About Us

What We Do

Tectonic Labs is developing quantum-secure defense infrastructure, led by top researchers and cryptography engineers from IBM, Google, MIT, Dartmouth, Coinbase, the Ethereum Foundation, Polygon, and Fireblocks.

Investors

Tectonic Labs

After decades of research, post-quantum cryptography is no longer theoretical. As quantum capabilities accelerate, modern infrastructure, financial systems, blockchains, and government networks must rapidly migrate away from vulnerable algorithms like RSA and ECDSA.
Tectonic is developing quantum-secure defense infrastructure, led by top researchers and cryptography engineers from IBM, Google, MIT, Dartmouth, Coinbase, the Ethereum Foundation, Polygon, and Fireblocks.
Backed by BlackFlag.vc, Hack VC, Harpoon, and other national security-aligned investors, Tectonic translates cutting-edge cryptography into deployable systems for chains, custodians, and public-sector operators.

Team

Leadership

Our leadership team has over 97 years of combined experience in high-tech operations, blockchain and cryptography, and has a track record of working on the bleeding edge of quantum security.

CoinbaseDartmouthEthereum FoundationGoogleIbmMitPolygonUc Berkely

Michael Berman

Michael Berman

Co-Founder, CEO

Serial founder (2 exits). Early Eventbrite (led sales), Ex-Salesforce.

Min H. Kim

Min H. Kim

Co-Founder, CMO

Former CMO at Polygon (MATIC) and Hedera Foundation (HBAR). First US employee at TRON. Economics, Dartmouth College.

Ramis Movassagh

Ramis Movassagh

Scientific Advisor

PhD at MIT Mathematics (advisor Peter Shor). Former quantum researcher at IBM Quantum and Google Quantum AI.

Yevgeniy Dodis

Yevgeniy Dodis

Scientific Advisor

Current Professor of Computer Science at New York University. MIT PhD in Computer Science. Consults with Google, Signal, Zoom on post-quantum encryption.

Omri Shmueli

Omri Shmueli

Scientific Advisor

Postdoctoral Fellow at NTT Research under Mark Zhandry. PhD Computer Science from Tel Aviv University and Cryptography Researcher at UC Berkeley.

Dr. Cyril Mark Taylor

Dr. Cyril Mark Taylor

Strategic Advisor

Dr Taylor served as the Chief Technical Officer for the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM/J6).

Danno Ferrin

Danno Ferrin

Core Developer

Former Core Developer at Ethereum Foundation, Lead Protocol Engineer at Consensys. Ex-Google, Reddit.

Mike Lodder

Mike Lodder

Applied Cryptographer

Applied cryptographer with a PhD in information security. Former Staff Applied Cryptographer at Coinbase; member of RustCrypto and contributor to open-source PQ cryptography.

David Kalk

David Kalk

Strategic Advisor

CIO at Reflexive Capital. Former CIO at Thiel Macro. Mechanical Engineering at MIT.

Cory Levy

Cory Levy

Strategic Advisor

Founder at Z Fellows. Co-Founder at After School (acquired by Ancestry).

Divya Gupta

Divya Gupta

Strategic Advisor

Partner at Sequoia. ML at Airbnb, Databricks, Palantir. CS at Stanford.