# Jonathan Garini

> Jonathan Garini is the founder and CEO listed on Alepo’s current leadership page and the founder and CEO of FifthElement.ai. His public career spans remote-access software at Extent, telecom product leadership at Alepo, blockchain applications at Xooa, early-stage investing through Garini Ventures, and enterprise AI.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Alepo Technologies Inc.; Founder & CEO at FifthElement.ai
- **Organizations:** Alepo Technologies Inc., FifthElement.ai, Xooa, Garini Ventures, Extent
- **Known for:** Co-founded and led remote-access software company Extent., Held product leadership at Alepo during fixed-mobile integration and policy-management deployments., Led Xooa during its work on the Associated Press photography NFT marketplace.

## Career timeline

- **1997** — Extent was established in September; a 1998 report identifies Garini as co-founder and CEO.
- **2009** — Alepo identified him as vice president of products in its Telkom Kenya deployment announcement.
- **2010** — Spoke for Alepo’s Policy Manager launch as vice president of products.
- **2018** — FAA private-pilot credential issued in November, as listed on his public LinkedIn profile.
- **2021** — Cooley listed him as Xooa founder and CEO for an NFT and intellectual-property webinar.
- **2022** — Discussed Xooa’s AP marketplace payment integration in a Checkout.com interview.
- **2023** — Acknowledged colleague Zach Danker-Feldman’s announcement of the Xooa-Alepo merger.
- **2024** — Quoted as FifthElement.ai founder in Alepo’s September 3 Aly launch announcement.
- **2026** — Current Alepo and FifthElement.ai leadership pages list him as founder and CEO.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and led remote-access software company Extent.
- Held product leadership at Alepo during fixed-mobile integration and policy-management deployments.
- Led Xooa during its work on the Associated Press photography NFT marketplace.
- Founded and leads enterprise AI business FifthElement.ai.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Quoted in FifthElement.ai’s AI sales-assistant article about the operational cost of confident incorrect answers.
- **2025-11** — Discussed intelligent and adaptive storage architecture with The Forecast by Nutanix.

## Links

- Website: https://fifthelement.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garini

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Last updated: 2026-10-26