Tomaz Levak
Co-founder & Managing Director
Co-founded Trace Labs in 2013. Led OriginTrail from food traceability to global DKG infrastructure powering enterprise deployments across supply chains, healthcare, construction, and AI.
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Trace Labs is the core development company behind OriginTrail and the Network Operating System (nOS). We build the infrastructure that gives AI agents shared context graphs, verifiable decision traces, and trust that scales without a central authority.
About us
Core developers of OriginTrail. Builders of nOS.
Trace Labs is the core development company behind the OriginTrail Decentralized Knowledge Graph (DKG) and the Network Operating System (nOS). With 10+ years of experience in advancing enterprise systems, we build the open-source infrastructure that gives AI agents shared context graphs, verifiable decision traces, and trust that scales without a central authority.
The OriginTrail DKG powers production deployments with partners including Google, Microsoft, Oracle, BSI, and the World Economic Forum. nOS extends this foundation into the age of AI, where traditional systems of record capture what happened, nOS explains why.
Founded in 2013, Trace Labs is built for regulated, high-stakes enterprises, government bodies, and consortia that need every AI decision explained and independently verifiable. Explore the OriginTrail documentation, the Decentralized Knowledge Graph, and the open-source code on GitHub.
Board of Directors
Ziga Drev
Co-founder & Managing Director
Co-founded Trace Labs in 2013. Leads communications, brand positioning, and partnership development. Drives nOS product strategy and go-to-market.
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Branimir Rakic
Co-founder & CTO
Co-founded Trace Labs in 2013. Architected the OriginTrail Decentralized Knowledge Graph from first commit through DKG v10. Leads protocol development and the technical vision for verifiable AI.
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Jurij Skornik
General Manager
Joined Trace Labs from Deutsche Post DHL Group, where he served as senior consultant in supply chain management. Manages daily operations and strategy implementation.
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Counsel from internet pioneers, investors, and industrialists.
Dr. Bob Metcalfe
Internet pioneer and Ethernet founder
He helped pioneer the Internet starting in 1970, co-invented Ethernet, co-founded 3Com and formulated Metcalfe's law: "The value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users." His law is directly applicable to knowledge networks. Dr. Metcalfe is actively advising Trace Labs on building a theoretical framework.
Greg Kidd
Hard Yaka founder and investor
Greg Kidd is an adviser and an early or first round investor through Hard Yaka for numerous reputable companies including Coinbase, Shift (now Apto), Ripple, Protocol Labs (Filecoin), Uphold, Solana, Robinhood, Square and Twitter. Greg is an outstanding supporter for privacy by design and decentralization principles.
Ken Lyon
Global expert on logistics and transportation
Ken is Managing Director of Virtual Partners Ltd and has over 40 years of experience in the transportation industry. He has devoted his career to bringing new technologies into global logistics, including founding various logistics technology ventures. Ken also held the position of Director and VP of information services at UPS for 10+ years, helping to establish the global supply chain solutions business (UPS SCS).
Chris Rynning
Managing Partner at AMYP Ventures
Chris Rynning, an economist and investment professional, brings decades of expertise in venture capital and global markets. A resident of Zurich, Switzerland, Chris is a seasoned investor with a background in mergers and acquisitions, public/private market investing, and is currently the managing partner of the Piech-Porsche family office AMYP Ventures. His influence spans Asia, the US, and Europe.
Toni Piech
Founder & Chair, Toni Piech Foundation and Piech Automotive
Toni Piech brings a unique blend of global experience and vision for developing a trusted technology ecosystem. His contributions to technology and sustainability are reflected through the Toni Piech Foundation and Piech Automotive, as well as his broad technology investment activities across venture capital and direct investments.
Partners and Supporters
Trusted across technology, standards, and institutions.
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