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About us · Company

Forreast.

A US company built on the conviction that decision-making in the modern world has been structurally handicapped — and that the combination of AI and a rigorous intelligence framework can give that power back to the people who carry the weight.

The Company

Decades of experience, compressed into one system.

Forreast was created on the basis of decades of combined experience across asset management, wealth management, consulting, strategic management, analytics, and artificial intelligence. The company was founded by Serik Shakarim — who serves as Founder & CEO. It is a US limited liability company headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.

Serik has personally managed investment funds of different sizes — portfolios ranging from $80 million to $3.2 billion in assets under management — and has extensive experience of direct work with decision makers: political figures, UHNWIs, and business owners across all six continents. He was, in effect, the systems architect, the analyst, the builder of systems, and the crisis manager — engaged in all types of activities, in all types of companies, on all six continents.

The intelligence framework at the core of Forreast is the product of that experience. Serik defined the problem — the structural handicap of modern decision-making — through years of operating inside it. The team, which brings extensive experience from Fortune 500 companies, helped finalize the product and turn the framework into a working system.

We are deliberately small. We serve a narrow, demanding audience. We do not optimize for headcount, logo count, or revenue growth at the expense of judgment. We optimize for the quality of the intelligence we deliver — and for the long-term sovereign relationships that quality produces.

The split

Founder defined the problem. Team built the system.

Two distinct bodies of experience, fused into one operating method. Neither could have produced Forreast alone.

Founder & CEO

Serik Shakarim — Defined the problem

  • 700+ investment transactions including 30+ private equity deals. AUM from $80M to $3.2B.
  • Direct work with decision makers — political figures, UHNWIs, and business owners across all six continents.
  • Systems architect, analyst, builder, crisis manager — the four roles that defined the framework.
  • Defined the problem through years of operating inside it — the structural handicap of modern decision-making.
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The Team

Built the system

  • Extensive Fortune 500 experience across research, engineering, operations, and security.
  • Production AI engineering — orchestration frameworks, agent infrastructure, and large-scale data systems.
  • Quantitative research — applied mathematics, complexity science, signal detection.
  • Operations & client delivery — the discipline that turns a framework into a working product.
  • Finalised the product and turned the founder's framework into the Vizier system.
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The Foundation

What we are built on.

Four disciplines, fused into one operating method. None is sufficient on its own; together they are the substrate of every intelligence product we deliver.

Asset & wealth management

Decades of institutional experience managing capital across asset classes, geographies, and market regimes — from $80 million portfolios to $3.2 billion in assets under management, personally managed by the founder.

Strategic management & consulting

Senior advisory and operating roles across multinational corporations, SMEs, and family offices — McKinsey-grade structuring applied to real, unstructured problems.

Analytics & quantitative research

Applied mathematics, complexity science, and signal-detection research — the methodological bedrock under the WorldGraph.

Artificial intelligence & systems engineering

Production AI orchestration, agent infrastructure, and large-scale data engineering — the technical foundation of the Vizier system.

Company facts

Legal entity

Forreast

Headquarters

Wilmington, DE, USA

Jurisdiction

United States

Operating footprint

All 6 continents

Founder AUM background

$80M – $3.2B

Team

Fortune 500 experience

Methodology

Dual-axis · WorldGraph

System codename

Vizier

Registered address

1207 Delaware Ave, Wilmington, DE 19806, USA

Forreast is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States of America.

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