Mike Lynch (businessman)
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Michael Richard Lynch OBE DL FRS FREng (born 16 June 1965)[1] is a British technology entrepreneur, known as the co-founder of Autonomy Corporation and the founder of Invoke Capital. Lynch additionally became a co-founder, alongside Invoke Capital, of cybersecurity company Darktrace. He has also had various other roles, including those in an advisory capacity.
Mike Lynch | |
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Born | (1965-06-16) 16 June 1965 (age 59)[1] |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge (MA, PhD) |
Known for | Autonomy Corporation |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Software engineering |
Thesis | Adaptive techniques in signal processing and connectionist models (1990) |
Doctoral advisor | Peter J.W. Rayner |
Following a degree, PhD and post-doctoral research at Cambridge University, he applied his research in machine learning to set up software companies and become a major figure in Silicon Fen. The sale of Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard in 2011 led to accusations of fraud and resulted in civil litigation in the UK and Lynch's extradition to the US, where he went on trial in March 2024 and was found not guilty of all charges in June 2024.