Edited by Tom Morgan · AInvasion · Last reviewed October 17, 2026
Direct answer: AInvasion accepts pitches, not finished drafts, from people who have firsthand evidence about AI: engineers, lawyers, operators, researchers and analysts who have measured, read or lived the thing they want to write about. We do not sell links or sponsored placements. To pitch, use the Contact page with the subject line “Pitch: [your working headline]” and follow the checklist below.
Why we take outside writers at all
AInvasion is run as a named-editor publication, not a newsroom of specialists. When a topic needs expertise we don’t have in-house, our guides lean on primary sources, regulators, and published research. That works, but it has a ceiling: it cannot reproduce what someone learns by shipping a pilot, filing a compliance report, or watching a system fail in production.
That ceiling is where a contributor fits. If you hold evidence that cannot be assembled from the surface of the web, we want to hear from you.
What we want
Pitches fit one of four formats, each tied to a section of the site.
| Format | What it is | What a strong pitch looks like |
|---|---|---|
| Postmortem | A documented AI failure, reconstructed from primary material | You name the incident, list the primary documents you hold (filings, logs, transcripts, court records) and state what existing coverage got wrong |
| Regulation watch | A narrow, dated explainer on one law, ruling or deadline | You name the instrument, the date, the primary text, and what changes for a specific kind of reader |
| Case study or measured test | Results from a real pilot, test or comparison, with method | You have a baseline, a method, a sample size and the limits of what it shows |
| Practitioner analysis | An argued position backed by firsthand experience and cited evidence | You can state the claim in one sentence and show the evidence that could prove it wrong |
Where we would like to go deeper
These are areas where outside expertise would add the most, based on what our current guides cover only in summary:
- Country-level AI law beyond the EU and US, written by someone who reads the primary text in the original language.
- Enterprise pilots with a measured baseline, including pilots that were stopped. A documented “stop” is more useful to our readers than another success story.
- Reproducible tests of consumer AI, such as how recommendation, matching or shopping agents behave, with the method published so a reader can repeat it.
- Documented failures with primary documents, not retellings of other people’s coverage.
If your idea does not fit any of these, pitch it anyway, but explain why our readers need it.
The evidence standard
Our full verification practice is on the Methodology page, and we do not repeat it here. For contributors, five rules matter most:
- Every number has a source and a date. If you cannot link it or cite it, it does not go in.
- Say what kind of evidence it is. A survey, a forecast, a company claim, and a measurement are different things, and the text must say which one each figure is.
- Show how sure you are. Our guides label claims by confidence, for example, Established when a primary source confirms it and Probable when the evidence is strong but secondary. Expect your editor to ask for these labels.
- Mark examples as examples. Illustrative numbers are never presented as findings.
- For firsthand claims, explain how you know. “In our deployment, over 11 weeks, we measured…” is useful. “Everyone in the industry knows…” is not.
If a vivid claim cannot be verified, we cut it. That applies to us too.
AI use, conflicts and disclosure
You may use AI tools in your process. You must tell us which ones and for what (research, outlining, drafting, editing), and a named human must be accountable for every claim in the piece. Text that was never meaningfully reviewed by a person who understands the subject is not something we will publish.
This matters beyond house style. In the EU, AI-generated text published to inform the public on matters of public interest can carry a labeling duty unless it has genuine human review or editorial control. Our AI Regulation guide explains how the European Commission defines those terms, and our short explainer, Does Your AI-Assisted Site Need an EU Label?, covers the publisher question directly. This is information, not legal advice.
Declare conflicts at the pitch stage. If you work for, invest in, advise or compete with anyone named in the piece, say so in your pitch. A declared conflict can be managed. An undeclared one ends the working relationship.
What we will not publish
- Paid, sponsored, or link-insertion content, however it is labeled
- Vendor promotion presented as neutral analysis
- Tool roundups that were not actually tested
- Text produced by AI and not reviewed by an accountable person
- Previously published work, including lightly reworded versions of it
- Statistics without a traceable source
- Pieces written to rank for a keyword rather than to answer a question
How to pitch
Send your pitch through the Contact page. Put “Pitch: [working headline]” in the subject line and include:
- The claim, in one sentence.
- The evidence you hold, with links or a description of the primary material.
- Why you, meaning what you have done, read, or measured that qualifies you.
- The format from the table above.
- Conflicts of interest, or “none.”
- AI use, or “none.”
- Two or three links to your earlier work, if you have any.
Please do not send a finished article with your first message. A pitch lets us tell you quickly whether the idea fits, and saves you the work of writing something we cannot run.
What happens if we say yes
- We agree the outline and the sources before you write, so nothing surprises either of us later.
- You draft, and your editor reviews the substance, the sources, and the confidence labels.
- Your claims are checked against the sources you cite, and anything we cannot confirm is changed or cut.
- The piece publishes with your byline, a short bio, and any AI-use or conflict disclosure that applies.
- Corrections are logged on the page they affect, and you will be asked to help resolve any that concern your piece.
FAQ
Do you accept finished articles? No. Pitch first. If your idea fits, we will agree the outline with you before you write.
Can I promote my product or company? You may name your affiliation in your bio and declare it in the piece. We do not publish content whose purpose is to promote a product or service, and we do not insert commercial links.
Can I use AI to write my piece? You may use AI tools in your process if you disclose them and a named person reviews and stands behind every claim. See the disclosure section above.
Can I republish the piece elsewhere? We only publish original work. Talk to your editor before republishing anything we run, so the original stays clearly the original.
Do you pay contributors? We discuss terms individually when we accept a pitch.
What if I find an error in something I wrote for you? Tell us through the Contact page. Corrections are logged on the page they affect.
Not sure whether your idea is a fit? Read one of our guides first: AI Regulation, Enterprise AI Implementation, or AI in Dating and Shopping. They show the standard we hold ourselves to.
Update log
- Oct 17, 2026: first publication.