Overview
Led by former institutional proxy voters and technologists with a collective 20+ years of experience, Pennant gives institutional investors, public companies, and corporate advisors voting and governance intelligence to act on their own principles at scale.
Founders & team
Ryan Nowicki Stewart
Founder/CEOCo-Founder at Pennant. 10+ years asset management, proxy voting & shareholder activism industry experience across PJT, State Street and BlackRock. Palantir Startup Fellowship Cohort 002. Cornell U. Economic Club of NY. Hoover Institution.
Tomas Taylor
Founder/CTOCo-Founder at Pennant. Previously PM at BlackRock. Founded Mindware, an agent tooling infrastructure startup, before MCP. Also co-founded ClawCon, the fastest-growing community for Personal AI.
Founded 2026 · Source ↗
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Y Combinator
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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedNew York City, NY, USA
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