Coherence-first intelligence for the AI economy
A new foundation for AI—built for understanding, reasoning, and execution in high-reliability environments.
ABOUT US
Applied General Intelligence is building AI infrastructure that replaces probabilistic outputs with coherence, enabling systems to understand, verify, and act with confidence.
Three pillars of
intelligence
Execution, intelligently matched
Transactional intelligence
Transactional Intelligence transforms execution into a dynamic system—matching complex, non-standard assets and actions with precision, speed, and efficiency.
Understanding without hallucination
Situational intelligence
Situational Intelligence delivers real-time, grounded awareness of context and intent. It knows what it knows, adapts continuously, and remains accountable to reality.
Identity, continuously verified
Access intelligence
Access Intelligence secures systems at the foundation by replacing static credentials with dynamic, behavior-based identity. It ensures only the right actors can act—at all times.
AI infrastructure for
real-World execution
Language Compiler Model (LCM)
LCM is a new foundation for AI. Designed to understand, reason, and execute with precision. Deterministic, explainable, and free from hallucinations, LCM delivers reliable intelligence for environments where accuracy matters.
Agentic Marketplace Platform (AMP)
AMP enables intelligent markets for complex assets, services, and opportunities. Using AI-powered understanding and patented matching technology, AMP helps people and agents discover, price, and execute transactions with greater speed and precision.
World Class
Management Team
Jerry Zhang
Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer
More than 40 years developing the theoretical foundations for machine intelligence, symbolic reasoning, and universal language understanding. Holds patents tied to AGI’s core technology and serves as President of AGI Labs, the company’s frontier research and development arm.
Kurt Bonatz
Co-Founder & president
A seasoned entrepreneur, operator, and finance executive with deep experience building, scaling, and exiting high-growth companies. Former Big Four CPA and audit leader who built a 150-employee accounting and finance firm and sold it to private equity within three years.
Daniel Coleman
Chief Executive Officer
Seasoned capital markets executive with deep experience leading global trading businesses, electronic markets, and financial technology platforms. Previously served as Global Head of Equities at UBS, CEO of GETCO and KCG Holdings, and a member of Nasdaq’s Board of Directors.
Nick Ogurtsov
Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer
Operator, investor, and strategist with nearly three decades across fintech, electronic trading, venture capital, and market infrastructure. Previously served as COO and Chief Risk Officer of KCG Holdings, Managing Director at UBS Investment Bank, and a board member of DTCC.
Deb Gordon-Gill
Chief Growth Officer
More than 25 years of senior leadership across enterprise technology, sales, and regulated industry transformation. Previously held leadership roles at Red Hat and IBM, where she helped major organizations deploy complex technology solutions and modernize mission-critical operations.
Jonathan Ross
Chief Technology Officer
Veteran trading-technology leader with deep experience building and integrating high-performance electronic markets. Previously served as CTO of Nasdaq, INET, GETCO, and KCG Holdings, where he led major platform integrations across some of the most influential market-structure businesses..
Lars Hermann
Chief Product Officer
More than 25 years of enterprise software leadership across product, partnerships, open source, and hybrid cloud. Previously held senior roles at Red Hat and MongoDB, leading product strategy, technology roadmaps, partner ecosystems, and go-to-market initiatives for complex enterprise platforms.
Salem Elrahal
Chief Architect
More than two decades building, delivering, and maintaining globally resilient services with open-source software. Previously served as Chief Architect at Red Hat, with experience across cloud-native architecture, Kubernetes, microservices, continuous delivery, and enterprise-scale platform engineering
Aaron Poynton
Chief Revenue Officer
More than 25 years of technology sales, strategy, and executive leadership across AI, technology, and mission-critical markets. Executive Director of the American Society for AI, with experience scaling ventures, leading global sales organizations, and building high-trust relationships across industry and government.
General Eric Wesley
VP Govt Affairs
Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General with deep experience in modernization, defense innovation, and national security strategy. Previously served as Deputy Commanding General of Army Futures Command and Director of the Futures and Concepts Center, helping shape the Army’s future force.