# Applause

> Alpha governed public record. Unknown, unavailable, and unpublished values are never inferred as zero.

## Record

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Representation | alpha-profile-markdown-v4 |
| Protocol | Alpha Governance Facts Protocol 0.1 |
| Schema | alpha.governance.entity.public.v1 |
| Record version | public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce |
| Governance record representation | alpha-governance-record-v2 |
| Canonical entity | alpha:company:8146ee93-c36c-4056-83ca-c9542fea134b |
| Entity type | Company |
| Canonical URL | https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/applause |
| Publication | PUBLISHED |
| Verification | source_reported |
| Verification schema | alpha-verification-states-v1 |
| Ownership | unclaimed |
| Published claims | 6 |
| Claims under review | 2 |
| Evidence records | 4 |
| Conflicts | 0 |
| Conflicts in internal review | 0 |
| Observed | 2026-08-14T16:00:00+00:00 |
| Last reviewed | 2026-08-14T16:00:00+00:00 |

## Identity

- Legal name: Applause
- Display name: Applause

## Alpha Governance Record

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Governance Record schema | alpha-governance-record-v2 |
| Ontology | alpha-governance-ontology-v1 |
| Record version | public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce |
| As of | 2026-10-16T15:32:04.93815+00:00 |
| Completeness | 0.316 |
| Record Quality | 0.698 |
| Directors | 1 |
| Committees | 0 |
| Governance events | 0 |
| Entity class | private_company |

## Section coverage

| Section | State |
| --- | --- |
| identity | PUBLISHED |
| corporate_structure | NOT_REVIEWED |
| board | PUBLISHED |
| committees | NOT_REVIEWED |
| leadership | PUBLISHED |
| ownership | NOT_REVIEWED |
| financials | NOT_REVIEWED |
| capital_structure | NOT_APPLICABLE |
| compensation | NOT_REVIEWED |
| governance | NOT_REVIEWED |
| shareholder_governance | NOT_APPLICABLE |
| audit | NOT_REVIEWED |
| legal | NOT_REVIEWED |
| risk | NOT_REVIEWED |
| cyber | NOT_REVIEWED |
| ai_governance | NOT_REVIEWED |
| agent_governance | RESTRICTED |
| markets_external | NOT_APPLICABLE |
| events | INSUFFICIENT_EVIDENCE |
| relationships | PUBLISHED |
| assessments | PUBLISHED |
| evidence | PUBLISHED |

## Board

- Michael Fosnaugh: Board Director. Status: unknown. Independent: NOT_PUBLISHED. Since: NOT_PUBLISHED. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:8146ee93-c36c-4056-83ca-c9542fea134b:leadership_role:6

## Executive leadership

- Christopher Jolie: CFO [CFO]. Status: unknown. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:8146ee93-c36c-4056-83ca-c9542fea134b:leadership_role:7
- Suzanne Gilfix: SVP / General Counsel [GC]. Status: unknown. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:8146ee93-c36c-4056-83ca-c9542fea134b:leadership_role:8

## Scoped resources

- `alpha://company/applause` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=record
- `alpha://company/applause/identity` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=record&section=identity
- `alpha://company/applause/corporate-structure` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=record&section=corporate-structure
- `alpha://company/applause/board` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=record&section=board
- `alpha://company/applause/committees` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=record&section=committees
- `alpha://company/applause/leadership` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=record&section=leadership
- `alpha://company/applause/ownership` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=record&section=ownership
- `alpha://company/applause/financials` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=record&section=financials
- `alpha://company/applause/capital-structure` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=record&section=capital-structure
- `alpha://company/applause/compensation` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=record&section=compensation
- `alpha://company/applause/governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=record&section=governance
- `alpha://company/applause/shareholder-governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=record&section=shareholder-governance
- `alpha://company/applause/audit` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=record&section=audit
- `alpha://company/applause/legal` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=record&section=legal
- `alpha://company/applause/risk` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=record&section=risk
- `alpha://company/applause/cyber` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=record&section=cyber
- `alpha://company/applause/ai-governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=record&section=ai-governance
- `alpha://company/applause/agents` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=record&section=agents
- `alpha://company/applause/ecosystem` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=record&section=ecosystem
- `alpha://company/applause/events` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=record&section=events
- `alpha://company/applause/relationships` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=record&section=relationships
- `alpha://company/applause/assessments` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=record&section=assessments
- `alpha://company/applause/evidence` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=record&section=evidence

## Role modules

- NOT_ASSERTED

## Attention

- NO_RECORDS_FOUND

## Committee data

- NO_RECORDS_FOUND

## Leadership

- Michael Fosnaugh: Board Director. Claim: alpha:claim:company:8146ee93-c36c-4056-83ca-c9542fea134b:leadership_role:6. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:fe44ea3409fe55686278af3a2dfdea01ba4290aa1ed658ac5902666237b8bb34.
- Christopher Jolie: CFO. Claim: alpha:claim:company:8146ee93-c36c-4056-83ca-c9542fea134b:leadership_role:7. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:0624042769eaf8f74a5f3b38d09dceb9f6254f20d43dbb983fdccf6e0b1f510b.
- Suzanne Gilfix: SVP / General Counsel. Claim: alpha:claim:company:8146ee93-c36c-4056-83ca-c9542fea134b:leadership_role:8. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:ab5aed0a3dc43de73b0a0adff5ef67a0946b93fc39c7f1823e1630ef3735c465.

## Roles

- PUBLISHED

## Governance

- NOT_ASSERTED

## Board committees

- PUBLISHED

## Financials

- NOT_ASSERTED

## Workforce

- NOT_ASSERTED

## Market and index context

- NOT_REVIEWED

## Legal Name

- Applause. Claim: alpha:claim:company:8146ee93-c36c-4056-83ca-c9542fea134b:legal_name:1. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:801c0e030595867e587094f9f486d13ce580717d6a110b813fca380825bb1fd0.

## Entity Status

- Listing not asserted. Claim: alpha:claim:company:8146ee93-c36c-4056-83ca-c9542fea134b:entity_status:3. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:801c0e030595867e587094f9f486d13ce580717d6a110b813fca380825bb1fd0.

## Published Fact

- US. Claim: alpha:claim:company:8146ee93-c36c-4056-83ca-c9542fea134b:published_fact:5. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:801c0e030595867e587094f9f486d13ce580717d6a110b813fca380825bb1fd0.

## Coverage states

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Identity | PUBLISHED |
| Business | PUBLISHED |
| Leadership | PUBLISHED |
| Board and committees | PUBLISHED |
| Governance | NOT_ASSERTED |
| Financials | NOT_ASSERTED |
| Workforce | NOT_ASSERTED |
| Ownership | NOT_ASSERTED |
| Ratings | NOT_PUBLISHED |
| Market and index context | NOT_REVIEWED |

## Public sources

- alpha:projection-evidence:801c0e030595867e587094f9f486d13ce580717d6a110b813fca380825bb1fd0: [Alpha canonical company public projection](https://www.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause).
- alpha:projection-evidence:document:fe44ea3409fe55686278af3a2dfdea01ba4290aa1ed658ac5902666237b8bb34: [Michael Fosnaugh - Applause role evidence](https://www.vistaequitypartners.com/about/team/michael-fosnaugh/).
- alpha:projection-evidence:document:0624042769eaf8f74a5f3b38d09dceb9f6254f20d43dbb983fdccf6e0b1f510b: [Christopher Jolie - Applause role evidence](https://www.applause.com/leadership/).
- alpha:projection-evidence:document:ab5aed0a3dc43de73b0a0adff5ef67a0946b93fc39c7f1823e1630ef3735c465: [Suzanne Gilfix - Applause role evidence](https://www.applause.com/leadership/).

## Rights

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| public_retrieval | allowed |
| agent_retrieval | allowed |
| redistribution | not_granted |
| model_training | not_granted |
| commercial_use | not_specified |
| relationship_pathfinding | not_granted |
| direct_contact | not_granted |

## Limitations

- Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
- Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
- This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.

## Alternate representations

- [Canonical profile](https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/applause)
- [Public Markdown](https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/applause.md)
- [Public JSON](https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=record)
- [JSON-LD](https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/applause?format=jsonld)
- MCP resource: `alpha://companies/applause` at https://mcp.alpha.ac/mcp


## Connected governance records

Only explicitly published, rights-cleared records. Missing records do not establish absence, safety, or complete coverage.

## Critical-risk oversight

Snapshot as of 2026-10-16T15:32:04.71249+00:00; recorded 2026-10-16T15:32:04.71249+00:00. Every published assignment for this snapshot is listed.
Only explicitly reviewed, rights-cleared assignments in effect on the as-of date, in the company's own wording.
An assignment shows where oversight is placed, not whether it is effective. Missing records do not establish absence.