Cognitivo

What Cognitivo does

Cognitivo is an Australian AI software and services company headquartered in Haymarket, NSW, that builds production-grade AI systems for regulated industries. The company runs an enterprise go-to-market targeting financial advisers, banks, government agencies, and other compliance-intensive buyers, with operating geographies currently concentrated in New South Wales, Australia. Cognitivo is founder-led by CEO Alan Hsiao (also a Senior Visiting Fellow at UNSW CSE) alongside CTO Stephy George, with a 11-50 employee headcount.

The company's technical foundation is its Neuro-Symbolic AI (NOAI) architecture, which fuses the pattern recognition of Large Language Models with the logical rigour of Knowledge Graphs to produce explainable, auditable outputs suitable for regulated environments. Product and service surface includes the AI Factory platform (marketed as "UI of AI") for enterprise AI deployment with MLOps, model governance, and cost optimisation; Sovereign AI infrastructure running open-weight models on NVIDIA GB10 Grace Blackwell hardware with Australian data residency; Enterprise Lakehouse delivery on Databricks (Delta Lake migration, Unity Catalog, MLflow); Responsible AI and Data Governance services grounded in the CSIRO Data61 R4 re-identification risk methodology and aligned to APRA CPS 234, the Privacy Act 1988, and the Australian AI Ethics Principles. The flagship commercial product is Prospo, a SaaS workspace for financial advisers that automates administration, performs real-time AFSL compliance flagging, and maintains a Client Relationship Knowledge Graph. Cognitivo maintains an active research partnership with UNSW's Fintech AI Innovation Consortium, including Project P004 on Neuro-Symbolic AI for Financial Services.

Revenue derives from a mix of custom AI consulting and implementation services, Prospo SaaS subscriptions, certified Databricks delivery work, and paid training programs (including a 2026 AI Industry Training & Hackathon at $1,500 AUD per attendee). Distribution runs through direct enterprise field sales augmented by NVIDIA Inception, Databricks, and AWS partner channels, plus event-driven community building. Named customers include Major Australian Banks (LLM + Knowledge Graph steering for chatbot and financial advice automation), Australian financial advisory practices, government agencies, and Whittlesea Council (street sign detection ML). The company has disclosed only $250,000 in funding to date and remains founder-influenced, with offices at Level 1, 477 Pitt St, Haymarket NSW 2000.

Name

Cognitivo

Legal name

Cognitivo Pty. Ltd.

Website

https://cognitivo.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cognitivo is an Australian AI software and services company building Neuro-Symbolic AI systems that combine Knowledge Graphs with Large Language Models for regulated industries. Flagship SaaS product Prospo serves financial advisers with admin automation, AFSL compliance flagging, and a Client Relationship Knowledge Graph.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise AI Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

End-to-End Enterprise AI Platforms (MLOps & Model Lifecycle Management) (HDAEANAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Enterprise AI Governance, Risk & Compliance Platforms (Model Risk, Audit, Policies) (HDAEANAE), AI/ML Engineering & Model Development Services (BPAEAHAF)

Keywords

• Enterprise AI software
• Financial advisory SaaS
• Neuro-symbolic AI
• Data lakehouse platform
• Responsible AI governance

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. AI Software & Services: Custom AI development, consulting, and implementation services. Builds production-ready AI systems for regulated industries combining Neuro-Symbolic AI with enterprise data infrastructure. Includes discovery, architecture, Delta Lake migration, Unity Catalog setup, and ML pipeline engineering on Databricks.
2. Prospo SaaS Product: AI-powered SaaS product for financial advisers. Flagship product with features including meeting intelligence, compliance flagging, client knowledge graphs. Land-and-expand model within financial advisory practices.
3. Enterprise Lakehouse Delivery: Certified Databricks delivery partner providing enterprise Lakehouse architecture, data migration, and ML pipelines. Structured delivery process across weeks 1-12 with defined phases.
4. AI Training & Events: AI industry training programs and hackathons. 2026 AI Industry Training & Hackathon at $1,500 AUD per attendee. Trainer partnerships with NVIDIA, Anthropic, and LangChain.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Cognitivo is an Australian AI company that develops and sells enterprise AI software products. Its flagship Prospo is a SaaS platform tailored for financial advisers, while its broader portfolio includes an Enterprise Lakehouse for unified data management, AI Factory for application development, Neuro-Symbolic AI (NOAI) technology, Sovereign AI solutions, and Responsible AI & Data Governance offerings. The company also provides professional AI services, AI training, and industry events.

Product overview

Cognitivo is an Australian applied AI company that builds a portfolio of AI products and services grounded in Neuro-Symbolic AI (NOAI architecture). The flagship product is Prospo, an AI-powered SaaS workspace for financial advisers that automates admin and understands client relationships. This is underpinned by the AI Factory (UI of AI) platform, which serves as a governed enterprise marketplace offering rapid prototyping, MLOps infrastructure, model governance, and cost optimization. The Neuro-Symbolic AI capability combines Knowledge Graphs with LLMs for explainable, auditable reasoning. Cognitivo also offers Sovereign AI for on-prem/private LLM deployment on NVIDIA GB10 Grace Blackwell hardware, Enterprise Lakehouse delivery on Databricks, and Responsible AI governance services including CSIRO Data61 R4 re-identification risk assessment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Prospo: AI-powered intelligent workspace built for financial advisers. Automates admin, eliminates data entry, and provides meeting intelligence with client relationship knowledge graph. Built on Neuro-Symbolic AI architecture.

Products and services

• Prospo SaaS platform designed for financial advisers, providing AI-augmented tools to support advisory practice workflows, client servicing, and compliance. Sold as a subscription offering to financial advisory firms and dealer groups.
• AI Factory AI Factory is described as the UI of AI, providing enterprises with a framework to build and deploy AI applications. Targeted at organizations seeking to operationalize AI use cases with a managed interface layer.
• Neuro-Symbolic AI (NOAI) Proprietary Neuro-Symbolic AI technology that combines neural networks with symbolic reasoning to deliver more explainable and trustworthy AI. Sold to enterprises requiring transparent and auditable AI systems, particularly in regulated industries.
• Sovereign AI Sovereign AI offerings designed for organizations with strict data residency and sovereignty requirements, enabling AI deployment within national or organizational data boundaries. Targets regulated sectors and government-adjacent buyers.
• Enterprise Lakehouse

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% reduction in admin time for financial advisers using Prospo
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• UNSW FAIC (Fintech AI Innovation Consortium)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner to UNSW's Fintech AI Innovation Consortium. Active co-investigator status on UNSW FAIC projects. Co-authoring projects on Knowledge Graph and LLM integration for financial services. CEO Alan Hsiao serves as Senior Visiting Fellow UNSW CSE. Active Project P004 on Neuro-Symbolic AI for Financial Services.
• NVIDIAcoreTechnology or IntegrationNVIDIA Inception Partner. Access to GPU-accelerated AI workloads and community programs around NVIDIA GTC. Building GPU-accelerated AI workloads and representing NVIDIA ecosystem in Australian enterprise AI market. Events co-hosted including Sydney's Biggest AI Builders Party.
• AWS (Amazon Web Services)supportingTechnology or IntegrationAWS Partner delivering scalable, secure cloud infrastructure on Amazon Web Services. Backbone of enterprise AI deployment at Cognitivo. Cloud infrastructure for Databricks and other workloads.
• DatabrickscoreTechnology or IntegrationCertified Databricks delivery partner. Delivers enterprise Lakehouse architecture, data migration, and ML pipelines at scale. Certified delivery partner for Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and MLflow. Core infrastructure for AI Factory platform.
• Stone and ChalksupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-hosting AI Demo Day event 'Sydney's Night for Founders Who Own Their Stack' at Stone and Chalk Sydney location. Partnership for startup community building and open-weight AI ecosystem development.
• GigabytesupportingTechnology or IntegrationGB10/Gigabyte AI Top Atom hardware partnership for 2026 AI Industry Training & Hackathon. Equipment supplier for hackathon (15 x AI Top Atoms, monitors, mouse and keyboard). NVIDIA GB10 Grace Blackwell hardware reference for Sovereign AI infrastructure.
• AnthropicsupportingTechnology or IntegrationTrainer partnership for 2026 AI Industry Training & Hackathon. Claude 1 month voucher provided to attendees. Agentic workflows and AI development training content.
• LangChainsupportingTechnology or IntegrationTrainer partnership for 2026 AI Industry Training & Hackathon. LangChain Foundations training including building agents, MCP servers, multi-agent protocols. Part of open-source AI ecosystem.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Dataiku: Dataiku is an enterprise AI/ML platform with strong MLOps, governance, and regulated-industry capabilities (banking, insurance, healthcare). Comparable to Cognitivo's AI Factory in providing a unified environment for building, deploying, and auditing models in compliance-sensitive environments.
• DataRobot: DataRobot provides an enterprise AI platform with MLOps, model governance, and regulated-industry deployment (including financial services). Comparable to Cognitivo's AI Factory in targeting production-grade AI for compliance-heavy buyers, with similar positioning around explainability and audit.
• Arize AI: Arize AI provides an evaluation and observability platform for LLM and ML applications, including drift, quality, and safety monitoring. Comparable to Cognitivo's Responsible AI and AI Factory observability features for regulated enterprise deployments.
• Relevance AI: Relevance AI is an Australian-founded enterprise AI platform focused on agentic and LLM-powered workflows for business users. Closest geographic and stage peer to Cognitivo, also targeting mid-market and enterprise with composable AI products, though with less depth in regulated verticals.
• WhyLabs: WhyLabs offers an AI observability platform for LLM and ML model monitoring, drift detection, and data quality. Comparable to Cognitivo's MLOps and Responsible AI stack, particularly for enterprises needing continuous governance of LLM-powered applications.
• H2O.ai: H2O.ai offers an enterprise AI/ML platform with on-prem and sovereign deployment options, model governance, and a focus on regulated industries including financial services. Comparable to Cognitivo's combined AI Factory + Sovereign AI proposition for buyers needing self-hosted LLMs and classical ML.
• Arthur AI: Arthur provides AI observability, monitoring, and governance for model performance, drift, and bias in production. Comparable to the governance and MLOps layer of Cognitivo's AI Factory and to its Responsible AI positioning for regulated buyers needing continuous audit.

Broad incumbents

• Databricks: Databricks is both Cognitivo's core technology partner and a broad incumbent in enterprise data and AI platforms. Their Lakehouse, Unity Catalog, MLflow, and Model Serving capabilities overlap directly with Cognitivo's Enterprise Lakehouse, MLOps, and governance offerings, while Mosaic AI expands their sovereign LLM stack. Cognitivo's value-add is regulated-vertical localization on top of Databricks' primitives.
• C3.ai: C3.ai delivers enterprise AI applications for financial services, government, and other regulated industries with strong governance and on-prem deployment. Comparable in vertical focus and emphasis on production AI for compliance-heavy buyers, though at much larger scale.
• Palantir Technologies: Palantir's Foundry and AIP platforms serve highly regulated industries (financial services, government, defense) with strong governance, lineage, and on-prem deployment capabilities. Like Cognitivo, it emphasizes explainable, auditable AI in environments where data sovereignty and compliance are non-negotiable, though at vastly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@cognitivoau
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cognitivoai

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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