UK
Fintech

Thought Machine

Year Backed:
2016
Stage:
Unicorn

Thought Machine delivers Vault, a cloud-native, microservices-based core banking platform designed to replace legacy infrastructure and future-proof financial institutions. Built with scalability, flexibility, and security at its core, Vault empowers banks to innovate rapidly, streamline operations, and launch cutting-edge financial products with ease.

Founders

Paul Taylor founded Thought Machine in 2014 to bring modern cloud native technology to the banking and financial services industry. Prior to Thought Machine, Paul is best known for his work on the Google text-to-speech team. Paul wrote the algorithms at the core of this system, which can be found in daily usage around the world when people do voice searches or listen to driving directions. He has founded two other technology companies, and has held posts at Edinburgh and Cambridge Universities.

Paul Taylor

CEO, Founder