# Public

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

Source: https://www.neobank.wiki/wiki/public
Last updated: 2026-08-11
Categories: Financial technology, United States fintech, Brokerages

**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.[^pub1]

## 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](/wiki/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](/wiki/robinhood).

## Reception

Public differentiates with social and educational investing features and has expanded into multi-asset brokerage and AI agents. It competes with [Robinhood](/wiki/robinhood) more than with deposit [neobanks](/wiki/neobank).

## 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.

## Infobox

- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Jannick Malling, Leif Abraham, Matt Kennedy
- **Type**: Private
- **Headquarters**: New York, U.S.
- **Focus**: Brokerage / investing

## 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.


## References

[^pub1]: Brokerage services are offered through Public Investing, Inc., a registered broker-dealer.