08:05 AM EST, 12/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Intellistake Technologies ( ISTKF ) on Wednesday announced the appointment of Ben Goertzel to its advisory board as special advisor to the chief executive officer.

The company said that Goertzel will provide guidance on its initiatives in artificial intelligence (AI) and decentralized compute infrastructure, with a focus on the strategic integration of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) concepts into the company's "evolving digital asset ecosystem."

A statement noted that Goertzel is an AI researcher, mathematician, and entrepreneur and regarded as the "father of AGI", the founder and chief executive officer of SingularityNET, a decentralized platform for AI services, and the CEO of the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (ASI Alliance).

The company said that Goertzel launched the term and concept of "Artificial General Intelligence" in his 2005 book of that name, and has since contributed considerably to the advancement of AGI, the pursuit of machines capable of understanding or learning any intellectual task that a human being can perform.

"This appointment reflects Intellistake's ( ISTKF ) commitment to building credible, long-term infrastructure as digital assets and AI converge," said Intellistake Technologies' ( ISTKF ) Chief Executive Officer, Jason Dussault. "Dr. Goertzel is a recognized leader in artificial intelligence research, and his guidance will support our priorities as we scale decentralized infrastructure responsibly."