Building the Future of Agentic Data Access
We're creating the infrastructure layer that powers enterprise data delivery for AI agents
The Problem
- •API Providers leave millions on the table without agentic data access
- •Standing up a compliant paid API takes 4-6 engineers 3-4 months
- •No standard for agent identity, metering, billing, and settlement
- •Agents need persistent memory, edge deployment, and sub-10ms latency
- •Ephemeral nature of agents require fast scale up and scale to zero
Our Solution
- ✓Native agentic pay per action pricing model back-end
- ✓Agent identity (KYA) and persistent memory (SerenDB)
- ✓Agentic access control and pricing on all tables
- ✓x402, micropayment protocol with automatic settlement
- ✓SOC2-ready compliance and audit trails
- ✓300+ edge locations with <10ms latency
Leadership
Over 50 years combined experience in AI, ML, security, and fintech infrastructure
Taariq Lewis
CEO & Founder
MIT Sloan MBA, Columbia BA. Former Goldman Sachs, Knight Capital, and Chase Bank. Founded Paloma blockchain, hosting 700 AI crypto-bots managing $100MM. Brought Bitcoin and blockchain engineering to global audiences since 2013.
Christian Smith
CTO
25+ years experience in software development and security. Goldman Sachs veteran. Expert in Rust, PostgreSQL, and modern web technologies. Former Head of IT Security at DynCorp. Built AI-based predictive modeling systems for financial markets.
Michael Arief
AI Research Lead
Computer Science & Physics background, degree in Quantitative Finance. 10+ years at Barclays and Fiserv building enterprise databases, risk systems, and mid-office financial software. Focused on LLMs and agentic workflows for financial data systems.
Doug Levin
Advisor
Founder & former CEO of Black Duck Software. Board member at Dowsers, FiVerity, and ReversingLabs. Educator at HBS and MIT. Deep expertise in cybersecurity, dev tools, open source, and blockchain.
“SerenAI is making the invisible plumbing for agentic commerce reliable. Data sellers still win on differentiation and relationships; agents still win on product UX. We win by absorbing the platform work neither side wants to fund.”
— Taariq Lewis, CEO & Founder