# Jake Taylor

> Jake Taylor is a physicist turned founder and the CEO of Axiomatic AI, a Cambridge, Massachusetts startup building 'Axiomatic Intelligence' - AI that combines frontier models with formal mathematical and physics-based verification so engineers can design and prove out hardware like semiconductors and photonic chips. Before Axiomatic, Taylor spent 16 years at NIST as a Fellow and ran the first U.S. effort to coordinate quantum science, serving as the inaugural Assistant Director for Quantum Information Science at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where he architected the National Quantum Initiative. He holds a PhD in physics from Harvard, has authored more than 200 publications, and his honors range from the Presidential Early Career Award to the Service to America Medal. In March 2026 he led Axiomatic to an $18M seed round.

- **Role:** CEO at Axiomatic AI
- **Organizations:** Axiomatic AI, Joint Quantum Institute (University of Maryland), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (former), Center for AI Standards and Innovation (co-founder)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Ph.D., Physics, Harvard University, A.B., Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics, Harvard University, Pappalardo Fellow (postdoctoral), MIT
- **Known for:** Architected and implemented the U.S. National Quantum Initiative as the first White House Assistant Director for Quantum Information Science, Founding Director of the National Quantum Coordination Office, Authored more than 200 scientific publications

## Career timeline

- **2006** — Awarded the AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize
- **2009** — Started his research group at NIST, Gaithersburg, and became a Joint Quantum Institute Fellow
- **2010** — Received the Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering
- **2012** — Honored with the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal (Call to Service / Emerging Leaders)
- **2014** — Co-founded QuICS, the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science; won the IUPAP C15 Young Scientist Award and Commerce Silver Medal
- **2017** — Became the first Assistant Director for Quantum Information Science at the White House OSTP
- **2019** — Founded and led the National Quantum Coordination Office, implementing the National Quantum Initiative
- **2020** — Awarded the Department of Commerce Gold Medal for expanding U.S. quantum policy
- **2024** — Co-founded Axiomatic AI with a team of physics and photonics leaders
- **2025** — Concluded 16 years of service as a NIST physicist and Fellow
- **2026** — Led Axiomatic AI's $18M seed round, bringing total funding to $25M

## Achievements

- Architected and implemented the U.S. National Quantum Initiative as the first White House Assistant Director for Quantum Information Science
- Founding Director of the National Quantum Coordination Office
- Authored more than 200 scientific publications
- Developed diamond-tipped sensors capable of magnetic resonance imaging at the single-cell and single-molecule scale (a microscopic MRI)
- Pioneered machine learning for quantum control and led the first experimental validation of fully automated calibration of semiconductor quantum dot devices
- Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering (2010)
- Department of Commerce Gold (2020), Silver (2014), and Bronze (2024) Medals
- Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal (2012)
- Fellow of the American Physical Society and of Optica (Optical Society of America)
- Raised $18M seed for Axiomatic AI in 2026

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Axiomatic AI raised an $18M seed round led by Engine Ventures (with Kleiner Perkins, Big Sur Ventures, G Vision Capital, Propagator Ventures, and Liquid 2 Ventures), bringing total funding to $25M.

## Links

- Website: https://axiomatic-ai.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-taylor-940bb475

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Last updated: 2026-06-24