Zachary Heggie
Co-founder
Cambridge engineer focused on applying deep technology to problems that matter. Builds systems where rigor and ambition meet.
In stealth · Cambridge, UK
Deep technology for trust in banking.
Lythist applies frontier engineering to compliance and fraud analysis — finding what others miss, before risk becomes loss.
We build the deep-technology layer for financial integrity — turning the hardest signals in banking into clarity, before risk becomes loss.
01Approach
One discipline, three outcomes.
We bring deep-technology rigor to the parts of banking where precision matters most.
Detect
Surface the patterns that slip past conventional systems — earlier, with fewer false alarms, at the scale modern banking demands.
Comply
Translate dense, shifting regulation into precise, auditable signal — so controls keep pace with the rules, not the other way around.
Understand
Move beyond flagging transactions to explaining them — context that risk and compliance teams can act on with confidence.
02The edge
Frontier engineering, aimed at real risk.
Most tools in this space bolt rules onto legacy systems. We start from the science — building deep-technology foundations designed for the scale, adversaries, and scrutiny of modern banking.
CambridgeEngineering pedigree
Deep techApplied, not theoretical
Day zeroBuilt for the hardest cases
03Founders
Two engineers, one obsession.
Cambridge-trained, ambitious, and drawn to the problems most teams won’t touch.
Leo Hammett
Co-founder
Cambridge engineer with a track record of turning hard research into working technology. Driven by the messy, high-stakes problems others avoid.
Building in stealth
Let’s talk.
Investors, banks, and exceptional engineers — if what we’re building resonates, we’d like to hear from you.