The problem grāmatr was built to solve
Every company Brian built faced a version of the same architectural gap: information that should have connected did not, context that should have carried across systems disappeared at the boundary, and the people responsible for outcomes had no record of how decisions were made.
Co-browsing at Recursive Labs was about collapsing the gap between what a support agent saw and what a customer saw — two screens, same session, no context loss. Cross-media attribution at Advocado was about proving that a television impression caused a website visit — two systems, one identity, verifiable chain of causality. NEXT90 was about giving enterprise media teams the contextual intelligence to act on their own data, not a vendor's interpretation of it.
AI in the enterprise is the same gap at higher stakes. Models are powerful. They are also stateless, context-blind, and ungoverned by default. Every session starts from zero. Every output ships without a typed standard attached to it. Procurement cannot audit it. Legal cannot defend it. The board cannot verify it.
grāmatr is the layer that closes that gap — not by improving the model, but by reasoning before it fires. Intent classified. Governance directives applied. Quality gates set. Audit record written. The model executes. grāmatr decided.
Companies founded
grāmatr
Founder & CEO 2007–presentPre-model reasoning infrastructure for enterprise AI. Originally founded as a digital agency in 2007; pivoted to AI intelligence pipeline in 2026. First enterprise deployment: NEXT90.
NEXT90
Co-Founder 2022–presentInsights and data engine for cross-media attribution. ClickHouse, DBT, Superset. grāmatr's first live enterprise customer.
Advocado
Co-Founder & CTO 2016–2022Cross-media attribution platform. Inc. 5000 #556 (1,056% three-year growth). Acquired the Kantar ad verification unit.
Traaqr
Founder 2017Identity bridge platform. Launched at TechCrunch Disrupt SF.
Recursive Labs
Co-Founder & CTO 2014–2016Co-browsing technology. Three issued patents. Real-time screen sharing without browser plugins.
Click With Me Now
Co-FounderReal-time online collaboration.
WellEx
Co-FounderHealthcare technology venture.
Patents
Named inventor on 6 issued patents spanning co-browsing, online advertising coordination, call routing, and online-to-offline conversion tracking. Each patent solved a version of the same architectural problem: connecting information across systems that do not talk to each other. A patent application covering grāmatr's pre-model classification architecture is on file with the USPTO.
- US9256691B2 — Systems and Methods for Enabling Internet Co-Browsing Experience
- US10067729B2 — Systems and Methods for Enabling Internet Co-Browsing (continuation)
- US10067730B2 — Systems and Methods for Enabling Replay of Internet Co-Browsing
- US11544748B2 — Online Advertising and Promotional Coordination System
- US11790394B2 — Automatic Call Routing Using Anonymous Online User Behavior
- US12045853B2 — Online to Offline Conversion Tracking and Optimization
Published work
Forbes Agency Council
- TV And Digital Advertising Need To Stop Fighting January 2019
- Direct-To-Consumer Brands Are Starting To Face Traditional Media Issues June 2019
- How Can Political Advertisers Run More Inclusive Digital Campaigns? July 2019
- If Data Is The New Oil, Why Are So Many Advertisers Squandering It? November 2020
Press & media
- Traaqr Connects Your Online Identity With Your Real One TechCrunch October 2017
- Avocados From Mexico Links Search To TV, Site Traffic Soars MediaPost February 2019
- How Google's New-Found Love of Privacy Impacts Adtech The Drum March 2021
- Advocado Buys Kantar Ad Verification Unit Next TV December 2021
- Ad-tech Firm Advocado Raises $10 Million St. Louis Post-Dispatch December 2021
Speaking & conferences
- TechCrunch Disrupt SF Product launch — Traaqr 2017
- LeadsCon Las Vegas Speaker — Small Data & Offline Conversions 2018
- NYC Television Week Speaker / Panelist 2019
- Media Ad Sales Summit Panelist — Reinventing Measurement 2022
- DMEXCO Cologne Exhibitor 2023
Recognition
- Inc. 5000 Rank #556 — 1,056% three-year revenue growth (Advocado) 2023
- Pipeline Entrepreneurs Inspiration Award 2019
- LendingTree Startup Innovation Spotlight Finalist LeadsCon Connect to Convert 2017
Built on the same infrastructure we sell.
Anneal runs on grāmatr in production — the first application — with the CPP (Covington Place Partners) financial-governance application in active development as the second. Every session, every route, every decision runs through the system before it ships: precisely the context each request needs, better results for fewer tokens. The dogfood story is the product story. Enterprise deployments are available now.