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   "sources_text": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/matalytics-secures-innovate-uk-grant-to-bring-physics-ai-to-the-steel-sector-20260813 — \"has been awarded £619k in grant funding from Innovate UK.\" (trade, UKTN)",
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   "amount_text": "585000",
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   "counterparty": "ServiceNow",
   "amount": null,
   "amount_text": null,
   "currency": null,
   "valuation_reported": null,
   "summary": "Global multi-year AI agents partnership",
   "sources_text": "https://www.experianplc.com/newsroom/press-releases/2026/experian-partners-with-servicenow-to-scale-trusted-decisioning-t — \"harnesses the power of autonomous AI agents across platforms\"",
   "source_urls": [
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   "gbp_txt": "£150m",
   "show": true
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   "confidence": "single_source",
   "ledger": "page",
   "page": "data-centres",
   "render": true,
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   "week_ending": false,
   "trade": false,
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   "amount_gbp": 150000000,
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   "company_text": "Vigilant AI.ai (new)",
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   "counterparty": "Haatch (lead); East Midlands Combined County Authority; British Business Bank",
   "amount": 585000,
   "amount_text": "585000",
   "currency": "GBP",
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   "summary": "Pre-seed for AI teammates for banks, fintechs and insurers.",
   "sources_text": "https://www.uktech.news/funding/derby-based-vigilant-ai-ai-secures-585k-pre-seed-investment-20251104 — \"has raised £585k in pre-seed funding led by early-stage VC Haatch.\" (trade, UKTN)",
   "source_urls": [
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   "ledger": "ledger2",
   "page": "startups",
   "render": true,
   "date_text": "2025-11-04",
   "date_sort": "2025-11-04",
   "before_ledger_start": false,
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   "fx_rate": 1.0,
   "fx_source": "as published (GBP)",
   "fx_note": "",
   "txt": "£585,000",
   "gbp_txt": "£585,000",
   "show": true
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   "date": "2025-11-04",
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   "company_id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-408",
   "counterparty": "Haatch",
   "amount": 585000,
   "amount_text": "585000",
   "currency": "GBP",
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   "summary": "Pre-seed with EMCCA and British Business Bank",
   "sources_text": "https://businesscloud.co.uk/live-blog/derby-based-ai-teammates-startup-secures-pre-seed-funding/ — \"£585,000 in pre-seed funding\"",
   "source_urls": [
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   "ledger": "ledger2",
   "page": "startups",
   "render": true,
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   "date_sort": "2025-11-04",
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   "amount_gbp": 585000,
   "fx_rate": 1.0,
   "fx_source": "as published (GBP)",
   "fx_note": "",
   "txt": "£585,000",
   "gbp_txt": "£585,000",
   "show": true
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   "date": "2025-09-17",
   "year": "2025",
   "kind": "investment_pledge",
   "company_text": "BIZ-DC-027 AI Pathfinder",
   "company_id": "BIZ-DC-027",
   "counterparty": "AI Pathfinder",
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   "amount_text": "18400000000",
   "currency": "GBP",
   "valuation_reported": null,
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   "source_urls": [
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    "https://business-times.co.uk/articles/technology/1bn-investment-set-to-put-northamptonshire-at-the-heart-of-ai-growth/"
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   "confidence": "single_source",
   "ledger": "page",
   "page": "data-centres",
   "render": true,
   "date_text": "2025-09-17",
   "date_sort": "2025-09-17",
   "before_ledger_start": false,
   "amount_gbp": 18400000000,
   "fx_rate": 1.0,
   "fx_source": "as published (GBP)",
   "fx_note": "",
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   "year": "2025",
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   "company_id": "BIZ-DC-027",
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   "currency": "GBP",
   "valuation_reported": null,
   "summary": "Initial investment of over £1bn in AI compute capacity, starting in Northamptonshire.",
   "sources_text": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/us-uk-pact-will-boost-advances-in-drug-discovery-create-tens-of-thousands-of-jobs-and-transform-lives — \"This will begin in Northamptonshire, with an initial investment of over £1 billion.\"",
   "source_urls": [
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   "confidence": "single_source",
   "ledger": "page",
   "page": "cloud",
   "render": true,
   "date_text": "2025-09-16",
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   "week_ending": false,
   "trade": false,
   "round4": true,
   "amount_gbp": 1000000000,
   "fx_rate": 1.0,
   "fx_source": "as published (GBP)",
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   "gbp_txt": "£1bn",
   "show": true
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   "date": "2025-07-29",
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   "amount_text": null,
   "currency": null,
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   "confidence": "verified",
   "ledger": "page",
   "page": "cloud",
   "render": true,
   "date_text": "2025-07-29",
   "date_sort": "2025-07-29",
   "before_ledger_start": false,
   "week_ending": false,
   "trade": false,
   "round4": true,
   "amount_gbp": null,
   "fx_rate": null,
   "fx_source": null,
   "fx_note": "no amount published",
   "txt": "",
   "gbp_txt": "",
   "show": true,
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   "amount_text": "1000000",
   "currency": "GBP",
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   "sources_text": "https://ocf.co.uk/about-us/blog/ocf-works-with-loughborough-university-on-new-1m-high-performance-computer-to-transform-research/ — \"consumes half the electricity whilst delivering three to four times the output\"",
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   "ledger": "page",
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   "date_text": "2021-08-24",
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   "trade": false,
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   "gbp_txt": "£1m",
   "show": true,
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