KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA | 1 September 2026 Proof of Knowledge (POK), a technology venture developed from Kuala Lumpur for global markets, today announced that it is preparing its enterprise information-verification platform for commercial validation.
The technology is designed to help organisations establish where important digital information came from, whether it changed, which version is current and how it was validated. The announcement addresses a growing business problem. Financial results, policies, safety procedures and regulatory announcements now move through websites, shared drives, messaging services and, increasingly, AI assistants.
A document can look genuine and still be outdated or altered. An AI answer can sound authoritative while relying on a weak or superseded source. The result can be financial loss, operational disruption, regulatory exposure or litigation. POK does not claim to prove that information is true.
It is designed to provide verifiable evidence around source, integrity, version, validation and lifecycle. Aspects of the technology are the subject of a pending U.S. patent application; no patent has been granted. When information looks right but may no longer be reliable Consider an employee receiving an "Information Security Policy" PDF.
It looks official, but is it current? Has it changed, been withdrawn or replaced? Can anyone check that it matches the version the organisation issued? The same questions apply to financial reports, safety procedures, contracts and the material used by AI systems.
Once information is copied or moved, it can become separated from the evidence needed to assess its origin and status. The consequences are visible in professional AI use. On 18 August 2025, the Thomson Reuters Institute said a Westlaw review of cases from 30 June to 1 August found 22 cases involving non-existent authorities in filings, with discipline motions or sanctions in many instances.
Its Future of Professionals Report 2025 found that 91% of surveyed professionals believed computers should meet a higher standard of accuracy than humans; 41% said AI output would need to be 100% accurate before use without human review. These findings do not cover every business information risk, but they show why authoritative-sounding output must still be checked against reliable sources.
"We are not trying to decide what is true" "We are not trying to build a system that decides what is true. That would be an extraordinary claim," said Jordan Richards, co-founder of Proof of Knowledge. "We are asking something more practical: can you show where this information came from, whether it has changed, which version was approved and whether it has since been replaced?"
POK was co-founded by Richards and Cory Cannon, CEO of knowledge-management consultancy Knoco. POK is designed to work alongside existing systems rather than require another information repository. A file can remain under the organisation's existing controls while POK maintains separate evidence about it.
In simple terms, the platform creates a unique digital fingerprint for an item. If the information changes, the fingerprint changes. POK can also record whether a version is current or superseded and its approval history. Technology specialists call this information provenance.
POK puts it more plainly: knowing where information came from and having evidence that it is still the information you think it is. From financial results to safety procedures An investor could compare a financial document with evidence registered by its issuer.
An employee could confirm that a policy is current. An engineering business could preserve evidence around a safety-critical procedure. The same approach could support enterprise AI by helping systems distinguish approved, current material from content that is expired, superseded or otherwise unsuitable for reliance.
POK is not intended to replace document management or enterprise AI; it provides evidence those systems can use. Built from Kuala Lumpur for an international market POK was developed from Kuala Lumpur and plans to establish its corporate base in Delaware for international commercialisation.
Product development continues from Kuala Lumpur, while the information risks it addresses cross industries and borders. "The internet made information universally accessible, and AI is making it universally consumable," Richards said. "The next question is whether we can make important information easier to verify before people and systems act on it."
As it moves towards commercial validation, POK is inviting a small number of organisations with material risks from outdated or unverified information to explore potential pilot use cases. It is also open to early conversations with strategic partners and investors whose experience could support responsible international commercialisation.
About Proof of Knowledge Proof of Knowledge (POK) is an international technology venture developing a platform for verifiable evidence around information source, integrity, version, validation and lifecycle. Developed from Kuala Lumpur for a global market, POK plans to establish its corporate base in Delaware for international commercialisation.
Aspects of the technology are the subject of a pending U.S. patent application; no patent has been granted. Media and other enquiries Proof of Knowledge Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia www.proofofknowledge.io info@proofofknowledge.io - ENDS - Source notes for editors Source: Thomson Reuters Institute, "GenAI hallucinations are still pervasive in legal filings, but better lawyering is the cure" (18 August 2025; Westlaw review covering 30 June-1 August 2025).
Source: Thomson Reuters, Future of Professionals Report 2025, p. 20; methodology on p. 30 records 2,275 responses collected in February and March 2025.
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