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Its membership count, chief executive and AI work were not confirmed on a page opened in this pass. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] SAFETY & ASSURANCE: Professional body that chairs the government's AI Assurance Stakeholder Consortium and has called for AI assurance professionals to be registered. [Round 8, 30 Oct 2026] SERVICES & SKILLS: Sets professional standards, ethical AI certifications and Chartered IT Professional (CITP) pathways for AI practitioners. 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It sells an AI governance platform covering risk mapping, compliance and \"runtime enforcement\", and has published audits, an open-source library and New York City bias audits as GOV.UK assurance case studies. Mozilla Ventures invested in March 2024 (amount not disclosed on the page opened). Its June 2026 board announcement carried a San Francisco dateline, so it now presents itself from the US as well as London. Funding totals were not found on pages opened. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] assurance case studies: Five DSIT portfolio case studies: Risk Mitigation Roadmaps; Open Source Library; NYC Bias Audits; Governance, Risk and Compliance Platform; Audits [Safety Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Safety file (line 82, as 'Holistic AI') Companies House 12641580; names Dr Emre Kazim and Dr Adriano Koshiyama as co-CEOs (file cites holisticai.com). 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Companies House shows ADVAI LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Tests AI systems to find where they break, including under deliberate attack, and gives managers a dashboard of AI risk and compliance.", "description": "Advai Ltd was incorporated in London on 31 March 2020; its Companies House codes include technical testing and analysis. It has published eight case studies in the GOV.UK AI assurance techniques portfolio, covering adversarial robustness testing of facial verification and identity-verification systems, guardrails for large language models, and Advai Insight, a platform that turns AI risk and robustness metrics into summaries for non-technical decision makers. Its own website could not be opened in this session. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] programme: In Plexal's LASR cohort taken to RSA 2026 (US expansion), 24 February 2026 [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] assurance case studies: Eight case studies in the DSIT portfolio (most of any firm), including guardrails for LLMs, facial verification robustness and computer vision in security [Safety Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Safety file (line 47, as 'Advai') names David Sully as chief executive and founder; Companies House 12539772; says Advai is a technical partner to the Financial Conduct Authority and in the LASR RSA 2026 cohort (file cites advai.co.uk).", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "12540124", "registered_office": "20-22 Wenlock Road, London, England, N1 7GU", "incorporated": "2020-03-31", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "12540124", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12540124", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (N1 7GU)", "postcode": "N1 7GU", "lat": 51.530737, "lng": -0.09371, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Hackney", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "sectors": [ "AI testing", "adversarial robustness", "defence and security" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-advai", "type": "Companies", "category": "AI testing", "function": "Tests AI systems to find where they break, including under deliberate attack, and gives managers a dashboard of AI risk and compliance.", "affiliation": "Assurance", "sources": [ "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12540124", "https://www.gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques/advai-streamlining-ai-governance-with-advai-insight-for-enhanced-robustness-risk-management-and-compliance", "https://www.gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques", "https://www.plexal.com/news/top-cyber-ai-security-startups-plexal-us-expansion-rsa-2026/" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12540124", "quotes": [ "ADVAI LTD\" \"Active\" \"20-22 Wenlock Road, London, England, N1 7GU\" \"31 March 2020\" \"71200 - Technical testing and analysis" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques/advai-streamlining-ai-governance-with-advai-insight-for-enhanced-robustness-risk-management-and-compliance", "quotes": [ "Advai Insight is a platform for enterprises that transform complex AI risks and robustness metrics into digestible\" (published 12 December 2023)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques", "quotes": [ "Advai: Robustness Assessment of a Facial Verification System Against Adversarial Attacks", "Advai: Robustness Assurance Framework for Guardrail Implementation in Large Language Models (LLMs)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.plexal.com/news/top-cyber-ai-security-startups-plexal-us-expansion-rsa-2026/", "quotes": [ "provides independent testing, compliance assurance and continuous monitoring for secure, high-performing AI systems." ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "AI testing", "div": "companies" } ], "div_label": "Companies", "location": "London (N1 7GU)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "linked from: partner_of", "id": "BIZ-SU-FIN-034", "name": "FCA AI Live Testing", "page": "startups", "href": "../startups/#org=BIZ-SU-FIN-034", "page_label": "Start-ups" }, { "kind": "supplies_government", "id": "GOV-MOD-023", "name": "AI Technical & Data Science Support framework (DAIC, £17.5m)", "page": "government", "href": "../../government/defence/#org=GOV-MOD-023", "page_label": "UK Government AI Universe" }, { "kind": "supplies_government", "id": "GOV-MOD-024", "name": "AI Model Arena", "page": "government", "href": "../../government/defence/#org=GOV-MOD-024", "page_label": "UK Government AI Universe" } ], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SAFE-005", "name": "Safe Intelligence", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Active at Companies House, last confirmation statement 15 May 2026; raised a £4.15m seed round led by Amadeus Capital Partners (UKTN, 20 February 2025). Companies House shows SAFE INTELLIGENCE LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Sells software that checks how a trained AI model behaves across very many possible inputs, to find hidden weak points before it is used.", "description": "Safe Intelligence is an Imperial College London spin-out. Safe Intelligence Limited was incorporated on 20 July 2021 with Alessio Lomuscio, its chief technology officer, as director; Steven Willmott became a director on 16 January 2025 and is chief executive. UKTN reported on 20 February 2025 that it had \"built a new way of testing AI models\" and closed a £4.15m seed round led by Amadeus Capital Partners, with OTB Ventures and Vsquared Ventures. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] LABS: Imperial College spin-out building systems that test and verify machine-learning models to find weaknesses before use. [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] people: Alessio Lomuscio (CTO); Steven Willmott (chief executive, appointed shortly before Feb 2025) [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] spun_out_of: Imperial College London [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] investors_other: OTB Ventures and Vsquared Ventures joined the £4.15m seed led by Amadeus (DEAL-SAFE-002 / DEAL-LAB-2017) [Safety Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Safety file (line 70, as 'Safe Intelligence') Companies House 13521100; formal verification and robustness checks of neural networks for aviation, robotics, mobility and finance (file cites safeintelligence.ai). 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Its patented AIMI platform gives quantitative risk measures so that AI data and models meet safety, security, transparency and regulatory expectations, with versions for agentic AI and for AI security posture management. Its UK company, renamed from Chatterbox Analytics Ltd in October 2013, is registered in London; its Companies House code is \"Non-trading company\", so trading may run through another entity (not checked). Leaders are not named on the About page.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "07860307", "registered_office": "20 York Road, London, United Kingdom, SE1 7ND", "incorporated": "2011-11-24", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "07860307", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07860307", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (SE1 7ND)", "postcode": "SE1 7ND", "lat": 51.503492, "lng": -0.11564, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Lambeth", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": { "maker": "Chatterbox Labs", "launched": null, "what_it_does": "AIMI: quantitative AI risk metrics for models, generative AI and agents" }, "dsit_domains": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "sectors": [ "AI risk measurement", "AI security testing" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "AI risk measurement", "function": "Sells AIMI, software that measures the risks of AI models and agents, such as safety, security and bias, as numbers that firms can act on.", "affiliation": "Safety", "sources": [ "https://chatterbox.co/about-us/", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07860307", "https://www.qmul.ac.uk/eecs/research/industry-partnerships--commercialisation/spin-out-portfolio/" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://chatterbox.co/about-us/", "quotes": [ "Chatterbox Labs was established in 2011.", "Our patented AIMI platform was built to address the unintended consequences of AI." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07860307", "quotes": [ "CHATTERBOX LABS LTD\" \"CHATTERBOX ANALYTICS LTD\" (24 Nov 2011 – 11 Oct 2013) \"Active\" \"20 York Road, London, United Kingdom, SE1 7ND\" \"74990 - Non-trading company" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.qmul.ac.uk/eecs/research/industry-partnerships--commercialisation/spin-out-portfolio/", "quotes": [ "explaining, tracing, actioning, scoring bias, testing and detecting weaknesses in AI models pre and post-deployment.\" (Chatterbox Labs entry in the Queen Mary EECS spin-out portfolio)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "companies" } ], "div_label": "Companies", "location": "London (SE1 7ND)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "spun_out_of", "id": "UNI:queenmary/QMULAI-002", "name": "Universities: queenmary/QMULAI-002", "page": "universities", "href": "https://hazy-wreath-hez6.here.now/queenmary/", "page_label": "UK Universities AI Universe (new tab)" } ], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [], "cross_listed_from": "Safety" }, { "id": "BIZ-SAFE-008", "name": "Enzai", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-08-12", "status_detail": "Active at Companies House with a confirmation statement dated 12 August 2026; last funding found is a US$4m seed round (UKTN, 5 September 2023).", "one_line": "Sells software that helps organisations list their AI systems, set rules for them and check that they comply with laws and standards.", "description": "Enzai Technologies Limited was incorporated in Belfast on 13 August 2021 and is run by co-founders Ryan Donnelly and Jack Carlisle. Its products, listed as GOV.UK assurance case studies in December 2023, are an AI Governance Hub, an AI Policy Centre, an AI Model Inventory and a Compliance Assessment tool that measures how well systems meet an organisation's own responsible-AI policies. UKTN reported on 5 September 2023 a US$4m (£3.2m) seed round led by Cavalry Ventures, with Seedcamp and Techstart Ventures. 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Companies House shows WARDEN AI LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Checks AI tools used in hiring and HR for bias on a continuing basis and publishes the results for employers and software vendors.", "description": "Warden AI provides \"independent, tech-led AI bias auditing\" for HR software platforms and employers. Its platform audits AI systems for bias by sex, race or ethnicity, age, disability and combinations of these, and shares results on live dashboards; the GOV.UK case study links an example audit dashboard for the HR software company Beamery. Warden AI Ltd (incorporated 1 December 2023) has a registered office in Shoreditch, London, and directors Jeffrey Pole and Eduard Schikurski; the link between this company and the Warden AI website was not confirmed on a company page. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] assurance case study: DSIT portfolio case study on continuous bias auditing for HR technology", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "15321282", "registered_office": "Shoreditch Exchange, Senna Building, Gorsuch Place, London, England, E2 8JF", "incorporated": "2023-12-01", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "15321282", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15321282", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (E2 8JF)", "postcode": "E2 8JF", "lat": 51.530169, "lng": -0.075481, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Hackney", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Jeffrey Pole", "role": "Director", "from": "2023-12-01", "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15321282/officers" }, { "name": "Eduard Schikurski", "role": "Director", "from": "2024-02-22", "source": null } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "sectors": [ "HR technology", "bias audit" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-warden-ai", "type": "Companies", "category": "HR technology", "function": "Checks AI tools used in hiring and HR for bias on a continuing basis and publishes the results for employers and software vendors.", "affiliation": "Assurance", "sources": [ "https://www.gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques/warden-ai-continuous-bias-auditing-for-hr-tech", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=warden+ai", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15321282/officers", "https://www.gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15321282" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques/warden-ai-continuous-bias-auditing-for-hr-tech", "quotes": [ "independent, tech-led AI bias auditing", "continuously audits AI systems for bias across multiple categories\" (published 26 September 2024)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=warden+ai", "quotes": [ "WARDEN AI LTD\" \"15321282\" \"1 December 2023\" \"Shoreditch Exchange, Senna Building", "Gorsuch Place, London, England, E2 8JF" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15321282/officers", "quotes": [ "POLE, Jeffrey\" appointed 1 December 2023; \"SCHIKURSKI, Eduard\" appointed 22 February 2024" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques", "quotes": [ "Warden AI: Continuous Bias Auditing for HR Tech" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15321282", "quotes": [ "WARDEN AI LTD | Company number 15321282 | Active" ], "accessed": "2026-10-31", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "HR technology", "div": "companies" } ], "div_label": "Companies", "location": "London (E2 8JF)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "supplies", "id": "BIZ-SU-IND-028", "name": "Beamery", "page": "startups", "href": "../startups/#org=BIZ-SU-IND-028", "page_label": "Start-ups" } ], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SAFE-010", "name": "AI Score", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Came out of stealth with more than US$1m (£760,000) on 10 November 2025 (UKTN); Alex Harland and Benita Tibb became directors of AIScore Limited on 7 January 2026. A later US$5.4m seed (September 2026) is recorded on the Software page (BIZ-SW-025) and was not re-opened here. Companies House shows AISCORE LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Makes software that shows organisations, as it happens, how staff and systems use AI, and flags compliance and safety risks.", "description": "AI Score is a London start-up founded in 2025. Its co-founder and chief executive is Alex Harland and its co-founder is Benita Tibb. It sells an AI governance and management platform that gives organisations real-time visibility of their AI use. UKTN reported on 10 November 2025 that it had emerged from stealth with more than US$1m (£760,000); no lead investor was named. The register shows AIScore Limited, incorporated 11 April 2025, with Harland and Tibb as directors. Also recorded on the Software page as BIZ-SW-025; the lead researcher should keep one record.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "16381026", "registered_office": "86-90 Paul Street, 3rd Floor, London, England, EC2A 4NE", "incorporated": "2025-04-11", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "16381026", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16381026", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (EC2A 4NE)", "postcode": "EC2A 4NE", "lat": 51.525617, "lng": -0.083602, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Hackney", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Alex Harland", "role": "Co-founder and CEO; director from 2026-01-07", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/ai-governance-startup-emerges-from-stealth-with-funding-20251110" }, { "name": "Benita Tibb", "role": "Co-founder; director from 2026-01-07", "from": "same", "source": null } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 760000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2025-11-10", "detail": "pre-seed on leaving stealth (more than US$1m)", "raw": "funding_round: 760000 GBP 2025-11-10 — pre-seed on leaving stealth (more than US$1m)", "amount_gbp": 760000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£760,000", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "sectors": [ "AI governance software" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": "BIZ-SW-025", "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "AI governance software", "function": "Makes software that shows organisations, as it happens, how staff and systems use AI, and flags compliance and safety risks.", "affiliation": "Assurance", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/ai-governance-startup-emerges-from-stealth-with-funding-20251110", "https://www.uktech.news/funding/uk-tech-funding-roundup-zilch-ai-score-20251114", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16381026/officers", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16381026" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/ai-governance-startup-emerges-from-stealth-with-funding-20251110", "quotes": [ "a London-based startup", "co-founder and chief executive of AI Score\" (dated 10 November 2025)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/funding/uk-tech-funding-roundup-zilch-ai-score-20251114", "quotes": [ "Founded in 2025, AI Score is a governance management platform for artificial intelligence systems." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16381026/officers", "quotes": [ "HARLAND, Alex\" appointed 7 January 2026; 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Ben Armstrong is chief executive. On 12 August 2026 UKTN reported a US$7m (£5.1m) Series A led by Northern Gritstone. Cytix Ltd was incorporated on 12 April 2022 with a Manchester registered office. Scope edge: it secures software made with AI rather than AI models themselves. [Safety Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Safety file (line 114, as 'Cytix') names Thomas Ballin as co-founder; Series A backers also include PXN Ventures and British Business Bank (file cites uktech.news 2026-08-12). 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Companies House shows IPROOV LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Checks that a face on camera belongs to a real, present person, and detects deepfakes, for identity checks and video calls.", "description": "iProov is a London company founded and led by Andrew Bud. It sells face biometric checks for remote identity verification, including detection of deepfakes and presentation attacks. On 19 May 2026 it launched Verified Meetings, a plug-in for video-conferencing tools that uses \"imagery analysis to detect deepfakes and presentation attacks\", confirms the feed comes from a physical camera, and shows the host a red, amber or green status. iProov Limited was incorporated on 30 November 2011. Its press footer gives 10 York Road, London SE1 7ND; the registered office is in Jermyn Street. [Safety Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Safety file (line 215, as 'iProov') Companies House 07866563; says Verified Meetings is listed on G-Cloud (file cites iproov.com).", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "07866563", "registered_office": "14 Bank Chambers, 25 Jermyn Street, London, England, SW1Y 6HR", "incorporated": "2011-11-30", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "07866563", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07866563", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "10 York Road, London (SE1 7ND)", "postcode": "SE1 7ND", "lat": 51.503492, "lng": -0.11564, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Lambeth", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Andrew Bud", "role": "Founder and CEO", "from": null, "source": "https://www.iproov.com/press/verified-meetings-announcement-tackle-deepfake-video-calls" } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": { "maker": "iProov", "launched": "2026-05-19", "what_it_does": "Verified Meetings: deepfake and identity checks on video-call participants" }, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems", "AI security and assurance" ], "sectors": [ "biometrics", "deepfake detection", "identity verification" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": "BIZ-SU-FIN-016", "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "biometrics", "function": "Checks that a face on camera belongs to a real, present person, and detects deepfakes, for identity checks and video calls.", "affiliation": "Assurance", "sources": [ "https://www.iproov.com/press/verified-meetings-announcement-tackle-deepfake-video-calls", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=iproov", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07866563" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.iproov.com/press/verified-meetings-announcement-tackle-deepfake-video-calls", "quotes": [ "imagery analysis to detect deepfakes and presentation attacks", "founder and CEO of iProov\" (dated May 19, 2026)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=iproov", "quotes": [ "IPROOV LIMITED\" \"07866563\" \"30 November 2011\" \"25, Jermyn Street,, London, England, SW1Y 6HR" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07866563", "quotes": [ "IPROOV LIMITED | Company number 07866563 | Active" ], "accessed": "2026-10-31", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems", "AI security and assurance" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "biometrics", "div": "companies" } ], "div_label": "Companies", "location": "10 York Road, London (SE1 7ND)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "linked from: buys_from", "id": "BIZ-SU-FIN-030", "name": "Thirdfort", "page": "startups", "href": "../startups/#org=BIZ-SU-FIN-030", "page_label": "Start-ups" }, { "kind": "same_as", "id": "BIZ-SU-FIN-016", "name": "iProov", "page": "startups", "href": "../startups/#org=BIZ-SU-FIN-016", "page_label": "Start-ups" }, { "kind": "supplies_government", "id": "GOV-DCMS-016", "name": "GOV.UK One Login — Genuine Presence Assurance Algorithm (liveness and likeness checks)", "page": "government", "href": "../../government/dcms/#org=GOV-DCMS-016", "page_label": "UK Government AI Universe" } ], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SAFE-016", "name": "Newton's Tree", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Active at Companies House, last confirmation statement 7 January 2026; launched a Global AI Evaluation Service across the UK, US and Europe on 21 November 2025. 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[Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] grant: AISI Systemic Safety Grant (up to £200,000) for project \"CLIO: Clinical LLM Integration and Oversight\", announced 3 April 2025 (AISI spells it \"Newtons Tree\") [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] government recognition: Named on the AI Opportunities Action Plan tracker (action R29, \"Commitment Met\") as a funded project building a prototype AI monitoring platform for healthcare [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] assurance case study: DSIT portfolio case study on its federated monitoring service [Safety Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Safety file (line 81, as 'Newton's Tree') Haris Shuaib founder and chief executive; Companies House 14578012; says it holds a £200k AISI Systemic Safety Grant for the WAIS project (file cites newtonstree.ai, aisi.gov.uk).", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "14577546", "registered_office": "3 Redwood Close, Crawley, England, RH10 8JL", "incorporated": "2023-01-08", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "14577546", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14577546", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Crawley (registered office RH10 8JL); 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Its AI Risk Profiler takes a developer's answers about each AI feature, applies a six-step framework, and reports which AI risks are active, how severe they are, and where mitigations fall short; it gives a gap analysis rather than a pass or fail.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "08927511", "registered_office": "The Innovation Centre, Sci-Tech Daresbury, Keckwick Lane, Daresbury, Warrington, England, WA4 4FS", "incorporated": "2014-03-07", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "08927511", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08927511", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Sci-Tech Daresbury, Cheshire (WA4 4FS)", "postcode": "WA4 4FS", "lat": 53.345237, "lng": -2.639191, "region": "England: North West", "admin_district": "Halton", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": { "maker": "ORCHA", "launched": null, "what_it_does": "AI Risk Profiler: reports which AI risks a health technology carries and how serious they are" }, "dsit_domains": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "sectors": [ "digital health assessment" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-orcha", "type": "Companies", "category": "digital health assessment", "function": "Assesses digital health apps and health AI products for safety, privacy and quality, and offers a tool that profiles the risks of health AI.", "affiliation": "Assurance", "sources": [ "https://www.orchahealth.com/solutions/ai-risk-profiler", "https://www.orchahealth.com/contact", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=orcha" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.orchahealth.com/solutions/ai-risk-profiler", "quotes": [ "tells you which AI risks a health technology has", "uses the same methodology, taxonomy, and risk activation logic on every product" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.orchahealth.com/contact", "quotes": [ "The Innovation Centre, Sci-Tech Daresbury, Keckwick Lane, Daresbury, Cheshire, WA4 4FS", "Spaces 307 Euston Road London NW1 3AD" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=orcha", "quotes": [ "ORCHA HEALTH LTD\" \"08927511\" \"7 March 2014\" \"Sci-Tech Daresbury Keckwick Lane, Daresbury, Warrington, England, WA4 4FS" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "digital health assessment", "div": "companies" } ], "div_label": "Companies", "location": "Sci-Tech Daresbury, Cheshire (WA4 4FS)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SAFE-019", "name": "Anekanta AI", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Two case studies are listed in the GOV.UK AI assurance portfolio (opened 29 October 2026); Companies House search for Anekanta failed in this session and its website was not opened, so no current dated evidence was found.", "one_line": "Assesses the risks of high-risk AI, especially facial recognition and other biometric systems, for organisations that build or use it.", "description": "Anekanta AI has two GOV.UK assurance case studies: an AI Risk Intelligence System for biometric and high-risk AI, and a Facial Recognition Privacy Impact Risk Assessment System for verification and remote biometric identification. The earlier pass placed it in Wirral and named Pauline Norstrom as founder and chief executive; neither was re-confirmed in this session. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] assurance case studies: Two DSIT portfolio case studies: facial recognition privacy impact risk assessment, and AI Risk Intelligence System for biometric and high-risk AI", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "13778239", "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "13778239", "from_round2": true, "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13778239", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Wirral (CH62 2DN)", "postcode": "CH62 2DN", "lat": 53.334176, "lng": -2.979236, "region": "England: North West", "admin_district": "Wirral", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI security and assurance", "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "biometrics risk", "AI governance advice" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": [ { "from": "Companies House check, 29 Oct 2026", "field": "place", "text": "place → Wirral (registered office, CH62 2DN) — region: England: North West (record had null)" } ], "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-anekanta-ai", "type": "Companies", "category": "biometrics risk", "function": "Assesses the risks of high-risk AI, especially facial recognition and other biometric systems, for organisations that build or use it.", "affiliation": "Assurance", "sources": [ "https://www.gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques", "https://www.gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques?page=2", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13778239" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques", "quotes": [ "Anekanta® AI: Facial Recognition Privacy Impact Risk Assessment System™ (for verification and remote biometric identification)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques?page=2", "quotes": [ "Anekanta AI: AI Risk Intelligence System for biometric and high-risk AI" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13778239", "quotes": [ "ANEKANTA AI LTD\" \"Stanhope House, Mark Rake, Wirral, United Kingdom, CH62 2DN\" \"Active\" \"2 December 2021" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI security and assurance", "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "biometrics risk", "div": "companies" } ], "div_label": "Companies", "location": "Wirral (CH62 2DN)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SAFE-020", "name": "CarefulAI", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Active at Companies House; renamed from Experto Crede Limited on 3 December 2020; last confirmation statement 8 September 2025. Companies House shows CAREFULAI LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Offers methods for checking AI, including a decision framework for building and deploying AI and a way of testing chatbot prompts with subject experts.", "description": "CarefulAI Ltd, registered in Cwmbran, Wales, was incorporated in 1999 as Experto Crede Limited and took its current name in December 2020. Its GOV.UK assurance case studies cover PRIDAR, an assurance framework for decisions on AI development and deployment, and PLIM, a prompt-improvement method for large language models. Leaders were not identified in this session. 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Companies House shows TRILATERAL RESEARCH LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Carries out ethical and risk assessments of AI for public bodies and builds AI tools used to protect children.", "description": "Trilateral Research Ltd was incorporated on 20 September 2013 and is registered in Knightsbridge, London. Its GOV.UK assurance case study covers ethical impact assessment, risk assessment, transparency reporting, bias mitigation and co-design of AI used to safeguard children. Leaders and its Irish operations were not confirmed in this session. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] assurance case study: DSIT portfolio case study on ethical and risk assessment of AI used to safeguard children [Safety Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Safety file (line 84, as 'Trilateral Research') Companies House 05279325; names Kush Wadhwa as chief executive (file cites trilateralresearch.com).", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "08698690", "registered_office": "One Knightsbridge Green, 5th Floor, London, United Kingdom, SW1X 7QA", "incorporated": "2013-09-20", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "08698690", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08698690", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (SW1X 7QA)", "postcode": "SW1X 7QA", "lat": 51.500942, "lng": -0.162904, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Westminster", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "sectors": [ "AI ethics assessment", "public sector", "child safeguarding" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-trilateral-research", "type": "Companies", "category": "AI ethics assessment", "function": "Carries out ethical and risk assessments of AI for public bodies and builds AI tools used to protect children.", "affiliation": "Assurance", "sources": [ "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08698690", "https://www.gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques?page=2" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08698690", "quotes": [ "TRILATERAL RESEARCH LTD\" \"Active\" \"One Knightsbridge Green, 5th Floor, London, United Kingdom, SW1X 7QA\" \"20 September 2013" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques?page=2", "quotes": [ "Trilateral Research: Ethical impact assessment, risk assessment, transparency reporting, bias mitigation and co-design of AI used to safeguard children" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "AI ethics assessment", "div": "companies" } ], "div_label": "Companies", "location": "London (SW1X 7QA)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SAFE-022", "name": "Best Practice AI", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2023-06-06", "status_detail": "Latest evidence opened is its GOV.UK case study published 6 June 2023; current status not confirmed.", "one_line": "Advises organisations on AI governance; wrote an explainability statement for a consumer health symptom checker that uses AI.", "description": "Best Practice AI worked with a consumer digital healthcare company and AI law experts \"to develop an Explainability Statement for an AI-enabled smart symptom checker\", published as a GOV.UK assurance case study on 6 June 2023. A company named Best Practice Artificial Intelligence Limited (11312967, incorporated 17 April 2018, Epsom) is on the register, but this session did not confirm it is the same organisation, so no number is recorded. 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Companies House shows CENTRE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF AI as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "A non-profit that researches how governments and companies should govern advanced AI.", "description": "The Centre for the Governance of AI is a non-profit research organisation on AI governance. Its UK arm is a company limited by guarantee without share capital, incorporated on 7 August 2024, with a registered office at 20 Old Bailey, London. The earlier pass described a US 501(c)(3) parent and an Oxford origin in the Future of Humanity Institute; those points were not re-opened in this session. [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] Listed on Labs (AI safety research)", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "15883729", "registered_office": "Third Floor, 20 Old Bailey, London, United Kingdom, EC4M 7AN", "incorporated": "2024-08-07", "legal_form": "non-profit (company limited by guarantee)", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "15883729", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15883729", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (registered office EC4M 7AN)", "postcode": "EC4M 7AN", "lat": 51.515715, "lng": -0.10238, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "City of London", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Ben Garfinkel", "role": "Executive Director", "from": "2021", "source": "https://www.governance.ai/about-us", "round4": true }, { "name": "John Halstead", "role": "Director of Research", "from": "not stated", "source": "https://www.governance.ai/people", "round4": true }, { "name": "Valerie Belu", "role": "Director of Talent", "from": "not stated", "source": "https://www.governance.ai/people", "round4": true } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "sectors": [ "AI governance research" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-centre-for-the-governance-of-ai", "type": "Networks, bodies, events and media", "category": "AI governance research", "function": "A non-profit that researches how governments and companies should govern advanced AI.", "affiliation": "Assurance", "sources": [ "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15883729", "https://www.governance.ai/about-us", "https://www.governance.ai/post/the-centre-for-the-governance-of-ai-has-relaunched", "https://www.governance.ai/people" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15883729", "quotes": [ "CENTRE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF AI\" \"Active\" \"Third Floor, 20 Old Bailey, London, United Kingdom, EC4M 7AN\" \"7 August 2024\" \"Private Limited Company by guarantee without share capital" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.governance.ai/about-us", "quotes": [ "GovAI was founded at Yale University in 2016, with Prof. Allan Dafoe as its Founding Director." ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.governance.ai/post/the-centre-for-the-governance-of-ai-has-relaunched", "quotes": [ "Today, we have relaunched as a nonprofit organization." ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.governance.ai/people", "quotes": [ "Executive Director\" (title listed for Ben Garfinkel)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "AI governance research", "div": "networks-bodies-events-and-media" } ], "div_label": "Networks, bodies, events and media", "location": "London (registered office EC4M 7AN)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SAFE-026", "name": "British Standards Institution (AI assurance)", "bucket": "org", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Listed in the GOV.UK AI assurance techniques portfolio for EU AI Act readiness assessment and algorithmic auditing, and in a partnership with Citadel AI (opened 29 October 2026; case-study dates not read).", "one_line": "The UK national standards body, which offers AI audits and checks of readiness for the EU AI Act.", "description": "The British Standards Institution (BSI) appears in the GOV.UK AI assurance portfolio with a case study on EU AI Act readiness assessment and algorithmic auditing, and in a case study on a partnership with the Japanese company Citadel AI to provide AI assurance techniques. No other page on its AI work was opened in this session; its legal form and leadership are not recorded here. 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Its investor page calls it \"UK-headquartered\" and lists AI offerings including \"Data and AI\", \"AI Business Solutions\" and \"AI Agents\". It has launched Actonomy, described in its own headline as \"our dedicated AI business\"; that page could not be opened. It reports FY26 revenue of £431.1m, up 17%, and adjusted pre-tax profit of £67.1m. For the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), Kainos was \"delivery partner of the Defence AI Centre (DAIC) programme of advanced rapid AI experimentation\", and worked on putting the Ministry of Defence's AI ethics principles into practice (GOV.UK case study, published 26 September 2024). [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] SAFETY & ASSURANCE: Technology firm that was delivery partner for Dstl's Defence AI Centre experimentation programme and helped put AI ethics principles into practice in defence. 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