We believe in the
Primary Source.
In a world of noise, the only signal that matters comes from the source. Everything else is just opinion.
The Problem with “Analysis”
Radiant Intel was founded on a frustration: decision-makers essentially possess no direct line to the truth. They rely on “analysis of analysis”—news reports about think tank papers about government filings.
We realized that premium intelligence isn't about reading more news. It's about going upstream. It's about reading the procurement logs, the local court filings, and the central bank minutes in their original language.
But nobody can read all that. So we built a machine that could.
From Raw Source to Refined Signal
Leadership
Michael Frank
Co-Founder & CEO
Michael Frank is the co-founder and CEO of Radiant Intel, an agentic AI platform for geopolitical risk, macro analysis and policy intelligence. He is a leading analyst on US-China relations and the intersection of AI and geopolitics. Michael was previously a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he focused on AI and emerging technology policy. Prior to that, he led the Economist Intelligence Unit's Asia technology and geopolitics policy research. Michael holds a master's degree in public policy from the University of Chicago and a bachelor's degree in international relations and economics from Colgate University.
Dimi Kellari
Strategic Advisor
Dimi Kellari serves as a strategic advisor to Radiant Intel, bringing a wealth of experience in early-stage venture building and bringing technology products to market. Dimi has spent the last decade building and commercializing advanced hardware and software technologies in biotech, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, robotics, and the broader climate space. He is currently a co-founder and CEO at Neion Bio, a biotechnology company pioneering novel technologies for biologics production. Prior to Neion, he spent four years running product and engineering at Cavnue, a technology company building infrastructure for autonomous vehicles. He was previously an Investor at Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, a Product and Strategy Manager at Alphabet's Moonshot Factory (X), and a Senior Analyst at McKinsey & Company. He started his career as an Aerospace Engineer in the future projects division at Airbus, before serving as a Materials and Mechanical Engineer at CERN. Dimi holds master's degrees from MIT and Imperial College London.
2430 Group
Co-Founders
2430 Group is a highly skilled and unique team of former intelligence professionals, military veterans, Silicon Valley specialists, academics, and CIA Chiefs of Station with service across five continents. Their team have dedicated their professional lives to pushing back against the toughest opponents, with firsthand experience working against the hardest targets in the harshest environments. Using sophisticated intelligence techniques they scour open and commercial sources and proprietary data obtained from adversaries' own systems to uncover threats to innovation and to develop mitigation strategies. They partner with clients from private industry, government, and academia to help them defend against foreign espionage without adversely impacting the necessary foreign collaboration and partnerships that underpin their successes.
Advisors
Robin Bew
Advisor
Robin Bew is a distinguished economist and former president of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research and advisory arm of The Economist Group. He joined the EIU in 1995 as a global economic forecaster, became Chief Economist in 1997, and was promoted to Editorial Director in 2006, overseeing analysis across all business-to-business divisions. In 2013, he transitioned into commercial leadership as Managing Director, shaping global strategy, spearheading acquisitions, and expanding emerging-market operations. Before his EIU tenure, Robin served as a macroeconomist at the UK Treasury. During his 27-year career at the EIU, Robin drove editorial excellence and commercial growth — leading global forecast, credit-risk, and custom-research teams — while building teams across Asia, the Americas, and the Middle East.
Ryan VanGorder
Advisor
Ryan VanGorder is the Chief Executive Officer of Opto Investments, a Silicon Valley-backed fintech firm that empowers RIAs and fiduciaries to build, fundraise, and manage bespoke private-markets programs through an institutional-grade platform. He began his career in 2001 at Quellos, a Seattle-based hedge fund-of-funds, where he honed his expertise in alternative investment strategies before the firm was acquired by BlackRock in 2007. At BlackRock, VanGorder rose to Managing Director, leading finance for the Asia-Pacific region and gaining firsthand experience as the firm's alt assets grew from approximately $20 billion to several hundred billion.
Bobby LeGaye
Technical Advisor
Bobby LeGaye is a Principal Software Engineer at Nike, where he has spent over 15 years building advanced technology in the company's Innovation NXT and Space Kitchen R&D labs. He holds a degree in computer science from Colgate University.
John Marrett
Macroeconomic Advisor
John Marrett is an expert in macro-financial risk, with a focus on Asian economies and politics. He was previously Director of Financial Risk at the Economist Intelligence Unit and prior to that held analytical roles at the EIU covering East and South-east Asia for nearly a decade. John has also worked on European Commission business facilitation projects in mainland China and on civil society initiatives for The Asia Foundation in Mongolia. He is currently based in Hong Kong.