[2016-07-14] ET: Ex-Google engineer launches blockchain-based system for banks

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Ex-Google engineer launches blockchain-based system for banks

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/security-tech/technology/ex-google-engineer-launches-blockchain-based-system-for-banks/articleshow/53204404.cms

A former Google engineer, whose speech recognition software is used in more than a billion Android smartphones, has launched a company that uses blockchain technology to build a new operating system for banks.

Paul Taylor, a Cambridge University academic with an expertise in artificial intelligence, speech synthesis and machine learning, started working on the system, called Vault OS, two years ago in a basement in London's Shoreditch district, known for being a tech start-up hub.

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Covered by Firstpost as well.

http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/blockchain-based-system-for-banks-launched-by-ex-google-engineer-325072.html