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The privacy layer for public rails. Confidential payments, identity at scale, and agent commerce, on the chain you already use.
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The TACEO Stack
Three layers. From the network underneath to the solutions you build with.
TACEO Solutions:
Confidential finance, identity & agents on public rails
TACEO Services:
Production-ready privacy services for real applications
TACEO Network:
Private Execution Layer for Digital Rails
Privacy Solutions forfinance, identity, and agents.Built for public rails.
Finance
Confidential stablecoin payments, private treasury operations, and DeFi composability without exposing balances or transactions.
Live in testnet: Private Payments, Confidential x402, Regulatory disclosure.
Identity
Prove uniqueness, eligibility, and credentials without exposing user data.
Live in production: uniqueness verification, nullifiers, and more.
Agents
Let AI agents transact, pay for APIs, and access services without revealing strategy or intent.
Live in testnet: Confidential x402 for agent commerce.
Privacy Services
Production-ready composable primitives, callable from your existing stack.
We are
TACEO
Ais
Connolly
Chief Strategy Officer
Aisling holds degrees in math, economics, and computer science, and obtained her PhD from the ENS in Paris in 2019. She has spent the past years working extensively on threshold cryptography and confidential computing, in both trad-fi and web3. Beyond this, she also worked on scientific and technical direction, strategy, and the legal aspects of building and using privacy tech.
Ais
Connolly
Chief Strategy Officer
Christian
Rechberger
Chief Scientist
Christian is co-founder of TACEO and Prof. at TU Graz. He is known for his work on cryptanalysis, and co-designer of a number of MPC-friendly, ZK-friendly, and FHE-friendly cryptographic primitives including the Poseidon hash function.
Christian
Rechberger
Chief Scientist
Daniel
Escudero
Senior MPC Researcher
Prior to joining TACEO, Daniel worked at JP Morgan Chase for 4.5 years doing research in topics related to cryptography, finance, and AI. Before this, Daniel received a PhD in Cryptography from Aarhus University under the supervision of Ivan Damgård.
Daniel
Escudero
Senior MPC Researcher
Daniel
Kales
CTO
Daniel is a co-founder and technical lead at TACEO. Before that, he completed his PhD at TU Graz on the topic of Post-Quantum Signatures built using MPC-in-the-Head ZK protocols and was a co-author of the Picnic submission to the NIST Post-Quantum Standardization project.
Daniel
Kales
CTO
Filip
Versluys
Head of Strategic Partnerships
Filip brings global financial services experience as Head of Strategic Partnerships at TACEO. He held leadership roles at SWIFT and Visa across Europe and the Americas, building his career connecting technology, partners, and innovative business models.
Filip
Versluys
Head of Strategic Partnerships
Franco
Nieddu
Engineer
Before joining TACEO, Franco worked at the SIC Stiftung of the ISEC Institute at the Technical University of Graz, where he was a cryptographic engineer focused on eGovernment solutions and the secure implementation of cryptographic algorithms. His work primarily involved AdES signatures and post-quantum cryptography.
Franco
Nieddu
Engineer
Lukas
Götz
CPO
Lukas is a co-founder and has been active in the crypto space since 2014. He has co-founded multiple web3 ventures focused on DeFi, RWA, and token investments. At TACEO, Lukas shapes the long-term product strategy.
Lukas
Götz
CPO
Lukas
Helminger
CEO
Before co-founding TACEO, Lukas was a cryptography researcher and lecturer at Graz University of Technology and at the Austrian Defense Department.
Lukas
Helminger
CEO
Roman
Walch
Lead Cryptographer
Roman is a co-founder and the lead cryptographer of TACEO. Before that, he obtained a PhD in Cryptography at Graz University of Technology, advised by Prof. Christian Rechberger. His main research interests include privacy enhancing technologies (MPC, ZK, FHE), their intersection with symmetric primitives, and their application to real world use cases.
Roman
Walch
Lead Cryptographer
Stefan
Plank
COO
Stefan is a co-founder and serial entrepreneur with a strong track record of building successful businesses. He holds a degree in civil engineering and business administration.
Stefan
Plank
COO
