I saw this question on the Slack... it didn't get any answers and I have the same question myself so I thought I'd copy and paste it here:
hi all, i am really interested in this project but i am wondering - who "owns" elastic, i.e. not just who's the dev but who is going to be the "face" for elastic. the reason i ask is because i know that to get on bittrex, someone will need to verify their identity