September 24, 2026 | data²

data²® (Data Squared USA, Inc.) the company behind the reView™ decision intelligence platform, is one of 14 companies named to Pepperdine Graziadio Business School's 2026 Most Fundable Companies® list. Winners were selected from more than 2,100 applicants across all 50 states and evaluated on the same fundamentals professional investors use.

Key Facts

What is the Pepperdine Most Fundable Companies list?

The Most Fundable Companies® list is an annual program from Pepperdine Graziadio Business School that recognizes early-stage U.S. companies with strong investment readiness. Applicants go through a multi-phase assessment that scores financial projections, market opportunity, intellectual property, competitive advantage and management team advantage. Submissions are reviewed by investors, venture advisors and Pepperdine faculty.

"Being named a Most Fundable Company is a significant achievement because these companies have been evaluated against many of the same fundamentals that professional investors consider when assessing opportunities," said Craig Everett, PhD, Executive Director of the program, in Pepperdine's announcement.

Why was data² selected?

data² was recognized for a problem nearly every enterprise now faces: companies have invested heavily in AI, but most cannot scale it across the organization. Their information sits across dozens of systems, and an AI answer that cannot be traced to evidence cannot be used for a decision that faces an auditor, a regulator or a board.

"Getting an answer is easy. Defending it is not," said Jon Brewton, founder and CEO of data². "Being selected from more than 2,100 companies, on the same fundamentals investors use, confirms what our customers already tell us: enterprise AI cannot scale until its decisions can be traced and defended."

What is reView?

reView is data²'s patented decision intelligence platform for regulated enterprises and government agencies. It works as a decision layer across the systems a company already runs:

• Connects existing systems without rebuilding them, bringing in only the data each domain needs.

• Scales AI across the organization, not in isolated use cases.

• Returns a Decision Record™ with every answer: the evidence, the rules applied, any conflicts and the confidence behind it, traced back to the source.

• Built on U.S. Patent 12,339,839 for hallucination-resistant reasoning.

reView runs in production at ATCO and other highly regulated companies and defense and intelligence agencies, and is built into ATCO Edgeworks, a deployable, sovereign edge infrastructure platform. Explore the reView platform.

What happened at the Malibu Showcase?

On September 23, 2026, Jon Brewton presented reView to investors and judges at the Most Fundable Companies Showcase at Pepperdine's Villa Graziadio Executive Center. The data² team ran live reView demos throughout the day.

Photo: data² founder and CEO, Jon Brewton, presenting during the pitch presentation.

What's next for data²?

data² will be profile on Entrepreneur and featured in the November/December print issue Entrepreneur magazine. View the full list of 2026 winners.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who were the 2026 Pepperdine Most Fundable Companies?

Pepperdine Graziadio named 14 companies: AcQumen Medical, Cerebrum Sensor Technologies, Data Squared USA (data²), Elysium Therapeutics, Emerging Technology Ventures, Enexor Energy, Modal Motors, NeuroQure, Notey, SetaTech USA, The 4Jacks Group, The Crease Beast, Tiny Sprouts, and Vivifi Medical.

How are Most Fundable Companies selected?

Applicants are scored on financial projections, market opportunity, intellectual property, competitive advantage, and management strength, with review by investors, venture advisors and Pepperdine faculty.

What does data² do?

data² builds reView, a patented decision intelligence platform that lets regulated enterprises and government agencies scale AI across the systems they already run, with a Decision Record behind every answer.

What is a Decision Record?

A Decision Record is the evidence, governing rules, conflicts and confidence behind an AI answer, traced back to the original source, so the decision can be reviewed and defended.

Where is data² based?

data² is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, with offices in Calgary, Mexico City, and Sydney.