Tarek Awwad · computer scientist and product builder, AI governance

I'm a computer scientist by training and a product builder in practice, working on AI governance as co-founder and CTO of Authrty, where I shape the product and its roadmap as much as the technology. We build trust infrastructure for AI agents: observability, verifiable identity, and audit trails, so that teams can see and prove what their agents are doing. I also advise technology companies through Sydyk, my consulting practice.

For over a decade I've worked on one question in different guises: how do you trust the output of a system built from many unreliable actors? My PhD answered it for crowds of people: selecting reliable workers and controlling the quality of what they produce at scale. In blockchain, I answered it for machines, designing the Proof of Reputation validator-selection protocol as Chief Blockchain Architect at Ki Foundation. Authrty is the same question asked of AI agents, and this time the answer is a company.