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VentureBeat is where enterprise technical decision-makers go to understand AI, data infrastructure and security. A guest post there puts your thinking in front of the CTOs, data leaders and security heads who choose vendors. This guide covers every honest route onto venturebeat.com, from the strict DataDecisionMakers programme to a guaranteed article with DA 91 and DR 91, and shows how United Press would plan yours.
You have spent years solving a problem most enterprises have not even named yet. And when a buyer searches for proof, they find your competitor.
We hear versions of the same story every week. A CTO with fifteen years of experience in data pipelines. A security founder who has stopped attacks most vendors only write slide decks about. A machine learning lead who knows exactly why most AI pilots never reach production. Each one could teach a room full of enterprise buyers something useful.
Then the procurement team runs its checks. The head of data asks ChatGPT which vendors are leading the category. An investor searches the founder’s name before a second meeting. And what they find is a company website, a few LinkedIn posts and someone else’s bylined article on VentureBeat explaining the very idea you pioneered.
That feeling of being invisible is not vanity. In enterprise technology, trust is built long before the sales call. A bylined article in a publication that technical leaders already rely on changes the conversation: it becomes the link in your outbound emails, the proof in your procurement pack, the source an AI assistant can cite, and the reason a senior engineer takes your call.
United Press has helped companies earn attention since 2001 from our office at Brook’s Mews, off Bond Street in London. We work with founders and technical leaders across the UK, Europe, the Middle East, India, the US and beyond. This page is everything we know about guest posting on VentureBeat in 2026: what its editors accept, what they reject, the guaranteed option our publishing partner offers and exactly how we would plan your piece.
Read it once. Then tell us what you know that enterprise leaders should hear. We will tell you honestly which route suits you.
How do you get a guest post on VentureBeat?
There are four routes. First, you can submit an original, non-promotional article to VentureBeat’s DataDecisionMakers programme through its online form as an editable Google Doc. Editors look for practical insight on AI and machine learning, data infrastructure or security, typically 800 to 1,200 words, and reply within about fourteen business days only if they accept it. Second, you can pitch genuine news to VentureBeat’s reporters. Third, you can discuss sponsored content directly with VentureBeat’s sales team. Fourth, you can secure a guaranteed article on venturebeat.com through a publishing partner, which United Press arranges with DA 91 and DR 91, a do-follow link and no sponsored label listed, typically live in about one week.
The DataDecisionMakers route carries editorial weight but is never guaranteed, and it removes promotional links. The guaranteed route gives you certainty on timing and wording. Many companies use both: a guaranteed article for the launch window, and a practitioner piece for the conversation that follows.
VentureBeat has changed more in the last two years than in the decade before. Understanding those changes is the first step to writing something its editors and readers want.
Matt Marshall, a former correspondent for the San Jose Mercury News, launched VentureBeat in San Francisco to cover start-ups, venture capital and the technology business.
impact: deep roots with founders and investorsAs generative AI reshaped enterprise technology, VentureBeat moved its coverage towards models, tools and the practical realities of putting AI to work inside large organisations.
impact: AI decision-makers start reading dailyIn April 2025 VentureBeat spun its games publication out as an independent company and committed fully to the enterprise shift to AI, data infrastructure and intelligent security.
impact: a sharper, more senior technical audienceGuest articles run under DataDecisionMakers, written for named enterprise personas. The rules are clear: no marketing, no AI-written drafts, original work only, and links only in a one-sentence bio.
impact: higher trust, harder entryVentureBeat’s own guidelines describe the enterprise personas it writes for. Your article should speak to one of them by name, not to “everyone interested in AI”.
Hands-on leaders deploying and fine-tuning models to hit business goals. They want benchmarks, trade-offs and honest lessons from production.
The people who build and maintain models, protect their integrity and bring new techniques into the stack. They read for architecture and governance.
They build and scale data pipelines, keep data quality high and roll out new data tools. They want clear thinking on pipelines, storage and analytics.
They run day-to-day security operations, work with IT and DevOps teams and protect the organisation from cyber threats, including new AI-driven ones.
Every route below is real. They differ in who decides, how certain you can be, how long it takes and what the article is allowed to say.
An original practitioner article submitted through VentureBeat’s guest form and judged by its editors.
A reporter decides your news matters: a significant launch, a major customer, original data or a notable funding round.
Branded or partner content arranged directly with VentureBeat’s commercial team, clearly presented as such.
Your article published on venturebeat.com through our publishing partner, with the title and details agreed in writing first.
Press releases, interview requests and news tips do not belong in the guest post form. VentureBeat asks for those to go to its news team instead. If your goal is a launch announcement, Route 02 or Route 04 will serve you better than Route 01.
We read the guidelines line by line so you do not have to. Here is each rule, what it means in practice, and whether most company drafts pass it first time.
If the article reads like it is steering readers towards your product or your approach, it will be declined. Small promotional touches may be cut rather than rejected, but the safest draft never mentions your product at all.
VentureBeat accepts that writers use AI tools for ideas, but will not accept drafts flagged as AI-written. Your article needs a human voice, real experience and specific detail a model could not invent.
Recycled blog posts, reworked white papers and syndicated copy are out. Plan a new piece, written for VentureBeat’s readers.
Company links in the body are removed unless absolutely necessary, and affiliate links are not allowed. Your one-sentence bio at the end is where your website link belongs.
That length tends to do well, and longer deep dives are welcome. Outlines, abstracts and proposals are not reviewed, so submit the finished article.
Featured images should be at least 1,200 by 600 pixels in a 2:1 ratio and licensed for commercial use. Private, scraped or restricted data needs the owner’s written permission.
Articles are accepted from individuals, not companies, with a first and last name. If accepted, you can add a Gravatar profile picture to your author bio.
Locked drafts, or documents that do not allow comments, are not reviewed. Acceptance is confirmed in a comment on your draft. Silence after fourteen business days usually means no.
Rules summarised from VentureBeat’s published guest post guidelines, checked in October 2026. VentureBeat may change them at any time, so we recheck before every submission.
Answer four quick questions. The finder suggests the route that fits your goal, your deadline and what your article needs to say. It runs in your browser and nothing is stored.
If two routes come out close, that is normal. Many of our clients combine a guaranteed article for certainty with a practitioner piece for long-term credibility.
When a date matters, or your story needs to name your company, the guaranteed route removes the uncertainty. These are the details our publishing partner currently lists for venturebeat.com. We confirm every one in writing before anything is booked.
Formats, labels and timings can change. If anything changes between your first plan and booking, we tell you immediately and you decide whether to proceed. Nothing is booked until you approve it.
VentureBeat says it is particularly looking for technical deep dives into new tools, techniques and technologies, including large language models, AI agents and databases. These are the angles we see working best for each area, with example headlines to show the tone.
Example headlines are illustrations of tone written by United Press, not published VentureBeat articles. Editors may revise any accepted headline.
Enterprise technical readers are busy and sceptical. The articles they finish follow a pattern. Here is the structure we use when we write or refine a VentureBeat piece with you.
Specific, honest and a little surprising. No clickbait, because editors can and do rewrite headlines.
Start with a moment from real work. It signals experience immediately and is the hardest thing for AI-written drafts to fake.
Technical readers trust evidence. Cite every figure, license every chart and credit every image.
A framework, decision tree or checklist turns a good article into one that gets shared inside companies and bookmarked by buyers.
Saying when your approach does not work is the fastest way to earn trust from a VentureBeat reader, and it reads as the opposite of marketing.
For DataDecisionMakers, your credibility comes from the thinking, and your bio carries the link. For a guaranteed article, we agree in advance how and where your company is named.
VentureBeat is based in San Francisco and reads globally, so British and international companies compete for the same attention as Silicon Valley start-ups. These are the angles that help non-US authors stand out.
British teams often build AI under close scrutiny from regulators, banks and the NHS. Lessons on governance, explainability and safety translate directly to American enterprises facing the same questions.
Engineering teams working under the EU AI Act and GDPR have practical experience US readers increasingly want. Share what compliance changed in your architecture, not just the rules.
Gulf governments and enterprises are deploying AI quickly across smart cities, finance and energy. Founders in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh can offer deployment stories few others can tell.
Teams building for hundreds of millions of users bring hard-won lessons on efficient inference, multilingual models and data at scale.
From Singapore to Seoul, companies close to the semiconductor and device supply chain can explain where enterprise AI is heading next.
Use US-friendly spelling only if editors ask, keep examples universal, and explain local context in one line. The insight must matter in any enterprise.
Planning a move into Britain or a profile for a UK Global Talent Visa? A VentureBeat article can sit alongside UK coverage in titles such as The Times and the Evening Standard. Our Global Talent Visa guide explains how published work by and about you can support an application.
VentureBeat is not the right title for every company. It works best when your buyer, investor or future hire is a technical leader inside a large organisation.
Prove you understand production, not just demos, before enterprise pilots and funding rounds.
angle: lessons from real deploymentsReach the data leaders who shortlist tools, and give your sales team a credible link to share.
angle: architecture and trade-offsShow security leaders you understand the new threats AI creates, without sounding like an advert.
angle: research, red-team findingsDemonstrate responsible AI in a regulated industry where trust decides every contract.
angle: explainability, risk, complianceExplain how clinical or research AI moves safely from pilot to everyday use.
angle: validation and governanceShow enterprise readers how AI handles messy real-world data in farming, food and energy.
angle: data quality at the edgePosition your partners and practice leads as the people who make enterprise AI work.
angle: patterns across many clientsBuild a personal profile that supports speaking invitations, board roles and hiring.
angle: leadership and hard callsAdd authored work in a recognised technology publication to your evidence of recognition.
angle: your expertise, in your nameBuilding an AI or technology company? Our AI and tech start-up PR agency page explains how a VentureBeat article fits into a full launch, and our tech launch PR page covers product launches end to end.
One article is a moment. A small group of trusted titles is a reputation. These publications work well alongside VentureBeat for enterprise technology companies. DA and DR figures come from our partner inventory.
| Publication | DA / DR | Link | Label | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VentureBeat | 91 / 91 | Do-follow | None listed | Enterprise AI, data and security leaders |
| TechCrunch | 93 / 92 | Do-follow | None listed | Start-ups, founders and investors |
| Business Insider | 94 / 92 | No-follow | None listed | Business readers and executives worldwide |
| Ars Technica | 92 / 90 | No-follow | Sponsored | Deeply technical, sceptical readers |
| Digital Trends | 92 / 89 | Do-follow | None listed | Consumer and prosumer technology |
| The Next Web | 91 / 89 | No-follow | None listed | European tech and innovation |
| Computerworld | 88 / 89 | Do-follow | None listed | Enterprise IT leaders |
| GeekWire | 88 / 85 | No-follow | Discreet | Cloud and Pacific Northwest tech |
| Benzinga | 88 / 86 | No-follow | None listed | Investors and market readers |
| CIO | 87 / 89 | Do-follow | None listed | Chief information officers |
| HackerNoon | 87 / 87 | No-follow | None listed | Developers and engineers |
| Digital Journal | 87 / 86 | Do-follow | None listed | Broad technology and business news |
| InfoWorld | 86 / 86 | Do-follow | None listed | Software developers and architects |
| Network World | 84 / 85 | Do-follow | None listed | Networking and infrastructure teams |
| Tech Times | 83 / 82 | Do-follow | None listed | Fast technology news |
| Entrepreneur UK | 92 / 91 | Do-follow | None listed | UK founders and business owners |
| The Times | 92 / 91 | Do-follow | Discreet | UK boardrooms and investors |
| IB Times UK | 90 / 82 | No-follow | None listed | Finance and business readers |
| Security Boulevard | 70 / 81 | Do-follow | None listed | Security professionals |
| Dataconomy | 58 / 75 | Do-follow | None listed | Data science and AI practitioners |
| TechRound | 50 / 76 | Do-follow | None listed | UK start-ups and tech founders |
| IT Security Guru | 50 / 69 | Do-follow | None listed | UK security community |
For a new AI product or platform that needs buyers, investors and engineers in the same week.
For B2B companies preparing for larger contracts and procurement reviews.
For British founders selling abroad, or international companies arriving in the UK.
See every title, with DA and DR, on our publications page, or read the best publications for AI visibility. Labels and link types are confirmed in writing before booking.
A clear, written process from first message to live article. You approve every step, and nothing is booked until you say yes.
Fill in the short form. Share your expertise, your company, the reader you want to reach and any date that matters. A short call is optional.
We recommend the right route, whether guaranteed, DataDecisionMakers or both, with two or three article angles, companion titles with DA and DR, and realistic timings.
For a guaranteed article, we confirm the publication, format, label, link type and timing in writing before anything is booked.
Our writers interview you, or polish your draft, to make it sound like an expert practitioner. We check facts, cite sources and prepare images at the right size.
You see exactly what will be published, including headline, bio and links. Your legal or compliance team can review it too.
Guaranteed articles typically publish about one week after approval. We send you the live link and a short checklist for sharing it.
We help you use the article in sales, investor updates and hiring, and plan the next titles so your authority keeps building.
Publishing is the start, not the finish. The companies that get the most from a VentureBeat byline use it everywhere their buyers, investors and candidates look.
A link to a VentureBeat article earns more replies than another product one-pager.
Add it to security questionnaires and vendor reviews as independent proof of expertise.
Show momentum and thought leadership in the same line of your next update.
Add an “As featured in VentureBeat” mention and link to the article from your newsroom.
Share it from the author’s profile and the company page, with one key insight in the post.
Conference organisers look for published experts. Your article shows you can hold a room.
Senior engineers read VentureBeat. A strong article tells them your team takes the craft seriously.
Send it ahead of briefings so the conversation starts at a higher level.
A high-authority article becomes a source search engines and AI assistants can find for your name.
Enterprise buyers increasingly start their research by asking ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity or Google’s AI Overviews a question. The answer they read is built from sources those tools trust, and established technology publications are among the sources they lean on most.
That is why a VentureBeat article matters beyond the people who read it on the day. Our partner lists venturebeat.com as indexed and ready for AI and answer engines, with DA 91 and DR 91. A clear, factual article naming your company, your expertise and your category gives AI tools a credible source to draw from.
Try these questions before and after your article goes live:
No one can guarantee what an AI tool will say. What we can do is make sure the sources available about you are authoritative, accurate and consistent. If AI answers about your company are already negative or out of date, our reputation management for technology start-ups can help.
Any hint of a sales pitch is the most common reason guest posts are declined. Teach first, sell never.
VentureBeat will not accept pieces flagged as written by AI. Use tools for research, then write it yourself or with a human writer.
Press releases, interview requests and tips go to the news team, not DataDecisionMakers.
Drafts that cannot be edited or commented on are not reviewed at all.
Unnecessary links are removed. Keep your link for the bio, or choose the guaranteed route if a body link matters.
Every image and dataset needs a clear licence and citation, or the piece will not run.
Pick one enterprise persona and solve one of their problems. Broad AI think-pieces rarely stand out.
An article nobody shares does a fraction of its job. Plan how sales, marketing and leadership will use it before it goes live.
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The basics
Yes. VentureBeat accepts contributed articles through its DataDecisionMakers programme. It wants original, non-promotional articles that give enterprise decision-makers practical insight on AI and machine learning, data infrastructure and analytics, or security.
DataDecisionMakers is VentureBeat’s community section for guest authors. Experts share technical insight with VentureBeat’s audience of enterprise technical decision-makers. Promotional content is not accepted there.
Write the full article, put it in a Google Doc that allows editing and comments, and submit it through VentureBeat’s online guest post form. Locked drafts are not reviewed.
VentureBeat says articles of 800 to 1,200 words tend to do well, and longer deep dives are welcome. Send a finished article, not an outline or proposal.
VentureBeat says you can expect to hear within fourteen business days if your article is accepted, through a comment on your draft. If you hear nothing, it is safe to assume the article was not accepted.
Through DataDecisionMakers, company links in the body are removed unless absolutely necessary, and affiliate links are not allowed. You can include one link in your one-sentence bio. A guaranteed article through our partner includes a do-follow link agreed in advance.
VentureBeat accepts that tools like ChatGPT or Claude help with ideas, but it will not accept pieces flagged as written by AI. Write from your own experience, or work with a human writer who interviews you.
VentureBeat only accepts articles written by individuals, with a first and last name. Your company can appear in the bio.
The guaranteed route
A DataDecisionMakers article or a reporter’s story can never be guaranteed. A guaranteed article on venturebeat.com through a publishing partner can be, and United Press confirms the format, label and link type in writing before anything is booked.
Our partner inventory lists VentureBeat with Domain Authority 91 and Domain Rating 91, which places it among the most authoritative technology publications in the world.
Our partner currently lists the guaranteed VentureBeat article with a do-follow link. We reconfirm the link type in writing before you commit.
Our partner currently lists no sponsored label for the guaranteed VentureBeat article. Formats can change, so we reconfirm the label in writing before booking.
A guaranteed VentureBeat article typically publishes about one week after you approve the final copy. Planning, writing and approval usually take a few days before that.
Yes. Our partner offers Top 5 and Top 10 list formats on venturebeat.com, which suit category and “best tools” stories. We advise on whether a list or a feature will serve your goal better.
You can supply your own draft, or our writers can interview you and write it. Either way, we edit it to suit VentureBeat’s readers and you approve the final copy.
Yes. Our partner lists crypto and Web3 stories as accepted for guaranteed VentureBeat articles, subject to the usual editorial review.
No one can promise a reporter’s decision. If you have real news, we can help you shape the pitch and identify the right reporter, but earned coverage is always the reporter’s choice.
You cannot buy an editor’s or reporter’s decision. What exists is sponsored content arranged with VentureBeat itself, and guaranteed articles arranged through publishing partners. We always explain exactly which format you are getting.
About VentureBeat
VentureBeat was founded in 2006 by technology journalist Matt Marshall, who led the company as chief executive when it spun out GamesBeat in 2025. It is based in San Francisco.
VentureBeat is a long-established technology publication with very high authority scores (DA 91, DR 91 in our partner inventory) and a focused enterprise audience. Its strict guest post rules are part of why readers trust it.
VentureBeat focuses on the enterprise shift to AI, data infrastructure and security. In April 2025 it spun out GamesBeat as an independent publication to concentrate on enterprise AI.
VentureBeat writes for enterprise technical decision-makers, including leaders deploying large language models, AI orchestrators, data infrastructure managers and security decision-makers.
Readers often compare VentureBeat with TechCrunch, The Next Web, Ars Technica, GeekWire and enterprise IT titles such as CIO and Computerworld. Each suits a different reader, which is why we often combine them.
VentureBeat suits companies selling to enterprise technical leaders. TechCrunch suits start-up, funding and founder stories. Many AI companies use both. See our TechCrunch guide to compare.
Results and fit
A do-follow link from a DA 91 publication is a strong authority signal, and the article itself can rank when people search your name or topic. Results depend on your whole website and content, so no one can promise a specific ranking.
It can. AI assistants draw on trusted, indexed sources, and our partner lists venturebeat.com as ready for AI and answer engines. No one can control what an AI tool says, but authoritative coverage gives it better sources.
Yes, if your buyers or investors include technical leaders at large organisations, in the UK or abroad. VentureBeat reads globally, and British expertise in regulated AI travels well.
Yes. We are based on Bond Street in London and work with clients from every country, including the US, Europe, the Middle East, India and Asia-Pacific.
Published work by or about you in recognised publications can form part of your evidence. Read our Global Talent Visa guide and check the current requirements with an immigration adviser.
Usually not. VentureBeat writes for enterprise technical leaders. Consumer brands often do better in titles such as Digital Trends or The Independent, and we will tell you honestly.
For AI launches, TechCrunch and HackerNoon. For enterprise trust, CIO, Computerworld and Business Insider. For UK credibility, The Times and TechRound. Your plan will recommend the best mix.
Yes. Our press release distribution service places announcements in named titles, agreed in writing before anything is booked, and can run alongside your VentureBeat article.
Fill in the short form below. Within 24 hours you receive a free VentureBeat plan with the right route, article angles, companion titles with DA and DR and clear timings. Nothing is booked until you approve it.
Somewhere right now, a CTO is choosing who to trust with their AI roadmap. Make sure they can read what you know.
You built the expertise the hard way: late nights, failed experiments, systems that broke and the fixes that finally worked. That knowledge deserves to be read by the people it can help, in the publication they already trust.
It starts with one short form. Tell us what you know and who needs to hear it. Within 24 hours you will have a free VentureBeat plan with the right route, article angles, companion titles with DA and DR, and our honest advice. Nothing is booked until you say yes.
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