Public is an American brokerage app for stocks, options, crypto and AI-assisted investing agents.

Where is Public headquartered?

Public is headquartered in New York, U.S..

Public was founded by Jannick Malling, Leif Abraham, Matt Kennedy.

What type of company is Public?

Public is described as Private in its neobank.wiki profile.

Public

Public is an American brokerage platform based in New York. It offers stocks, options, bonds and crypto trading and markets itself as an "agentic brokerage" where users can automate strategies with AI agents.1

History

Public launched as a social investing app and evolved toward a full retail brokerage with multi-asset access and automation features.

Founders

Jannick Malling is co-founder and co-CEO of Public, the New York social brokerage. A Danish entrepreneur with a background in capital-markets fintech (including CFH Group / Finalto), Malling helped evolve Public from a social investing app into a multi-asset retail brokerage with stocks, options, bonds, crypto and AI-assisted "agentic" investing features.

Leif Abraham is co-founder and co-CEO, a consumer-brand and product leader who shaped Public's community-first investing experience. Matt Kennedy is a co-founder who helped build Public's early brokerage and customer operations. Together they positioned Public as an educational, social alternative to commission-free brokers such as Robinhood.

Reception

Public differentiates with social and educational investing features and has expanded into multi-asset brokerage and AI agents. It competes with Robinhood more than with deposit neobanks.

Products

Brokerage accounts via Public Investing (FINRA/SIPC), crypto via partners, yield/cash features and AI agents that execute user-defined rules. It is a brokerage, not a deposit neobank.

References

Brokerage services are offered through Public Investing, Inc., a registered broker-dealer.

Frequently asked questions

What is Public?: Public is an American brokerage app for stocks, options, crypto and AI-assisted investing agents.
When was Public founded?: Public was founded in 2019.
Where is Public headquartered?: Public is headquartered in New York, U.S..
Who founded Public?: Public was founded by Jannick Malling, Leif Abraham, Matt Kennedy.
What type of company is Public?: Public is described as Private in its neobank.wiki profile.