{
  "id": 1931957,
  "title": "Tokenovate Appoints Former VeChain AI Leader Alec Burns to Scale Post-Trade Technology",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/tokenovate-appoints-former-vechain-ai-leader-alec-burns-to-scale-post",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-19T12:36:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Korea IT Times",
    "slug": "korea-it-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreaittimes.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=156277"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tokenovate, a UK fintech firm specializing in post-trade automation and programmable settlement, has appointed Dr Alec Burns as Head of Product Technology. Burns, who previously led AI product development at VeChain, will oversee product strategy, institutional deployment, and the company's technology roadmap. His role will focus on translating Tokenovate's architectural framework into products that can be deployed at scale by financial institutions, while also exploring the integration of AI into Tokenovate's products. Burns' extensive background in AI, blockchain, robotics, and technology product development will be instrumental in helping Tokenovate convert complex engineering into dependable institutional software.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}