POVA was built to take diligence and audit analytics past dashboards, sampling, and rule checks. One platform, multiple lenses: Operational & Financial, Process & Efficiency, Cyber, Data Access, and Document & Data Conformance, plus specialized recipes on the same engine. Each turns exported data into ranked findings a reviewer can tie to source, rather than a black-box list of anomalies no one can act on.
Roy Daya is an AI and DeepTech entrepreneur who has spent over two decades helping organizations get reliable answers out of their data. His career spans fraud investigations, industrial safety systems, audit analytics, and AI strategy consulting across dozens of countries. He holds a Kellogg MBA and continues to pursue PhD-level research in AI agents and expert systems, computer vision for industrial safety, and applied linguistics, across both academic institutions and private organizations.
He founded his first technology company, Digital-Clay, in 2003. In 2012, he launched AppliedML, an AI consulting and product company specializing in computer vision for industrial safety and operational analytics. In 2022, he founded POVA AI to apply the same evidence-first method to due diligence and business auditing. He served as Chairman of a Mensa regional chapter and is a member of the Prometheus Society.
LinkedIn →Deep data review of exported operational data, identifying where controls, behavior, and outcomes diverge.
AI consulting and product company turning existing security cameras into real-time safety and process sensors. Over 50 industrial solutions running on-site with no internet required. ISO 27001 and ISO 45001 certified. Deployed across manufacturing, logistics, financial services, pharma, and many other industries, covering computer vision safety, behavioral analysis, process monitoring, fraud analytics, and DeepTech consulting.
Technology company behind a no-code platform for building advanced analytical line-of-business applications and specialized business-silo solutions. Deployed across hundreds of business verticals for a diverse international customer base, with work spanning advertising, media, real estate, and financial services.
Northwestern University, business administration and strategy.
Research into the design and behavior of autonomous AI agent architectures and knowledge-based expert systems.
Research into the real-world impact and reliability of CV-based safety monitoring in manufacturing and industrial environments.
Research in applied linguistics exploring the intersection of language, communication, and technology.
Led a regional chapter of Mensa, the international high-IQ society.
Member of the Prometheus Society, a high-IQ organization for individuals scoring at or above the 99.997th percentile.
Where POVA and its founder have been featured.
An expert works through your data with you and maps its potential: what POVA can find in it, which lenses fit, and what a full review would return.
