Roadmap

What comes next.

What we are building, what comes next and what we are still studying. There are no dates on this page. The order reflects priority, and an item moves to the changelog the day it ships. Everything listed here is in development and described that way.

  • Dates · None. Priority only.
  • When it ships · It moves to the changelog.
  • Order · Moves with what services ask for.

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Exploring 4

Recently shipped

Every change

Analysis

Cross-seal analysis Next See what links the seals of one case without reading each one first.

What it changes for the examiner

  • Automatic overlaps between seals: the same number, account or picture on two devices.
  • Traces present on one seal and deleted on another, flagged for review.
  • Duplicates across seals merged, with each original kept as the source.

Already today. The assistant already answers questions across up to five seals of one case, one sub-agent per seal.

People and entities Next 1 update shipped One person, whatever the application they appear in.

What it changes for the examiner

  • Contacts from every application merged into people and organisations, each merge confirmed by the examiner.
  • A summary sheet per person: contacts, places, activity over time, every line cited.
  • Behavioural profiles are being studied, as proposals the examiner validates, never as conclusions.

Framework. Under legal authority, with every statement traced back to its source. Responsible use

Seal dashboards Next An overview of each kind of activity, built by the assistant and kept up to date.

What it changes for the examiner

  • Web history: categories of sites visited, the share of each browser, how habits change over time.
  • Messaging: main contacts, recurring topics, who supplies and who buys.
  • Accounting files: companies that only appear in invoices, amounts out of pattern.
  • Clickable charts, trees and graphs, filtered by period, each one opening the traces behind it.
Media classification and search Next Sort and search thousands of pictures and videos by what they show.

What it changes for the examiner

  • Automatic categories for pictures and videos, which the examiner can correct.
  • Text read from pictures and scanned documents, searchable like any message.
  • Near-identical pictures grouped, so a burst of photos reads as one event.
  • Face matching is being studied, only where the law allows it.

Framework. Face matching would only be available where the applicable law permits it, under legal authority. Responsible use

Relationship graphs Exploring Who talks to whom, how often and about what, on one screen.

What it changes for the examiner

  • Graphs that start from what matters most and hide the rest until asked.
  • Links weighted by volume, period and topic, each one opening the messages behind it.
  • Large graphs that can be explored in depth, including in three dimensions.
Deeper views Exploring 1 update shipped Group and link records inside every view.

What it changes for the examiner

  • Group, pin and link records without leaving the view.
  • Travel tickets and bookings read as journeys.
  • The content of a visited web page shown next to the history entry, when the service allows a connection.
OSINT and ADINT Exploring Cross-check identifiers found on the device against outside sources.

What it changes for the examiner

  • Usernames, numbers and accounts found on the device checked against open sources (OSINT).
  • Advertising identifiers present on the device used to link accounts and devices (ADINT).
  • Only through a connection the service turns on, never by default.

Framework. Under legal authority, within the framework that applies to the investigation. Responsible use

Assistant and AI

A more autonomous assistant In progress Long tasks that carry on, and a clear view of what is covered.

What it changes for the examiner

  • Background tasks resume after VERA is closed and reopened.
  • Sub-agents that start a mapping or a summary of a whole seal themselves, after the examiner's yes.
  • A coverage table per seal: installed, holds data, mapped, indexed, in the library.
An AI pass over every message Next Read every message once, and bring out what departs from the ordinary.

What it changes for the examiner

  • Every message read during seal processing, with anything out of the ordinary recorded in a structured list.
  • A second pass over what the first one raised.
  • Search inside what the pass produced, next to the original text.
  • Filters such as spam, newsletter or suspect, and hierarchical labels.
  • Every finding links to the message it came from.
Reports and dynamic exports Next 1 update shipped A report a magistrate can read, with sources one click away.

What it changes for the examiner

  • Configurable reports in PDF, Word, OpenDocument and HTML, and tables in CSV or Excel.
  • Interactive HTML reports: filter by period, every source clickable.
  • A short, clear synthesis up front, the detail in annexes.
  • Drafting with the assistant, revised over several passes, including from an existing report.

Already today. Labelled traces already export to PDF, Word and HTML.

Coverage and mapping

More reliable automatic mapping In progress 2 updates shipped Better first attempts on applications nobody has mapped yet.

What it changes for the examiner

  • Examples drawn from the library according to the kind of application being mapped.
  • Work split across sub-agents for large applications.
  • The difference between two attempts shown on the mapping graph.
  • Dedicated test sets, measured on every change.
Processing under time pressure Next 2 updates shipped Start working on a seal before everything is finished.

What it changes for the examiner

  • A library-only pass that makes known applications readable first.
  • The examiner works on the seal while the AI keeps adding mappings in the background.
  • Meaning-based search and conversation summaries deferred or run in parallel.
Map everything, beyond the phone Next 1 update shipped Computers, logs and any readable file, through the same mappings.

What it changes for the examiner

  • Computer sources on Windows, macOS and Linux: system traces, browser profiles, desktop messaging, documents and mail exports.
  • Plain-text log files and application journals.
  • Exports already produced by other tools, taken as input.
  • Any readable file becomes a source that a mapping turns into a view.

Already today. Phone extractions are already covered, including files that are not databases.

Library and traceability

Traceability for the service Next Read back how each conclusion was reached.

What it changes for the examiner

  • Full conversations between an examiner and the assistant, easy for the service to read back.
  • A log of what entered and left the service library, and who approved it.

Teams

Working on a case together Exploring Several examiners of one service on the same case.

What it changes for the examiner

  • The service server holds the shared state of a case.
  • Mappings, labels, assistant conversations and their summaries shared between colleagues.
  • Evidence never leaves the service.
Feedback straight to VERA Forensics Shipped in 1.15.183 Send a remark from inside VERA, with the logs if you choose.

What it changes for the examiner

  • The feedback button sends the message to VERA Forensics by email when the VERA Internet connection is on.
  • A reply address and the recent logs can be attached.

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