About

Built on rigour.
Backed by evidence.

PolyMentIQ was founded to solve a simple but persistent problem: information is abundant, but the evidence needed to form and defend a view is fragmented.

We built it to give professionals a strategic intelligence platform that combines the scale and speed of AI with the standards and discipline of top-tier research — for people who have to defend a view, not merely form one.

PolyMentIQ was built around the realities of M&A, strategy and investment research: fragmented evidence, AI answers that are difficult to verify, and conclusions that must stand up to boards, clients and investment committees.

The name

Poly

Greek · polys

Many, multiple, much. Many sources, many angles, many minds on a single question.

Ment

Latin · mens, mentis

Mind, intellect, thought. The discipline of thinking before concluding.

Intelligence

In both senses: the analytical kind, and the kind that is gathered, verified and defended.

Our mission

We turn fragmented evidence into strategic clarity.

PolyMentIQ helps you identify evidence of strategic change with intelligence that is traceable, transparent and designed to build over time.

Rigour

A research method that tests, corroborates and challenges evidence at every step.

Transparency

You can see the work: what was reviewed, what was used and how the evidence supports the conclusion.

Independence

Designed to reduce bias by separating evidence from interpretation and actively testing contradictory evidence.

Trust

Security, privacy and data integrity are fundamental to everything we build.

Impact

Intelligence that helps you reach an evidence-backed view faster.

FounderLondon · 2026

Founder

Chris Harker

Founder & Managing Director

Chris founded PolyMentIQ to bring more than three decades of M&A, corporate finance and strategy experience to the development of a more rigorous and transparent form of AI-powered strategic intelligence.

He has advised boards, governments and investors on M&A, corporate strategy, infrastructure and building materials across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia, and combines deep sector expertise with a conviction that technology should improve decision-making, not replace judgement.

30+ years' experience

M&A, corporate finance, strategy and deal origination.

Global perspective

UK, Middle East, Eastern Mediterranean, Africa, Central Asia and Iceland.

Senior roles

Moelis, HSBC, Barclays (BarCap), Blue Circle, Italcementi.

Trusted advisor

Senior Advisor to Macquarie; advisor to the Hong Kong Government on infrastructure.

Built on rigour. Backed by evidence.