers all over the world, and we're really proud of that. Our team in Auckland and San Francisco (where Campbell now resides with his family) are part of a unique culture - one that combines Kiwi empathy and community with American ambition and drive.

Values

What Unites Us

We're a diverse group of humans building a company growing at full speed. We stay focused on what matters.

Customer Centricity
Our customers are our partners. We learn from them constantly so we can deliver huge value and keep innovating.
Understanding Why
We know why we take each step, reflect and act, and solve problems rather than symptoms.
Family & Friends First
Life is for living — we work hard but don’t neglect our family, friends or health.
Get Our Hands Dirty
If something needs to be done, we roll up our sleeves.
Transparency
We thrive when we communicate transparently, collaborate fully and look after each other.