Taktile’s Journey with CEO Maik Wehmeyer

In this episode of Fintech Layer Cake, host Reggie Young speaks with Maik Wehmeyer, co-founder and CEO of Taktile, an AI-powered risk decisioning platform redefining how fintechs, banks, and even telcos approach mission-critical decisions.

Maik shares the multi-year journey from MLOps tooling to a hyper-flexible decisioning platform, and how Taktile now powers over 150 institutions. They discuss the evolution of embedded finance, overlooked AI opportunities, and why enterprise deals are where the real money is. This episode is a masterclass on product-market fit, infrastructure innovation, and building a culture that attracts the top 1%.