Tech Edge hosted a fireside chat on at Money20/20 USA 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada, with Maik Taro Wehmeyer, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Taktile. The in-person interview was joined by Editor-at-Large Jarrett Banks and they discussed how AI agents are transforming banking, particularly credit underwriting and customer onboarding. Mr. Taro Wehmeyer also mentioned that leadership, trust, and rapid adoption will determine which financial institutions succeed in an increasingly automated future.
About Maik Taro Wehmeyer
Maik Taro Wehmeyer is Co-Founder and CEO of Taktile, the Agentic Decision Platform that gives banks and insurers control over the decisions that define their performance—and enables them to constantly improve with AI. Since founding Taktile, Maik has been at the forefront of enabling regulated institutions to implement reliable AI in mission-critical workflows where errors can be extremely costly, and safe deployment is transformative.
Today, Maik steers Taktile’s global vision and executive team, and contributes his deep expertise in AI and financial services to forums focused on principled AI adoption in regulated industries. He is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Innovators community and the AI Alliance at the EU Commission, and a founding member of the German AI Association.
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About Taktile
Taktile is mission control for decisions that define performance in banking and insurance. In one transparent layer, teams combine context, AI agents, rules, and human expertise to automate and constantly improve every decision—approving more customers, reimbursing claims instantly, and financing every business worth funding.
Founded in 2020, Taktile powers millions of decisions daily for institutions including Mercury, Monzo, Faire, and Pleo. With offices in New York, Berlin, London, São Paulo, Munich and Iași, the company has raised $184M from Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Index Ventures, Tiger Global, Balderton Capital, and Y Combinator. Never guess. Constantly improve. Learn more at taktile.com.
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