The Story

The Story

Back in 2017, I was completely hooked on the idea of joining a ConsenSys startup and diving into identity and compliance.

Back in 2017, I was completely hooked on the idea of joining a ConsenSys startup and diving into identity and compliance.

What began as engineering the early peer-to-peer protocols that routed trust between individual nodes matured into building the automated verification layers required by global enterprise networks.

What began as engineering the early peer-to-peer protocols that routed trust between individual nodes matured into building the automated verification layers required by global enterprise networks.

Over the past decade, software has systematically rewritten the rules of the physical world. I started by digitizing supply chains and pharma provenance. Last year, the frontier shifted to building identity and compliance infrastructures for humans and AI agents.

Over the past decade, software has systematically rewritten the rules of the physical world. I started by digitizing supply chains and pharma provenance. Last year, the frontier shifted to building identity and compliance infrastructures for humans and AI agents.

Today, physical AI systems fatally lack it.

Today, physical AI systems fatally lack it.

Mission

Deliver industrial-scale cyber infrastructurefor physical AI system manufacturers and deployersensuring capabilities to isolate operational liabilities.

The Team

Expert Operators,Proven Builders

Our founders have spent years working side‑by‑sidein TradFi and DeFi, building identity and compliancesystems for machines, humans, and AI agents.

Together, we have led enterprise governance solutions,built platforms capable of handling global institutionalloads, and delivered compliance solutions for regulatedinstitutions and transnational enterprises.

Now, we are leveraging decades of domain expertiseto eradicate systemic operational liabilities by equippingphysical AI system builders with identity and compliance infra.

  • Alex Yenkalov, Co-founder, CEO & CPTO at Ordinance

    AlexCo-Founder, CEO & CPTO

    He drives Ordinance's mission, product, and techto eradicate systemic operational liabilitiesby embedding sanctioned autonomy withinthe machine's DNA across the factory floor.

    Previously, as CTO at Spherity, he led engineering,and built governance solutions in pharmaceuticalcompliance, logistics, and supply chains.Then co-founded Portabl (acq. by Prove, 2025),and Tenebrae. [Read full Bio]

  • Eugene Volchenko, Co-founder, VP Engineering, Platform & Security at Ordinance

    EugeneCo-Founder, VP Engineering,
    Platform & Security

    He leads Ordinance's engineering organization to shipa Physical AI governance platform for manufacturers,enterprises, and governments.

    Over sixteen years in engineering, he built platformsand operated global teams among companies likeAva Labs and ConsenSys. [Read full Bio]

  • Max McGarrigle, Co-founder, VP Growth, Physical AI Safety & Compliance at Ordinance

    MaxCo-Founder, VP Growth,
    Physical AI Safety & Compliance

    He leads Ordinance’s business development andPhysical AI Safety & Compliance with manufacturers,enterprises, and governments.

    Previously, he founded Tenebrae and studied Mathematicsat the University of Cambridge. [Read full Bio]

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