| Source | Independent | Significant coverage | Reliable | Secondary | Counts toward NCORP |
| Jornal de Leiria, "Da nuvem ao prato", 8 June 2026 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Partly, largely built on CEO quotes |
Contestable, strongest available |
| Dinheiro Vivo, December 2024 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No, every fact attributed to a company spokesperson; also contains factual errors on the founding date and the CEO's name |
No |
| Região de Leiria, June 2024 |
Yes |
Unverified, paywalled |
Yes |
Unverified |
Unresolved |
| Jornal de Negócios, 10 September 2025 |
Yes |
No, funding announcement sourced to a company communiqué |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Sifted, Future 50 2025 leaderboard, position 17 |
Yes |
No, ranking entry only |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| ITJobs, June 2026 and Jornal de Leiria, June 2026 |
Yes |
No, reports the Sifted ranking |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| AgFunderNews, September 2025 |
Yes |
Partial |
Yes |
Partly, funding-anchored interview |
No |
| WATTAgNet, October 2025 |
Yes |
No, article is about AI in poultry processing generally; BRAINR's CEO is a quoted expert source |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| FoodBev Media, September 2025 and FoodBev Media, July 2026 |
Yes |
No, funding announcements |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Portugal Startup News, 3 July 2026, seed extension |
Yes |
No, routine funding announcement |
Yes |
Partly, largely rewritten from a company LinkedIn post |
No |
| International funding coverage: New Food Magazine (UK), StartupItalia, Silicon Canals (NL), Alimarket (ES), Food Business MEA, ECO, CNN Portugal and around fifty further outlets |
Yes |
No; CNN Portugal and ECO state explicitly that they are reporting from a company communiqué, and the set reproduces the same quotes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Portugalglobal (AICEP), July 2026 |
No, state export promotion body |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| PME Magazine interview and Jornal de Leiria interview, August 2026 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No, primary interviews |
No |
| Awards and listings: Food4Future 2024 (reported by Alimarket), Manufacturing Tech Insights, StartUs Insights, The Europas 100 |
Yes |
No, listings rather than coverage |
Varies |
No |
No |
| Event and delegation roundups: 4YFN / Mobile World Congress (SAPO TEK), 360 Tech Industry (Hipersuper), APAS Show (Hipersuper) |
Yes |
No, BRAINR is one of ten to thirty companies named |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Law firm mandate notices: Iberian Lawyer, Jornal Económico, Executive Digest |
Yes |
No, announcements of legal advisory work on the round |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Crunchbase, G2, Software Advice, Bloomberg company profile |
No, company-supplied |
No, database entries |
No, Crunchbase deprecated per WP:RSP |
No |
No |