Both Cambridge University graduates, Amar received a PhD in machine learning in 2016 while Alex followed a year later with a PhD in deep learning, computer vision, and robotics. They decided to pool their expertise and launched Wayve in 2017. Since Fly co-led Wayve’s Seed Round in 2017, the company has raised a total of USD 1.26B across its Series A, B and C. Wayve’s Series C with SoftBank, Microsoft and NVIDIA was Britain’s largest-ever fundraising round (The Economist). Angels in Wayve include Virgin’s Richard Branson, Meta’s Yann LeCunn, and OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever.

Jonathan spent four years at DeepMind as a research engineer where he led the team working on AI-driven materials design and has had his work published in prestigious journals like Nature. James has a degrees in Machine Learning from UCL and Physics from Oxford. As co-founder of Datasine, he applied his expertise in large datasets and modeling and the startup was later acquired by Shutterstock. Daniel was previously Co-Founder of Social Finance Digital Labs and is currently an advisor to the UNESCO center on AI Policy.

and in the process made him an influential figure in the software development space. He later co-founded language-learning service Chatterbug and the SCNE Accelerator in Berlin. Anne founded Delinero, a German e-commerce food company that was acquired by Bertelsmann (G&J), and later joined Chatterbug and SCNE. Kiril co-founded Sturdy, a Y Combinator company that developed a code management system and later became Codeball.

Lakera's platform offers real-time AI security without compromising application interactivity. Its API integrates with various GenAI models, providing an ultra-low-latency security layer. Centralized controls allow security teams to customize application-specific policies and address emerging threats without code changes. 

Lakera's "Gandalf," an AI educational platform that serves as the world's largest AI red team. With over 250,000 unique users, including companies like Microsoft, Gandalf generates a real-time database of AI threats, contributing to Lakera's continuously evolving threat intelligence.

In December 2024, 9fin secured $50 million in a Series B funding round led by Highland Europe. This investment aims to enhance their engineering capabilities and expand their presence in the U.S. market. 

As of January 2025, 9fin has nearly 250 employees across offices in London and New York City. Their platform is utilized by major financial institutions, including nine of the top ten investment banks and four of the top six law firms in debt capital markets.