# Maik Taro Wehmeyer

> Maik Taro Wehmeyer is the New York-based co-founder and CEO of Taktile. After studying engineering and statistics and working at QuantCo, he founded the company with Maximilian Eber in 2020. Customer requests helped redirect its initial machine-learning infrastructure product toward tools that financial institutions use to manage decisions with rules, data, AI, and human oversight.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Taktile
- **Organizations:** Taktile, QuantCo, European AI Alliance, KI Bundesverband, Harvard Business School, Harvard University, McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, SAP
- **Education:** Statistics (graduate studies), Harvard University, Engineering studies, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Statistics studies, École Polytechnique, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
- **Known for:** Co-founded Taktile in 2020 and participated in Y Combinator’s Summer 2020 batch., Led Taktile through its announced $20M Series A, $54M Series B, and $110M Series C., Taktile reported fourfold customer growth and more than 3.5-fold ARR growth in 2024.

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Worked at SAP, according to public career records.
- **2015** — Consulting internships at McKinsey and Boston Consulting Group; research work at Harvard.
- **2016-2020** — Machine-learning engineer at QuantCo.
- **2016-2017** — Research associate at Harvard Business School.
- **2018** — Founding member of KI Bundesverband; public career records identify a finance and insurance role.
- **2020** — Co-founded Taktile with Maximilian Eber; participated in Y Combinator Summer 2020; joined the European AI Alliance.
- **2021** — Taktile announced $4.7 million seed financing led by Index Ventures.
- **2022** — Taktile announced its $20 million Series A.
- **2025** — Taktile announced a $54 million Series B.
- **2026** — Taktile announced a $110 million Series C led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Taktile in 2020 and participated in Y Combinator’s Summer 2020 batch.
- Led Taktile through its announced $20M Series A, $54M Series B, and $110M Series C.
- Taktile reported fourfold customer growth and more than 3.5-fold ARR growth in 2024.
- Founding member of the German AI Association and member of the European AI Alliance.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Taktile announced a $110M Series C led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with plans to develop its AI solutions and expand internationally.
- **2026-09** — Appeared on Fintech Leaders with Miguel Armaza to discuss Taktile’s pivot, enterprise adoption, and AI decision workflows.

## Links

- Website: https://www.taktile.com/maik-taro-wehmeyer
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maik-taro-wehmeyer/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/MaikTWehmeyer

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Last updated: 2026-10-14