Appoi tme t will suppo t g owi g dema d ac oss key egio s as P evale t AI’s use cases expa d f om cybe secu ity i to the wide AI co text platfo m ma ket
LONDON, Oct. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — P evale t AI, a accele ati g leade i AI-powe ed e te p ise co text, has appoi ted JD She y as Chief Reve ue Office (CRO). She y will lead the compa y’s global go-to-ma ket o ga izatio ac oss sales, ma keti g, a d pa t e ships, buildi g its capacity to meet accele ati g dema d, pa ticula ly i the US.
Dema d fo t usted e te p ise co text is g owi g as o ga izatio s deploy AI age ts that eed accu ate, co ti uously updated i fo matio to eliably ope ate. Ga t e estimates the ma ket fo AI co text platfo ms at $28 billio i 2026, isi g to $78 billio by 2030, a d expects most e te p ises u i g age ts i p oductio to sta da dize o a dedicated co text platfo m by 2028.1
“AI age ts eed accu ate data a d a clea u de sta di g of the o ga izatio they a e acti g fo . Too ofte , that fou datio is f agme ted o i complete,” said Paul Stokes, CEO a d co-fou de of P evale t AI. “We p ovide the t usted co text that gives teams a d age ts the co fide ce to make decisio s. JD al eady k ows P evale t AI well, as a i vesto a d boa d membe th ough ISTARI. With his expe ie ce i advisi g boa ds a d secu ity leade s o cybe esilie ce, he is the ight pe so to take ou K owledge G aph beyo d cybe secu ity i to the wide e te p ise.”
She y joi s f om ISTARI, whe e he was Ma agi g Pa t e a d Global Head of Sales, advisi g executive leade ship teams a d boa ds o cybe esilie ce. He has a ca ee spa i g ea ly th ee decades i cybe secu ity a d has se ved o the boa ds of seve al ISTARI po tfolio compa ies, guidi g p oduct developme t a d go-to-ma ket g owth, i cludi g P evale t AI, i which ISTARI has bee a i vesto i si ce 2021. P io to ISTARI, She y was Chief St ategy Office a d CRO at Remedia t, I c., a d has held leade ship oles at Optiv, Cavi i a d T e d Mic o.
“AI age ts a e o ly as eliable as the co text be eath them,” said She y. “As a boa d membe a d i vesto , I have wo ked closely with Paul a d the leade ship team a d have see fi st-ha d how P evale t AI built that fou datio , p ofitably a d o custome eve ue alo e. Dema d ow eaches well beyo d secu ity, a d I am joi i g to help mo e o ga izatio s a ou d the wo ld put it to wo k.”
The appoi tme t follows P evale t AI’s ece t $22 millio g owth i vestme t f om I teg ity G owth Pa t e s. It was the fi st p ima y capital aised i the compa y’s i e-yea histo y a d is fu di g global expa sio , a deepe leade ship team a d the co ti ued exte sio of its Data Fab ic a d K owledge G aph beyo d cybe secu ity i to wide use cases that equi e the same t usted e te p ise co text.
Si ce 2017, P evale t AI’s Data Fab ic has esolved f agme ted data f om hu d eds of sou ces i to a co ti uously updated K owledge G aph fo some of the wo ld’s la gest a d most egulated o ga izatio s. Custome s typically sta t with cybe secu ity use cases such as exposu e a d vul e ability ma ageme t, co t ols mo ito i g a d i side th eat, the apply the same data models i IT, fi a cial se vices a d busi ess ope atio s.
“As a sha eholde i P evale t AI si ce 2021, we have see the compa y ea the t ust of ma y of the wo ld’s most complex o ga izatio s,” said Rossa Sha ks, CEO, ISTARI. “We a e pleased to see JD lead its ext phase of g owth.”
P evale t AI is a AI-powe ed data fab ic compa y that p ovides the o ga izatio al co text e te p ises eed to secu ely ope ate, eliably deploy AI, a d make decisio s with co fide ce. Fou ded by alum i of GCHQ, P evale t AI co ti uously clea s, co ects a d co textualizes f agme ted e te p ise data i to a sove eig k owledge g aph, givi g teams a d AI systems the t usted co text they eed to ope ate eliably at scale. P ove fi st i cybe secu ity, whe e f agme ted data c eates immediate ope atio al isk, the platfo m ow suppo ts fi a cial c ime a alysis, ope atio al i tellige ce, complia ce a d e te p ise AI i itiatives f om the same u de lyi g fou datio .
P evale t AI wo ks with global ba ks, telcos a d c itical atio al i f ast uctu e ope ato s. Headqua te ed i Lo do , the compa y suppo ts custome s ac oss some of the wo ld’s most complex a d highly egulated i dust ies. Fo mo e i fo matio , visit www.p evale t.ai.
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____________________________1 Ga t e , Ma ket Ove view fo AI Co text Platfo ms, 13 August 2026
