VANCOUVER, British Columbia — February 10, 2026 — Leads & Copy —
VERSES AI Inc. (CBOE:VERS) (OTCQB:VRSSF) has announced the resignation of its founders, Gabriel René and Dan Mapes, from their positions as Chief Executive Officer and Global Brand Ambassador, respectively. Both have also resigned from the Company’s board of directors. David T. Scott has been appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer. Additionally, Kevin Wilson, the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, has exited the Company.
According to Michael Blum, Chair of the Board, David brings a combination of public-company leadership, operational discipline, and entrepreneurial execution to the role. Blum stated that over a 30-year career, Scott has led large, complex organizations through periods of transformation, growth, and financial rigor at Amazon Web Services, Twitter, AT&T, and multiple public and private technology companies. He has also managed multi-billion-dollar budgets, scaled global teams, reduced costs while accelerating go-to-market execution, and successfully translated deep technology and research into commercial outcomes. Blum added that Scott is recognized for building transparent, performance-driven organizations focused on accountability, capital efficiency, and sustainable shareholder value.
Interim CEO David T. Scott stated he is honored to step into the role and confident in the strength of the technology VERSES has built. He added that Gabriel and Dan created an exceptional company and laid a powerful foundation through their vision and commitment, and he is grateful for the team that continues to build on that work. Scott said that the focus now is on converting R&D into commercial products, executing a disciplined go-to-market strategy, and driving near-term revenue, beginning with opportunities in the financial services sector.
The Company is continuing to advance its cost-reduction and operational-efficiency initiatives. Near-term efforts are focused on pursuing revenue opportunities in the financial sector, as well as leveraging the Company’s financial services products and applied research to accelerate commercialization.
Further details will be provided in a webinar on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, and a registration link will be published on company channels.
VERSES is a cognitive computing company building next-generation agentic software systems modeled after the wisdom and genius of Nature. Designed around first principles found in science, physics and biology, our flagship product, Genius™, is an agentic enterprise intelligence platform designed to generate reliable domain-specific predictions and decisions under uncertainty.
Source: VERSES AI Inc.
