Team
Three practitioners building the infrastructure for a new mode of work
Apophenic was founded by Mal Wanstall, Dan M, and Jase Y. We've spent our careers building, deploying, and fixing enterprise technology and strategy from the inside.
We started Apophenic because we kept seeing the same problem from different angles: organisations can't run teams of AI agents reliably. Individual agents are impressive. Agent teams produce chaos. The infrastructure that makes human teams work (structured intent, coordination, verification, institutional knowledge) simply doesn't exist for digital employees.
We believe the protocol for disciplined agent work should be open, the platform should be accessible to anyone, and the right to assemble a capable team shouldn't depend on access to capital.
What we're building toward
The open standard and platform for disciplined agent work. So anyone can run teams of digital employees with the trust, coordination, and institutional knowledge they'd expect from the best human teams.
The team
MW
Mal Wanstall
Strategy · Enterprise AI · Methodology
VP of AI and Data at Cochlear. Previously led digital transformation at Westpac. Built Clark, Cochlear's enterprise AI assistant. Focused on how organisations codify and maintain intent when the humans who used to carry it are replaced by digital employees.
Research focus
Strategy translationEnterprise AIAgent orchestration
DM
Dan M
AI/ML Systems · Platform Architecture · Data Engineering
Deep technical background in AI/ML systems, data engineering, and platform architecture. Focused on the infrastructure gap between impressive individual agents and reliable agent teams, and the engineering choices that determine which side you end up on.
Research focus
AI architectureAgent infrastructureEnterprise deployment
JY
Jase Y
Operations · Commercial Strategy · Delivery
Operational experience across enterprise technology and consulting delivery. Focused on what it takes to coordinate teams of digital employees at scale: the verification, the knowledge persistence, the places where agent autonomy meets organisational reality.
Research focus
Operational fidelityAgent coordinationGo-to-market