Ash Kalb

Board member at Gratia, an AI-powered analyst marketplace connecting businesses with vetted analysts for financial modeling, market research, due diligence, and GTM strategy. Gratia analysts have delivered 55,000+ hours across 270+ projects for clients including Gannett, Endeavor, and Invisible. Built to combine elite human judgment with AI acceleration — only the top 5% of applicants make it onto the platform.

Advisor to Wevolv, an AI-powered contract and career intelligence platform built by and for professional athletes. Wevolv helps athletes understand their contracts, flag red flags, and negotiate deals that align with their long-term interests — addressing a real information asymmetry between athletes and the commercial side of the industry. Founded by two professional basketball players with 25+ years of combined pro experience.

Board member at FILTERLABS.AI, an AI-driven open-source intelligence platform whose Ubiquity product collects, verifies, and geotags signals from the open web — delivering hyperlocal, context-rich data to government, finance, and research teams up to 30x faster than traditional feeds. Advising on AI architecture, data integrity, and security strategy as the platform scales into mission-critical environments. Brings a security-first lens from HUMAN Security and privacy-preserving data infrastructure experience from Fulcra Dynamics to help FilterLabs build trust into its core intelligence layer."

Board member at Stirlingshire Investments, an SEC-registered RIA and broker-dealer operating at the intersection of wealth management, fintech infrastructure, and digital assets. Advising on cybersecurity architecture, data governance, and AI-driven product strategy as the firm scales its advisory and brokerage platforms. Brings deep expertise in security-first system design (HUMAN Security) and privacy-preserving data infrastructure (Fulcra Dynamics) to help Stirlingshire build trust and compliance into its core technology stack.

Co-founded Katalys Ventures at intersection of privacy, data infrastructure, and consumer technology. Formed with the acquisition of previously co-founded consumer privacy technology startup 1o.io

Building the secure memory layer for AI agents. Fulcra allows user to allow agents to access personal data — health, behavioral, contextual — without credential handoffs or privacy risk. Starting with a consumer health app (Context) as the wedge to prove the protocol, then expanding to B2B infrastructure for AI platforms. Backed by Long Journey Ventures, Winklevoss Capital, A100x, Lightscape, Harlo, Scott and Cyan Banister and Scott Belsky. Currently raising a $5M seed.

Advisor to Triangle, a blockchain-powered climate data infrastructure platform that links IoT and billing data to carbon credit minting, RWA tokenization, and CSRD/TCFD compliance for banks, asset managers, and energy transition companies. Winner of Environmental Finance's 2025 Innovation of the Year in Carbon Markets. Advising on cybersecurity architecture and legal/regulatory strategy as the platform scales across financial institutions and climate markets.

Board member at Gemini, one of the most regulated and security-forward crypto exchanges in the world. Brings legal, operational, and cybersecurity expertise to governance and strategic decisions.

Co-founded HUMAN (formerly White Ops) to protect the internet from automated bot fraud. Helped build the company from zero to unicorn status — protecting billions of digital interactions for enterprises, ad platforms, and government agencies. Acquired by Goldman Sachs. The thesis: security can't be vibe coded. It has to be designed in from day one.

A rather talented group of general specialists that make things and make things work better.