About Lazlo Intelligence
Our Mission
We protect your organization by identifying hidden connections to high-risk actors.
Lazlo Intelligence was founded on the principle that intelligence and expertise matter more than ever in an age of rampant disinformation.
Named after Victor Laszlo, the tireless World War II resistance fighter from the film Casablanca, Lazlo Intelligence is committed to defending the interests of pioneering companies in the face of threats from authoritarian regimes.
Our clients, often small and medium enterprises with an international footprint, want to understand the hidden risks of conducting business in China. Does a potential business partner have a history of industrial espionage? Does a research collaborator have ties to the Chinese military? Is a customer part of the supply chain for a sanctioned corporation?
Lazlo Intelligence helps you answer these questions in order to safeguard your reputation and your intellectual property.
Leadership
Meet the team behind Lazlo Intelligence
Ben Forney
Co-founder & CEO
After more than 15 years consulting clients in government, business, and academia, Ben Forney founded Lazlo Intelligence to help companies navigate geopolitical and economic risks in Asia. He is the author of The Spy Hunter newsletter on Substack and has a PhD in Chinese economic espionage from Seoul National University. He is fluent in Korean.
Gregor Konzack
Co-founder & CTO
With over a decade in tech operations, Gregor Konzack co-founded Lazlo Intelligence to build the data mining tools and analytical pipelines used to navigate geopolitical risk in Asia. He previously scaled an edtech startup to 1M+ users and draws on a background in human rights law and East Asian geopolitics. He has studied at universities in Maastricht, Vienna, and Seoul.