“You don’t understand anything until you learn it more than one way.”

– Marvin Minsky – The “Godfather of Artificial Intelligence”

Based on Marvin Minsky’s ‘Society of Mind’ theory, our Artificial Mind Engine is the brainchild of Cognitive Systems co-founder, Anet Potgieter, who started her Artificial Intelligence journey in 1987.

Our Journey

2014 - Artificial Mind Engine revealed

The architecture of our Artificial Mind Engine is designed for in-stream computing, which allowed us to deliver real-time analysis on constantly changing data in motion

2015 - Refined our Big Data Predictive Analysis tool

As a result, won an Augmented Reality Challenge in the Netherlands, and successfully built a compliance system for an established asset management company

2016 - Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) Validation

  • After two phases of validation, TIA’s support enabled us to further develop our technology, and grow the business
  • International validation via an independent institution

Trusted by established partners

  • Riskscape (Actuarial and geographical information solutions in the financial and utilities sectors)
  • Gallagher (security solutions)
  • Macado Technologies (video security solutions for crime prevention strategies)

2017 - Scaling with local and international partners

International partners have come on board and these partnerships are testament to our passion for building solutions and using the power of our Artificial Mind Engine to solve our partners’ problems

Our Team

Dr. Anet Potgieter

Co-founder and Chief Technical Director

Anet is an associate at the Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research, and has more than 20 years’ experience in agent-based systems, focusing on Distributed Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Computing, in streaming Big Data environments.

Dr. Jerome Mkhonza

Co-founder and Director

Jerome’s experience in the medical industry in the built environment makes him ideally suited to lead the business requirements for health and security applications into the Internet of Things and smart cities.

Robin Koopman

Managing Director

Robin is a diplomatic, resilient negotiator who is responsible for end-to-end client delivery, driving business development, and the application of the company’s technology.

Herman Potgieter

Co-founder and Chairman

Herman is a registered professional Engineer and Urban Planner, with experience in traffic and transportation engineering, as well as housing development, and construction.

Daniel Malatji

Co-founder and Director of Business Development

Daniel is responsible for managing commercial agreements and negotiations, overseeing the annual and day-to-day financial business processes, as well as the design and development of new products.

Max Robbertze

Systems Architect

Max is engaged in the architecture, development, and deployment of Big Data Artificial Intelligent systems, as they are applied to the Internet of Things.

Fred Magege

Senior Computer Scientist

Fred has over 25 years’ experience in quantitative finance and software engineering, across a broad range of industries. A key strength includes his expert skills in varied systems and software development in different technology stacks.

Dr. Robert Williamson

Data Analyst

Robert brings a key strength to the team as a natural systems scientist trained to analyse the connections and relationships among environmental data sources to detect significant drivers of processes.

Dr. Thys Potgieter

Data Scientist

Thys is a trained medical doctor with a keen eye for detail. He is intrigued by mathematical and computing approaches to medical research, and has a creative passion for applying cutting-edge technology solutions to the domains of clients.

Justice Mavasa

Senior Software Engineer

Justice works closely on the development of the company’s Artificial Mind Engine by organising software agents from complex environments, using high-frequency sensors and data streams.