About Us

akatoo Inc. is a California corporation.


akatoo Inc. is a technology company based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 2006, akatoo specializes in community-based online Knowledge Exchange.

Based on proven Artificial Intelligence methodologies, and fueled by human natural language input, akatoo has set out to centralize knowledge and employ validation to the underlying data - in a community environment. We have developed a powerful, patent-pending approach to collect and manage knowledge within an evolutionary categorical architecture. Our application is built in an engaging Question & Answer format, and utilizes a proprietary rating and scoring system. This unique approach ensures the highest quality Answer to any Question rises to the top - what we refer to as Survival of the Smartest."



Founders and Some Team Members

Alex Daly - Chairman/Strategist  -  Board Member

Toufic Saliba - CEO/CTO  -  Board Member

Bill Halpenny - COO/VP Sales  -  Board Member



Some Team Members*

Jay Wetcher - CFO

Oz Solomon - Development Manager

Alfred Carn - Senior Developer/QA

Vlad Antonevich - Senior Programmer

Adrian Klein - Director of User Experience

Sam Dennis - Advisor/Marketing Director

Steve Malouf - Sales Advisor

Jay Berkowitz - Marketing Advisor

Samuel Benisty - Graphic Designer

Frank Stotl - Director of Infrastructure and SysAdmin

Tamiko Bolton - Sales & Marketing Advisor

Rachel Murdock - Manager Administrator

Grace Sainsbury - Programmer

James Krellner - Community Relations

Ryan Coganow - VP Corporate Communications

Lisa Taylor - Communications

Todd Vernon - Programmer/DB

Rahul Panchal - UI Designer


* We have received help from other team members and 1000s of university students and some still help us with our R&D initiative. Unfortunately, we will not be able to list here, but we definitely acknowledge the help received. If you worked with us and require recognition and/or reference, please contact the office of our CFO or simply email us at support@akatoo.com