INTELLIGENT.
CONNECTED.
SECURE.
Building the Digital Fabric that Connects Us All
Protocol Technologies is paving the way to a new Internet, a trustworthy digital mirror-world where artificial intelligence fuses with companies, people, and devices. Together we are building a world of discovery and frictionless interaction, a world where all things digital communicate directly, and securely on Layr8.Why Protocol Tech?
Our flagship initiative, Layr8 (https://layr8.io), will revolutionize software interaction over the Internet using emerging standards for decentralized digital identity. It elevates AI Agents, people, companies, and real-world things to first-class citizens of the Internet. We are transforming the Internet from a network of hosts and IP addresses into a global interconnected web of agents, things, and people. At launch, we will provide cloud-hosted and self-hosted instances of Layr8 that form networks of interconnected agents, tools, and digital representations of real-world things, supporting discovery and secure open communication empowering you to build the interconnected AI-driven web. Layr8 - The Fabric that Connects us All
Meet the Team
Zach
Cofounder & CEO
Zach Scott is a seasoned executive and entrepreneur with extensive leadership experience and nearly 30 years of software development expertise in real estate, oil and gas, e-commerce, human resource management, crowd-sourcing, application frameworks, and embedded systems.
Zach founded Protocol Tech after serving as Vice President of Programming at Yardi for 12 years.
Pace
Cofounder & President
Pace Davis is a serial entrepreneur with a diverse portfolio across multiple industries. He co-founded a logistics platform in the bulk hauling industry and previously founded and led a business that became an industry leader before being sold to Zillow Group. In 1999, Pace co-founded an Internet trading platform in the UK, which has since reached a nine-figure valuation. With over 30 years of experience as a software developer, Pace has consistently leveraged his technical expertise to drive innovation and growth in his ventures.
Kaijie
Senior DevOps Engineer
Kaijie Zhan works across infrastructure and product at Protocol Technologies, helping move the core platform from concept to scalable, production-ready systems. He brings years of cloud and reliability engineering experience, translating ambitious goals and real-world constraints into clear product execution and operable software that teams can ship with confidence.
