Credentials must be corroborated
Public profiles show credentials only when the author has supplied enough evidence for editorial review. We do not convert every repeat byline into a verified expert badge.
Expertise and accountability
Clear public signals for who writes, reviews, and scores TECHi research.
TECHi covers technology, AI, and markets. That hybrid scope requires clear boundaries: who is a publisher, who is a contributor, who is an approved analyst, which credentials are externally corroborated, and when a piece has recorded editorial review.
Last reviewed May 28, 2026
Standard
Badges must mean something specific.
TECHi separates identity verification, author status, analyst approval, reviewer sign-off, and E-E-A-T completeness. A repeat byline can be a trusted contributor without automatically becoming an identity-verified analyst. Credentials, social links, and external profiles strengthen public corroboration, but they are not assumed when the author has not supplied them.
Financial analysis needs finance review
A technology-publishing background is useful for AI and software coverage, but deep market claims need filings, source links, review notes, disclosures, and repeatable methodology.
Byline signals are specific
Identity, author status, analyst approval, reviewer sign-off, and E-E-A-T completion are separate states. A person can be a contributor without being an approved market analyst.
Track records require locked baselines
Performance scoring applies only to reports with a captured publish timestamp, baseline price, disclosure, and score-eligible status. Social popularity is not part of the analyst score.
Role map
Who is responsible for what.
Role
Public proof
Boundary
Founder and publisher
Business identity, public founder profile, publisher accountability, and site-level policy ownership.
Founder background alone is not presented as a substitute for securities analysis credentials.
Editors
Review status, correction history, sourcing standards, and article-level sign-off when recorded.
Reviewer names are shown only when the CMS has a recorded review or fact-check event.
Approved analysts
Identity checks, disclosures, assigned coverage, locked report baselines, and public profile fields.
Approved status can be revoked for disclosure, conduct, or accuracy-process failures.
Contributors
Public bylines, editorial review, topic fit, and source compliance.
Contributor status does not automatically mean market analyst status or verified expert status.
Practical reader check
For a finance article, look for a named byline, disclosures, source links, current data notes, reviewer or fact-checker metadata when recorded, and a correction route. If a page does not show enough proof, TECHi should make the uncertainty visible instead of filling the gap with a broad verified badge.