Supply chain transparency has long been constrained by cost, complexity, and access to data. Exiger is attempting to break that model.
At the World Economic Forum’s 2026 Annual Meeting in Davos, the supply chain AI firm announced the launch of forcedlabor.ai, a no-cost, open-access platform that allows anyone—from multinational corporations to individual citizens—to check whether a company or its supply chain may be linked to state-sponsored forced labor.
The move is notable not just for its moral framing, but for its scale. Exiger says the platform draws on what it describes as the world’s largest forced labor risk dataset, built from roughly 20 billion records and used previously by governments and large enterprises with deep compliance budgets. Now, that same intelligence is being made public.
In an era of tightening trade enforcement, geopolitical fragmentation, and growing regulatory scrutiny, forcedlabor.ai represents a significant shift in how forced labor risk intelligence is distributed—and who gets access to it.
Democratizing a Traditionally Elite Capability
Historically, forced labor due diligence has been the domain of well-funded compliance teams, specialized consultancies, and government agencies. Smaller companies, NGOs, and even downstream suppliers have often been left in the dark, unable to see risks buried deep in opaque, multi-tier supply chains.
Exiger’s new platform is designed to change that. Users can simply enter the name of a company or supplier and receive evidence-based, actionable insights into potential forced labor exposure. The tool is available to businesses, governments, law enforcement, NGOs, journalists, and the general public.
The goal, according to Exiger, is to remove cost as a barrier to ethical decision-making.
“Modern slavery is a blight on humanity,” said Brandon Daniels, Exiger CEO. “An estimated 50 million people are trapped in modern slavery, many of whom are hidden in opaque supply chains. Hundreds of thousands of companies and millions of global supply chains are impacted.”
The platform, Daniels said, is part of Exiger’s broader mission to make global commerce safer and more transparent—particularly as enforcement and reputational risks continue to rise.
Focused on State-Sponsored Forced Labor
At launch, forcedlabor.ai concentrates on one of the most sensitive and consequential areas of forced labor enforcement: state-sponsored programs, particularly those linked to the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
The platform currently covers:
- PRC state-sponsored forced labor
- Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) risks
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Withhold Release Orders (WROs)
These risks cut across nearly every major industry, including retail, automotive, industrial manufacturing, consumer electronics, agriculture, and consumer goods. For companies operating globally, this is not a niche compliance issue—it is a trade, legal, and reputational one.
The inclusion of UFLPA and WRO data is particularly significant. Since the UFLPA took effect, U.S. Customs has dramatically increased enforcement, detaining shipments worth billions of dollars. Many companies have discovered exposure only after goods were stopped at the border.
forcedlabor.ai aims to surface those risks earlier, before they turn into seizures, penalties, or public scrutiny.
AI-Powered, Evidence-Based, and Regulator-Grade
Exiger emphasizes that forcedlabor.ai is not a simple watchlist or keyword search. The platform is powered by the company’s proprietary supply chain AI, which maps relationships across entities, ownership structures, sourcing networks, and government programs.
According to Exiger, results are evidence-based, linking companies to documented programs, policies, or enforcement actions rather than unverified allegations. That distinction matters in a space where false positives can carry serious consequences.
“This is a revolutionary, first-of-its-kind platform that makes regulator-grade forced labor risk intelligence accessible to everyone,” said Kit Conklin, Exiger’s SVP of Risk & Compliance and a former senior advisor to the U.S. House Select Committee on China.
The platform was developed with input from a range of human rights and policy experts, including Dr. Laura Murphy, a leading authority on forced labor and former DHS Senior Policy Advisor who led the UFLPA Entity List team. That involvement signals an attempt to balance accessibility with methodological rigor.
A Human Rights Issue—and a Geopolitical One
The launch has drawn attention from U.S. policymakers, underscoring how closely forced labor enforcement is now tied to geopolitical competition.
Representative John Moolenaar, Chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, framed the issue in stark terms.
“The CCP is responsible for one of the gravest human atrocities in recent history: the genocide of Uyghurs,” Moolenaar said. “Corporate actors must be open-eyed and take action to avoid complicity in this abuse and billions of dollars in global supply chains that rely on the CCP’s persecution.”
That language reflects a broader shift in how governments view supply chains—not just as economic systems, but as instruments of values, security, and leverage. Forced labor transparency is increasingly part of national trade strategy, not just corporate social responsibility.
Validation From the Nonprofit Sector
Human rights organizations have also weighed in, highlighting the platform’s potential impact beyond corporate compliance.
Tim Nelson, CEO of the Slave-Free Alliance, said his organization evaluated more than 400 platforms when searching for supply chain visibility technology—and found Exiger clearly ahead of the field.
“They’ve built the world’s largest forced labor risk database,” Nelson said. “Now they’re making incredibly valuable data available to everyone, creating a level of baseline transparency never before possible.”
That baseline matters. When transparency is uneven, bad actors can hide behind complexity. Broad access makes it harder for forced labor risks to remain invisible.
Why This Matters for Business
For enterprises, forcedlabor.ai arrives at a moment when ignorance is no longer a defensible position. Regulations like the UFLPA, EU forced labor bans, and expanding ESG disclosure rules are shifting the burden of proof onto companies.
What’s changing is not just enforcement, but expectation. Stakeholders—from regulators to consumers—are increasingly intolerant of claims that forced labor risks were “too hard to see.”
By offering free access, Exiger is effectively raising the minimum standard for due diligence. If the data is publicly available, failure to act becomes harder to justify.
At the same time, the platform may also reshape competitive dynamics. Companies that proactively use forced labor intelligence to clean up supply chains could gain operational resilience and reputational advantage—while laggards face disruption, seizures, and public fallout.
Launching at Davos, Framing the Bigger Picture
Exiger’s decision to launch forcedlabor.ai at Davos is deliberate. The company is positioning forced labor intelligence as part of a broader conversation about AI, economic security, and national defense.
During WEF 2026, CEO Brandon Daniels—also a WEF Governor—is scheduled to participate in sessions on how AI and supply chain intelligence are reshaping industrial policy and national security. The framing suggests forced labor transparency is no longer just a compliance function, but a strategic capability.
That perspective aligns with Exiger’s role as the largest provider of supply chain technology to the U.S. Government, where trade enforcement, defense readiness, and economic resilience increasingly intersect.
A New Baseline for Transparency
forcedlabor.ai does not end forced labor. But it changes who can see it.
By opening access to regulator-grade intelligence, Exiger is shifting the conversation from whether companies can afford transparency to whether they are willing to act on it. In doing so, the company is betting that sunlight—backed by data and AI—can become a practical tool against one of the most persistent abuses in global commerce.
For supply chains long protected by opacity, that may be the most disruptive innovation of all.
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