Public Holdings, Inc. is an American financial technology company founded in 2019 by Jannick Malling and Leif Abraham, who serve as co-CEOs.
The company is headquartered in New York City and develops Public.com, a multi-asset investing platform offering stocks, ETFs, options, bonds, Treasuries, crypto, and high-yield savings accounts. Public offers individual and margin accounts, Traditional and Roth IRAs, Crypto IRAs, and business accounts, along with custom strategies and investing infrastructure including direct indexing, generated assets, and a trading API and MCP.
Public is building the world's first agentic brokerage, bringing AI Agents directly into the investing experience. Agents can help investors research markets, analyze their portfolios, monitor market conditions, and automate investing workflows based on instructions defined by the investor.
Open To The Public Investing, Inc. is the related registered broker-dealer incorporated in the state of New York.
Public is a privately held, venture-backed company and has raised funding from investors including Accel, Tiger Global, Greycroft, Lakestar, and others.
To enable investing on your Public account, like any other brokerage account, you must meet certain requirements:
Be 18 years of age*
Have a valid Social Security Number
Have a legal U.S. residential address
Be a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident or have a valid visa
In some cases, we might have to ask for some additional information to complete your application, but rest assured we will always make this as seamless as possible.
If you ever have questions, the team is always here for you, so feel free to give us a shout on the app's Chat or via email at support@public.com.