Taktile
YC S20Berlin, DE · Founded 2020 · 150 employees · Hiring · 14 known investors
Taktile enables organizations to make optimal decisions for their customers through iterative decision-making design. The company serves organizations seeking to improve customer outcomes through better decision-making processes.
Also known as Inc. · Taktile GmbH
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S20)
Taktile was founded in 2020 by Maik Taro Wehmeyer, Dr. Maximilian Eber, and Maximilian Eber.
Board
Investors · 14
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Also in the syndicate · 4
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$110M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2025–2026
▶$110MraisedAug 2026 · 17 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
- Maik Taro WehmeyerExecutive Officer, Director
- Maximilian EberDirector
- Carlos Gonzalez-CadenasDirector
- Robert Warriner MoffatDirector
- Jade MandelDirector
- Offering amount
- $110M
- Amount sold
- $110M
- First sale
- May 2026
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Taktile provides an AI decision platform used by financial institutions to automate and optimize risk decisions across the customer lifecycle, including onboarding, credit underwriting, fraud detection, transaction monitoring, anti-money-laundering case handling and insurance claims. The platform is designed so that risk and business teams can build, test and optimize decision logic without depending on engineering resources, combining AI agents, deterministic rules and human judgment within a single orchestration layer.
Product components described publicly include a library of pre-built specialist agents, configurable end-to-end solutions, an Agent Manager for setting guardrails and reviewing the chain of reasoning behind each output, real-time performance analytics for monitoring and tuning strategies, and a data marketplace with connections to third-party data and infrastructure providers such as Equifax, Experian, TransUnion, LexisNexis, Dun & Bradstreet, CRIF, Creditsafe, Socure, Middesk, Plaid, Codat, Fingerprint, OpenSanctions, Thomson Reuters, Baselayer, Snowflake, BigQuery, MongoDB, Slack, OpenAI and Anthropic. Taktile also runs "Taktile Labs," which publishes research and benchmarks such as KYBench, described as a public benchmark of AI-driven adverse media investigation.
The company was founded by Maik Taro Wehmeyer (CEO) and Dr. Maximilian Eber (CPTO), machine-learning researchers who met while doing PhDs at Harvard. Taktile states it is headquartered in New York City with offices in Berlin and London, and announced a new São Paulo office alongside its 2026 Series C.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Competitors · 3
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Timeline · 10
launches, deals, and filingsTaktile said it would dedicate US$20 million of its Series C to accelerating AI transformation at financial institutions in Latin America, including opening a São Paulo office and making regional appointments.
$20M source ↗
Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives led the round, with participation from Tiger Global, Index Ventures and Y Combinator. Valuation not disclosed.
$110M source ↗
Reseller partnership giving banks and fintechs access to synthetic identity and first-party fraud detection within Taktile workflows.
Gives fraud and underwriting teams access to agentic document fraud detection inside Taktile decision workflows.
Taktile reported earning 11 badges across results, usability and support in the G2 report.
Provides banks and fintechs access to AI-powered identity verification for onboarding.
Described as the first public benchmark of AI-driven adverse media investigation.
Series B round bringing total funding to $79 million, with participation from Index Ventures, Tiger Global, Y Combinator, Prosus Ventures, Visionaries Club and Larry Summers.
$54M source ↗
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Taktiletaktile.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Taktile do?
- Taktile is an AI decision platform that automates onboarding, credit, fraud and claims decisions for financial institutions.
- Who founded Taktile?
- Taktile was founded by Maik Taro Wehmeyer, Dr. Maximilian Eber, Maximilian Eber in 2020.
- Who are Taktile's investors?
- Taktile's investors include 3cubed Ventures, Acequia Capital (AceCap), Angel Invest, Balderton Capital, Dig Ventures Management Limited, firstminute capital, Index Ventures, Y Combinator and 2 more.
- How much funding has Taktile raised?
- Taktile has disclosed $110M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.
- Where is Taktile headquartered?
- Taktile is headquartered in Berlin, DE.