NEW YORK, August 6, 2026 – Proskauer advised Verix Equity Partners ("Verix") on its strategic investment in Syntasa, a sovereign agentic AI and data platform deployed at scale across commercial and government enterprises. The transaction represents Verix's inaugural platform investment, with Syntasa’s founder retaining significant ownership alongside Verix.

Verix is a lower middle market private equity firm focused on partnering with founder-owned businesses across the national security and technology ecosystems. Verix and Syntasa will invest heavily behind Syntasa’s growth and technology, including accelerated research and development in sovereign AI, agentic workflows, and secure deployment across the company's open, model-agnostic architecture.

The Proskauer team was led by partner Chris Robinson (Private Funds) and partners Sarah Stasny and Kris Herrmann (Private Equity Transactions). It also included associates Oleh Reive, Allyson Swartzberg, and Craig O'Malley (Private Equity Transactions/M&A); partner Wai Choy, senior counsel Judith Rubin and associates Anna Chan, Jiyoon Kim, and Caroline Rimmer (Technology, Media & Telecommunications); partners Malcolm Hochenberg and Daniella Abel and associates Ziyu (Jessie) Lin and Emma McDonnell (Tax); partner Nicholas LaSpina (Compensation & Benefits); special counsel Nicola Bartholomew and Kelly McMullon (International Labor & Employment); partners Mary Wilks, Eric Johnson and John Ingrassia and associate Calum Paton (Antitrust & Foreign Investment); and partner Nathan Lander (Insurance).

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