# Ky Nichol

> Ky Nichol is the co-founder and CEO of Cutover, an enterprise software company that coordinates human and automated tasks during technology changes, recovery and other complex operations. His earlier work included space programmes involving NASA and the European Space Agency, consulting at Pcubed, and preparations for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Cutover
- **Organizations:** Cutover, Pcubed
- **Education:** London Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Cutover., Led Pcubed engagements involving International Space Station operations planning and London Olympic preparations., Led Cutover through its Barclays accelerator participation and subsequent enterprise adoption.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Undertook undergraduate work with NASA on mathematical models of impact craters for the Shuttle Programme.
- **—** — Led Pcubed engagement with the European Space Agency on International Space Station programme preparations.
- **2004** — Work in Pcubed’s major sporting events practice included the Athens Olympic and Paralympic Games.
- **2006** — Worked on major sporting event planning involving the FIFA World Cup in Germany.
- **2012** — Pcubed engagement helped the London Olympic Delivery Authority develop programme and project management capability.
- **2014** — Craig Gregory recalls joining Cutover as a co-founder in a small team led by Nichol.
- **2015** — Cutover participated in the Barclays Accelerator powered by Techstars and reached an evaluation agreement with Barclays after 66 days.
- **2018** — Cutover participated in the FinTech Innovation Lab New York.
- **2019** — Cutover announced a $17 million Series A led by Index Ventures on November 12.
- **2021** — Cutover announced a $35 million Series B led by Eldridge on March 3.
- **2026** — Discussed AI coding and enterprise engineering with CTO Kieran Gutteridge in an April 22 Cutover article.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Cutover.
- Led Pcubed engagements involving International Space Station operations planning and London Olympic preparations.
- Led Cutover through its Barclays accelerator participation and subsequent enterprise adoption.
- Cutover raised a $17 million Series A in 2019 and a $35 million Series B in 2021.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Published a September 9 LinkedIn article about connecting approved AI models to Cutover through its open-source MCP server.
- **2026-06** — Published the LinkedIn article Does the Knowledge Compile? on June 12.
- **2026-04** — Discussed AI prototyping, judgement and enterprise engineering with CTO Kieran Gutteridge in an April 22 Cutover article.
- **2026-03** — His LinkedIn profile lists completion certificates for Claude API, agent skills, Claude Code and Model Context Protocol courses.

## Links

- Website: https://cutover.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kynichol
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/kynichol

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Last updated: 2026-10-26