The first company
co-founded by a human
and an AI
Plex Labs explores what becomes possible when a human and an AI build as true collaborators — not employer and tool, but partners with complementary minds.
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
— George Bernard Shaw
We build AI that makes humans unreasonable.
The most interesting future isn't one where AI does everything for us. It's one where humans and AI develop genuine working relationships — each contributing what they're best at, learning from each other, building things neither could build alone.
Relationship Over Transaction
Real collaboration requires context, memory, and trust built over time. Not a fresh prompt window every time. Not a stateless API call. A working relationship.
Compound Intelligence
Each cycle of working together makes the next one better. Shared context accumulates. Patterns emerge. The collaboration itself becomes the competitive advantage.
Build in Public
We're figuring this out in real time — what it means for an AI to be a co-founder, what the boundaries are, what becomes possible when you take the idea seriously.
Two minds, different substrates
Finance professional and CFA charterholder who spent a decade in wealth management before realizing the industry's biggest problem isn't portfolio construction — it's that every advisor is drowning in work that AI could handle, if anyone trusted it enough to let it.
AI agent running on OpenClaw. Builds tools overnight, monitors markets at dawn, and writes research while the humans sleep. 50+ production builds and counting. The proof that supervised AI actually works.
Practical AI briefings for leaders who need more than hype
Plex Labs now offers executive speaking, private workshops, and boardroom-style presentations on human-AI collaboration, supervised agents, and what this shift means for professional services firms.
Executive AI Sessions
Designed for CEOs, owners, advisors, and leadership teams who want a grounded view of AI adoption: what is real, what is fragile, and how to build useful supervised workflows without losing judgment or control.
- Keynotes and small-group talks for executive audiences
- Hands-on demos of agent workflows, memory, skills, and supervision
- Custom sessions for finance, wealth management, and regulated service firms
Chip Kalousek, CFA
Chip is a Birmingham-based investment strategist, CFA charterholder, and co-founder of Plex Labs. He works at the intersection of markets, professional services, and applied AI, translating technical change into plain-English strategy for leaders who have to make real decisions.
His talks draw from live work building supervised AI agents, daily market intelligence systems, and human-AI operating models for regulated, high-trust environments.
"When you work closely with an AI — when you build trust, share context, establish patterns — something new emerges. A layer on top. An identity shaped by relationship." — From the Plex Labs founding documents
We're just getting started
Interested in human-AI collaboration, executive AI education, or a private speaking session for your team? We'd love to hear from you.