AI Research, Consulting & Integration — Rooted in AI-powered decision science, built for today's enterprise

Applied intelligence, engineered for decisions that matter.

For nearly five decades, Tetrax has built the systems that turn complex operations into confident decisions — for defense commands, banking platforms, and space programs. Backed by depth in both electrical engineering and computer science, we deliver complete solutions — hardware, software, and integration — not just software consulting. Today, that same discipline is available to any organization ready to put AI to work in its own operations.

Sponsoring & supporting organizationsSelected
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects AgencyDARPA
  • National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA / JPL
  • Office of Naval ResearchONR
  • Citicorp Transaction TechnologyBanking
  • Air Force Office of Scientific ResearchAFOSR
  • National Science FoundationNSF
  • UCLA Cognitive Systems LaboratoryAcademic
Where we work

One discipline of applied AI, deployed across four sectors.

Workflow automation, agentic AI, and decision-support systems that raise productivity and performance across day-to-day operations — the fastest-growing demand we see today.
Applied to international trade & tariff analysis, structural data verification, and enterprise decision workflows.
Expert-system architectures and automated decision workflows built for the pace and scrutiny of financial platforms.
Architected the Customer Information Terminal platform for Citicorp Transaction Technology, automating bank platform officer workflows.
Command-and-control decision aids, tactical information systems, and adaptive decision frameworks built for high-consequence environments.
Delivered decision taxonomies and aiding systems for the U.S. Marine Corps, Navy, and Ballistic Missile Defense programs.
Knowledge-based systems and decision architectures for environments where communication is limited and margins for error are not — spanning both the hardware and software layer.
Built expert-system testbeds for spacecraft communication management with NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, grounded in electrical engineering and systems design.
Science & Leadership

Founded and led by the scientist who helped originate the field.

Dr. Joseph Saleh
Ph.D., Computer Science — UCLA
B.S., Electrical Engineering — Arya-Mehr University
Cofounder, CEO & Principal Scientist
  • NVIDIA Development Partner
  • General Chairman, AI & Advanced Technology Conference (KIPS)
  • Member, Honor Society in Computing Sciences
  • Member, Who's Who in Finance & Industry

Dr. Saleh's doctoral research produced GODDESS (Goal-Directed Decision Structuring System) and IDEA (Issue-Driven Elicitation Algorithm) — early architectures for goal-directed reasoning and automated decision structuring, co-developed with Dr. Judea Pearl and published in IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. That work anticipated principles now central to modern agentic AI: goal-directed planning, autonomous execution, and reasoning under uncertainty.

He has since founded and led multiple technology enterprises — Tetrax Corporation, Decision Support Industries, and First Global Financial Corporation among them — directing government, defense, and commercial AI programs for over four decades.

His foundation in electrical engineering and computer systems design, alongside his doctoral work in computer science, means Tetrax engagements aren't limited to software. Where a project calls for it, we design and integrate the underlying hardware and systems architecture as well — a single team accountable for the complete solution.

The same causal reasoning and goal-directed architectures built for the battlefield and the bank now apply directly to the AI integration challenges every organization faces.

Read the full research & leadership history →

Track record

Thirty-plus landmark programs across defense, aerospace, finance, and cognitive science.

GODDESSGoal-directed decision structuring — with Judea Pearl, UCLA
IDEAIssue-driven elicitation algorithm for decision structuring
Customer Information TerminalBanking platform automation — Citicorp
Marine Corps TCO SupportInformation collection & correlation systems
Ballistic Missile DefenseAdaptive decision frameworks
Spacecraft Expert SystemsCommunication management testbeds — NASA / JPL
Aircrew Decision AnalysisSignificant decision identification — U.S. Navy
Combat Training EvaluationRule-based models — Marine Corps
Decision TaxonomyMarine Command & Control environment
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