Company

Cogniveo

Evidence-Grounded Intelligence for high-consequence work.

Cogniveo develops systems for environments where evidence, uncertainty, and oversight matter. The company focuses on scientific, industrial, and strategic settings where conventional AI often creates more noise, more risk, or more liability than leverage.

Our public posture is intentionally selective. We are not building a broad consumer AI product. We are building for organizations that need a more disciplined standard of reasoning support.

Approach
01

Controlled Synthesis

We do not optimize for conversational fluency. We optimize for traceability — ensuring that every claim can be traced back to its originating evidence without hallucination or premature collapse of uncertainty.

02

Preserved Contradiction

In complex environments, conflicting data is a signal, not an error. Our systems are designed to hold and present contradiction rather than smoothing it over for the sake of an easy answer.

Leadership

The team behind Cogniveo.

Brian McGee

Brian McGee

Chief Executive Officer

  • Founder and CEO focused on solving complex, real-world problems through structured systems and disciplined execution.
  • Built and led organizations across technology, education, and sustainability.
  • Led global data systems supporting 15+ schools and 4,000+ users across Europe and the Middle East.
  • Former U.S. Army Captain.
  • Track record of transforming ambiguity into scalable, operational systems across high-stakes environments.
Ted Coombs

Ted Coombs

Chief Science Officer

  • University-trained polymath working across advanced technical, scientific, and cognitive domains.
  • Backgrounds spanning electronic warfare, satellite communications, robotics, AI, cognitive intelligence, and philosophy.
  • Authored around 30 technical books, including Setting Up an Internet Site for Dummies.
  • Founded and ran think tanks including Pacific Knowledge and Science.org.
  • Currently directs the machine cognitive intelligence laboratory in Utrecht, Netherlands.
Graham Silbermann

Graham Silbermann

Chief Commercial Officer

  • Commercial leader with deep enterprise sales experience and a strong record of scaling strategic partnerships.
  • BSc Economics, London School of Economics.
  • Closed Fortune 500 deals with Apple, Netflix, Universal Music, Expedia, Trane, and Pinterest.
  • Built multimillion-dollar partnerships with 60+ tech companies including AWS, Zendesk, GitHub, and Shopify.
  • 73 consecutive months of uninterrupted revenue growth. 3× founder and startup mentor.
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