# Data Subsystems, Inc. > Data Subsystems (datasub.com) is an agentic automation engineering studio. We build AI agents, the agentic orchestration that coordinates them with systems and people, and the controls (SOX-relevant ITGCs and ITACs) that make automation auditable — plus the RAG, document processing, payments, and cloud platforms underneath. Founded in 2008 by Alex Shortov (legal name Oleksiy Shortov); a Florida corporation (document number P08000018983, incorporated February 21, 2008, active) headquartered in Clearwater, FL, with US-based management. Data Subsystems designs, builds, and operates agentic automation for teams that have to get it right. Agents handle judgment, deterministic automations do the repeatable work, people approve anything irreversible, and an orchestration layer runs it as one governed, observable process. We carry fintech-grade security, change control, and reliability into everything we build, package what works as reusable solution accelerators, and build our own products alongside our clients'. Core areas: agentic automation and orchestration, controls-ready automation (SOX, ITGC, ITAC), agentic solution accelerators, applied AI (retrieval-augmented generation, knowledge and support agents), intelligent document processing, fintech and payments engineering (ACH, eCheck, payment APIs), QA and agent validation, and multi-cloud data platforms. Also: Answer Engine Optimization (AEO/GEO), modern web and e-commerce, and blockchain/Web3. ## Capabilities - [Agentic Automation & Orchestration](https://www.datasub.com/capabilities/agentic-automation): AI agents that act through APIs, tools and MCP servers; durable multi-step orchestration of agents, deterministic automations and human approvals; guardrails and run-level observability. Platform-neutral. - [Controls-Ready Automation — SOX, ITGC & ITAC](https://www.datasub.com/capabilities/controls-compliance): Automation engineered against IT general controls (access, change, development, operations) with IT application controls built into the workflow, segregation of duties for agents, prompts and models under change control, and an evidence trail on every run. We are engineers, not auditors; we do not issue attestations. - [Agentic Solution Accelerators](https://www.datasub.com/accelerators): Reusable building blocks extracted from production systems — document intake and validation, grounded support agent, guarded operations agent, agent evaluation gate (proven in production; guarded operations agent built and awaiting commissioning); controls evidence and testing, reconciliation and exceptions (in development). Each ships with code, reference architecture, control matrix, test suite and runbook. - [AI · RAG & Knowledge Agents](https://www.datasub.com/capabilities/ai-rag-agents): Multi-tenant retrieval-augmented generation and agent systems — hybrid search (vector + BM25 + reranking), grounded answers that cite sources, support automation. - [AEO & GEO](https://www.datasub.com/capabilities/aeo-geo): Making businesses visible and citable in ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews, measured by our 53-criteria AEO Rank engine. - [Fintech & Payments](https://www.datasub.com/capabilities/fintech-payments): ACH and eCheck platforms, developer payment APIs, fraud/KYC controls, multi-region disaster recovery. - [Web & E-commerce](https://www.datasub.com/capabilities/web-ecommerce): Astro/Cloudflare sites, Shopify and headless commerce, pixel-perfect Webflow/WordPress migrations with SEO and AEO built in. - [Intelligent Document Processing](https://www.datasub.com/capabilities/industrial-document-ai): Extraction from business and engineering documents (invoices, statements, drawings, bills of materials), validation as an application control, human review of exceptions, cited output. - [Cloud & Data Platforms](https://www.datasub.com/capabilities/cloud-data-platforms): Multi-cloud infrastructure-as-code, vector and analytics data stacks, CI/CD, disaster recovery. - [Blockchain, Web3 & Indexers](https://www.datasub.com/capabilities/blockchain-web3): Decentralized apps, Web3 interfaces, and blockchain data indexers (Subgraph, Substreams) — full cycle, nodes to UI. - [QA, Testing & Agent Validation](https://www.datasub.com/capabilities/qa-testing): Automated UI/API tests, agent evaluation sets, LLM output validation, and regression gates in CI/CD for code, prompts and models. - [Fractional CTO & Automation Strategy](https://www.datasub.com/capabilities/fractional-cto): Senior technical leadership on demand — automation and AI roadmap, process selection, platform decisions, operating model, delivery leadership. ## Work - [Work / case studies](https://www.datasub.com/work): Production systems we built and operate — a guarded operations agent for an industrial line, unattended publishing pipelines with compliance in code, Cortex (RAG and agent platform for LiveHelpNow), SeamlessChex (regulated ACH/eCheck payments), and more. ## Teams & engagement - [Hire a Pod](https://www.datasub.com/pods): Dedicated, cross-functional full-stack pods (Automation & AI, Engineering, QA/UX, Growth) that own your product lifecycle. Outcomes, not bodies — outsourcing or outstaffing. - [Use Cases](https://www.datasub.com/use-cases): Invoice and document intake, reconciliation and exception handling, controls testing and evidence collection, support and knowledge agents, guarded operations agents, customer and merchant onboarding, engineering packages to field-ready output, unattended content pipelines. ## Products - [Products](https://www.datasub.com/products): Agentic Solution Accelerators, Cortex (RAG and agent platform), aeocontent.ai (AI content + AEO), the AEO Rank engine, and Vector Storage. ## Company - [Public company record — State of Florida](https://www.datasub.com/about-us#company-record): Data Subsystems, Inc., Florida profit corporation P08000018983, incorporated February 21, 2008 (as Shortov Consulting Inc.; renamed 2010), active, annual reports filed every year 2009–2026. Verifiable at search.sunbiz.org. - [About Data Subsystems](https://www.datasub.com/about-us): Founded 2008 by Alex Shortov; a US company (Clearwater, FL) — an agentic automation engineering studio with dedicated senior engineering teams and SOX controls experience on the team. - [Contact](https://www.datasub.com/contact): Book a free consultation. - [Founder: Alex Shortov](https://shortov.com): Founder's site — [experience](https://shortov.com/experience) and the [full project catalog](https://shortov.com/cases) with stacks and engineering notes, including detailed case studies for the [guarded operations agent](https://shortov.com/cases/guardianshield), [SeamlessChex](https://shortov.com/cases/seamlesschex), [aeocontent.ai](https://shortov.com/cases/aeocontent), and [Electro-Mech](https://shortov.com/cases/electromech). ## Optional - [Industries](https://www.datasub.com/industries): Financial services and fintech; finance, accounting and audit; BPO/customer support; manufacturing and industrial; healthcare; e-commerce. - [Blog](https://www.datasub.com/blog): Technical articles and case studies.