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Meta is lead partner and co-developer; other named customers include Cerebras, Cloudflare, F5, OpenAI, Positron, Rebellions, SAP and SK Telecom. Server makers ASRock Rack, Lenovo, Quanta and Supermicro build systems around it. Arm said early systems were available at launch, with broader availability expected in the second half of 2026. 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manufacturing in Durham", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-005", "name": "National Wealth Fund", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-005", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-003", "name": "British Patient Capital", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-003", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-051", "name": "Northern Gritstone", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-051", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "linked from: funds", "id": "BIZ-INV-039", "name": "M&G Investments (Catalyst)", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-039", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "linked from: made_by", "id": "BIZ-CHIP-7049", "name": "Pragmatic FlexIC Gen-3 foundry platform", "page": "chips", "href": "../../chips/#org=BIZ-CHIP-7049", "page_label": "Chips and hardware" }, { "kind": "linked from: made_by", "id": "BIZ-CHIP-7072", "name": "Sunburst RISC-V laser-direct-write chip", "page": "chips", "href": "../../chips/#org=BIZ-CHIP-7072", "page_label": "Chips and hardware" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "M&G Catalyst" }, { "kind": "partner_of", "name": "Newcastle University" } ], "degree": 1, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-INV-204" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-CHIP-025", "name": "Myrtle.ai", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-08-25", "status_detail": "Reported on 25 August 2026 that its VOLLO accelerator set the lowest p99 latency published on the STAC-ML Tacana benchmark suite.", "one_line": "Makes software that runs machine-learning models on FPGA chips in microseconds, sold mainly to trading firms under the VOLLO name.", "description": "Myrtle.ai, based in Cambridge, sells VOLLO, which it calls a low-latency machine-learning inference accelerator, running models on FPGA hardware such as AMD's Alveo V80 card. Its main customers are capital-markets trading firms, with a product also aimed at security uses. On 25 August 2026 it reported the lowest p99 latency published on the STAC-ML Tacana suite. Its Companies House entry was not confirmed: Myrtle Software Limited (04978210, Cambridge) is a likely match but no page opened links the two. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] START-UPS: Compiler technology that turns trained AI networks into efficient chip designs, applied to driver-assistance computer vision.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "04978210", "registered_office": "Third Floor St. Andrews House, 59 St. Andrews Street, Cambridge, England, CB2 3BZ", "incorporated": "2003-11-27", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "04978210", "from_round2": true, "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04978210", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Cambridge (CB2 3BZ)", "postcode": "CB2 3BZ", "lat": 52.20471, "lng": 0.122891, "region": "England: East of England", "admin_district": "Cambridge", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Peter Baldwin", "role": "Founder and CEO", "from": null, "source": "https://myrtle.ai/about/", "amendment": true }, { "name": "Tom Lagatta", "role": "Executive Chairman", "from": null, "source": "https://myrtle.ai/about/", "amendment": true } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI infrastructure" ], "sectors": [ "AI inference acceleration", "FPGA", "financial trading" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": [ { "from": "Part 2.4", "field": "company", "text": "ch_number 04978210 \\| registered_office Third Floor St. Andrews House, 59 St. Andrews Street, Cambridge, England, CB2 3BZ \\| incorporated 2003-11-27 \\| legal_form ltd" }, { "from": "Part 2.4", "field": "people", "text": "Peter Baldwin — Founder and CEO ; 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Companies House shows BLUESHIFT MEMORY LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Designs a computer memory architecture that cuts data movement between processor and memory, to speed up AI and other data-heavy work.", "description": "Blueshift Memory Ltd was incorporated in August 2016 and is registered in London. Package 1 recorded it as a Cambridge company designing a memory architecture and a computer-vision AI accelerator chip, but its own site could not be opened in this session to confirm this. Companies House shows it active, with its last accounts made up to 31 August 2025. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] place: London; ChipStart UK cohort 1", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10325769", "registered_office": "71-75 Shelton Street, London, Greater London, United Kingdom, WC2H 9JQ", "incorporated": "2016-08-11", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "10325769", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10325769", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Cambridge (from Package 1; not reconfirmed)", "postcode": "WC2H 9JQ", "lat": 51.514897, "lng": -0.123615, "region": "England: East of England", "admin_district": "Camden", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI infrastructure" ], "sectors": [ "memory architecture", "AI accelerators" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-blueshift-memory", "type": "Companies", "category": "memory architecture", "function": "Designs a computer memory architecture that cuts data movement between processor and memory, to speed up AI and other data-heavy work.", "affiliation": "Chips and hardware", "sources": [ "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10325769", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10325769", "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/semiconductor-sector-study-2026/semiconductor-sector-study-2026" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10325769", "quotes": [ "BLUESHIFT MEMORY LTD\" \"71-75 Shelton Street, London\" \"Active\" \"11 August 2016\" \"Last accounts made up to 31 August 2025" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10325769", "quotes": [ "BLUESHIFT MEMORY LTD", "Active", "11 August 2016", "Last accounts made up to 31 August 2025" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/semiconductor-sector-study-2026/semiconductor-sector-study-2026", "quotes": [ "addresses related memory architecture challenges" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI infrastructure" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "chips" } ], "div_label": "Chips and hardware", "location": "Cambridge (from Package 1; not reconfirmed)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-CHIP-030", "name": "Raspberry Pi", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Launched the AI HAT+ 2, its first product for generative AI on the Raspberry Pi 5, on 15 January 2026. Companies House shows RASPBERRY PI HOLDINGS PLC as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Makes low-cost single-board computers in Cambridge and sells add-on boards that run AI models on them.", "description": "Raspberry Pi makes small single-board computers. Its listed parent, Raspberry Pi Holdings plc, is registered at Cambridge Science Park and was incorporated in March 2024 as Raspberry Pi Listco Limited. Its AI product line includes the AI Kit, the AI HAT+ (October 2024, using Hailo-8L and Hailo-8 accelerators at 13 and 26 TOPS) and the AI HAT+ 2 (January 2026, using the Hailo-10H accelerator at 40 TOPS, able to run large language models). The accelerator chips themselves come from Hailo; Raspberry Pi designs the boards. 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It carries the Hailo-10H neural network accelerator, rated at 40 TOPS (INT4), and 8GB of onboard memory, which lets it run larger models than the first AI HAT+, including large language models. Raspberry Pi called it its first AI product for generative AI. 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The 13 TOPS version uses the Hailo-8L accelerator, as in the earlier AI Kit, and costs US$70; the 26 TOPS version uses the Hailo-8 and costs US$110. 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It cited \"one gigawatt of high-performance capacity\" without saying whether that was for the network. Companies House shows a Civo Data Centre (Welwyn) Ltd registered in Stevenage, incorporated 4 September 2025; no page opened ties it to this site. 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GOV.UK described it on 20 November 2025 as \"a high-performance data centre campus in Hertfordshire\" with a £4 billion commitment. The release does not name the village or give an opening date. Whether this is the plot permitted to DC01 UK (BIZ-DC-044) was not stated on a page opened. 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Companies House shows CAMBRIDGE GAN DEVICES LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Designs power chips made from gallium nitride that waste less electricity, for data centres, electric cars and industry.", "description": "Cambridge GaN Devices is a University of Cambridge spin-out founded in 2016, led by founder and chief executive Dr Giorgia Longobardi. It designs, without its own factory, power transistors made from gallium nitride, which UKTN says beat silicon on efficiency and switching speed. It targets data centres and cars and expects demand \"driven by the increased demand for AI\". UKTN reported a US$32m (£25.4m) Series C on 18 February 2025 with Cambridge Innovation Capital, IQ Capital, Parkwalk, Foresight, BGF and £5m from British Patient Capital; in 2021 it raised a Series A of about £6.8m. The University of Cambridge remains a shareholder. 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last funding verified is US$19m in May 2021.", "one_line": "Designs analogue circuit blocks that chip makers can adapt and add to their own chips. No AI-specific product was found.", "description": "Agile Analog was founded in 2017 by Mike Hulse and sells analogue intellectual property: circuit designs that customers can \"customise the chip for their specific needs\" across manufacturing processes. UKTN reported on 17 May 2021 that it closed US$19m (nearly £13.5m) led by OMERS Ventures, with Delin Ventures, firstminute capital and MMC Ventures; Pete Hutton was executive chairman. Its company was first named Affinity Analog Limited. No AI link was found on pages opened; Alex to decide whether it belongs on the chips page. [Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] Chips and hardware: Configurable, process-agnostic analog IP generator company (PMU, data converters, PVT sensors for advanced-node AI SoCs; raised $19M+).", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10892818", "registered_office": "Serendipity Labs, 1 Cambridge Square, Cambridge, England, CB4 0AE", "incorporated": "2017-08-01", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "10892818", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10892818", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Cambridge (CB4 0AE)", "postcode": "CB4 0AE", "lat": 52.22486, "lng": 0.157178, "region": "England: East of England", "admin_district": "South Cambridgeshire", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Mike Hulse", "role": "Founder", "from": "2017", "source": "https://www.uktech.news/news/cambridge-deep-tech-agile-analog-funding-20210517" }, { "name": "Pete Hutton", "role": "Executive chairman (as at May 2021)", "from": null, "source": null } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 19000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2021-05-17", "detail": "led by OMERS Ventures", "raw": "funding_round: 19000000 USD 2021-05-17 — led by OMERS Ventures", "amount_gbp": 13457997, "fx_rate": 1.4118, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.4118 per £ on 2021-05-17", "fx_date": "2021-05-17", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$19m", "gbp_txt": "£13.5m" } ], "site": null, "product": { "maker": "Agile Analog", "launched": null, "what_it_does": "configurable analogue circuit designs licensed to chip makers" }, "dsit_domains": [ "AI infrastructure" ], "sectors": [ "semiconductor IP", "analogue design" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "semiconductor IP", "function": "Designs analogue circuit blocks that chip makers can adapt and add to their own chips. No AI-specific product was found.", "affiliation": "Chips and hardware", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/news/cambridge-deep-tech-agile-analog-funding-20210517", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=Agile+Analog", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10892818" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/news/cambridge-deep-tech-agile-analog-funding-20210517", "quotes": [ "closed $19 million (nearly £13.5 million) in funding", "customise the chip for their specific needs\" (Monday 17 May 2021)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=Agile+Analog", "quotes": [ "AGILE ANALOG LTD.\" \"10892818\" \"Incorporated on 1 August 2017\" \"Serendipity Labs, 1 Cambridge Square, Cambridge, England, CB4 0AE\" (previous name AFFINITY ANALOG LIMITED) (search result)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10892818", "quotes": [ "AGILE ANALOG LTD.", "Active", "1 August 2017", "82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified", "AFFINITY ANALOG LIMITED (01 Aug 2017 - 03 Aug 2017)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI infrastructure" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "chips" } ], "div_label": "Chips and hardware", "location": "Cambridge (CB4 0AE)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-206", "name": "firstminute capital", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-206", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-032", "name": "MMC Ventures", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-032", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "OMERS Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Delin Ventures" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-CHIP-040", "name": "TeraView", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "UKTN reported that TeraView listed in December 2025 at a market value of US$193m (£142.8m); exact date and exchange not verified. Companies House shows TERAVIEW HOLDINGS PLC as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Cambridge company; the lead says it makes terahertz light equipment used to inspect chips and other materials (not verified here; no AI link found).", "description": "TeraView Limited was incorporated on 18 December 2000 at Cambridge Research Park, Waterbeach; a holding company, TeraView Holdings PLC, was incorporated on 19 July 2024 at the same site. UKTN wrote on 12 August 2026 that TeraView's December 2025 listing, at a market value of US$193m (£142.8m), was the sector's most recent public debut. Its products, exchange and listing date were not verified on a primary page; no AI link was found. Alex to decide whether it belongs on the chips page.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "15848451", "registered_office": "1 Enterprise, Cambridge Research Park, Waterbeach, Cambridge, United Kingdom, CB25 9PD", "incorporated": "2024-07-19", "legal_form": "plc", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "15848451", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15848451", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Cambridge Research Park, Waterbeach (CB25 9PD)", "postcode": "CB25 9PD", "lat": 52.289315, "lng": 0.173328, "region": "England: East of England", "admin_district": "South Cambridgeshire", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [ { "kind": "valuation_reported", "amount": 193000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2025-12", "detail": "market value at listing (single source)", "raw": "valuation_reported: 193000000 USD 2025-12 — market value at listing (single source)", "amount_gbp": 145638394, "fx_rate": 1.3252, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3252 per £ on 2025-12-01", "fx_date": "2025-12-01", "fx_note": "month only given: rate for the 1st", "txt": "US$193m", "gbp_txt": "£145.6m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI infrastructure" ], "sectors": [ "semiconductor inspection (lead)" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "semiconductor inspection (lead)", "function": "Cambridge company; the lead says it makes terahertz light equipment used to inspect chips and other materials (not verified here; no AI link found).", "affiliation": "Chips and hardware", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/semiconductor/uk-semiconductor-funding-reaches-237m-this-year-more-than-all-of-2025-20260812", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=TeraView", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15848451" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/semiconductor/uk-semiconductor-funding-reaches-237m-this-year-more-than-all-of-2025-20260812", "quotes": [ "$193m (£142.8m)\" (TeraView listing, December 2025) (Wed 12 Aug 2026)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=TeraView", "quotes": [ "TERAVIEW HOLDINGS PLC\" \"15848451\" \"Incorporated on 19 July 2024", "TERAVIEW LIMITED\" \"04126946\" \"Incorporated on 18 December 2000\" (search result)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15848451", "quotes": [ "TERAVIEW HOLDINGS PLC", "Active", "Public limited Company", "19 July 2024", "TERAVIEW HOLDINGS LIMITED (19 Jul 2024 - 31 Mar 2025)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI infrastructure" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "chips" } ], "div_label": "Chips and hardware", "location": "Cambridge Research Park, Waterbeach (CB25 9PD)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SW-013", "name": "Fetch.ai", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Trading through a new company, Fetch.ai Limited (incorporated 27 January 2024); the original Fetch.ai Limited of 2018 was renamed FAI Realisations 2024 Limited on 7 February 2024 and has been in administration since 23 January 2024 (second administration from 26 January 2026). On 19 November 2025 it launched ASI:One. Companies House shows FETCH.AI LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Makes software for building, finding and running AI agents that act for people and businesses, including a consumer app that coordinates brand agents.", "description": "Fetch.ai was founded by Humayun Sheikh, its chief executive. It describes itself as building \"infrastructure for the Agentic Web\": Agentverse, an open directory of agents; Fetch Business, for brands to publish verified agents; and ASI:One, a personal AI that coordinates other agents, launched in November 2025. It is part of the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance with crypto-token projects. Its first UK company (2018) went into administration on 23 January 2024 and was renamed FAI Realisations 2024 Limited; a new Fetch.ai Limited, incorporated 27 January 2024 and controlled by Mr Sheikh, carries the name. The company says it is based in Cambridge, UK, and Menlo Park, California. 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Package 1 described it as a Cambridge University-rooted company, founded by Tony Robinson and led by chief executive Katy Wigdahl, that sells speech recognition through an API to developers; the company's own pages could not be re-opened in this session. It sells a building block to developers, so it is kept here, but Alex may prefer a language or voice page. [Added 29 Oct 2026, master Part 2.4] UKTN (28 June 2022) said it was headquartered in Cambridge with offices in London, Boston, Chennai and the Czech Republic, and its software understood 34 languages. [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] latest_money (earlier round): 2019-10-21; Series A; 6,350,000 GBP; AlbionVC (lead); IQ Capital and angels [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] key_facts: 29 languages available, over 75 in development (2019-10); 34 languages for speech-to-text (2022-06); customers Deloitte UK, 3Play Media, Veritone (2022-06) [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] sites: Cambridge (HQ), London, Boston (USA), Chennai (India), Czech Republic (2022-06) [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] people: John Milliken CEO (2019-10); Katy Wigdahl CEO (2022-06); Jonathan Klahr (Susquehanna) joined board (2022-06) [Round 6 profile, 30 Oct 2026] founded: 2009 (UKTN 2021 Cambridge list); hq: Cambridge (England: East of England); company boilerplate says \"headquartered in Cambridge and London\"; what it does: Speech-to-text software sold through an API. 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Companies House lists Bindbridge Ltd, incorporated on 27 September 2024 near Cambridge, as active, with George Crane a director since 22 March 2025.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "15984313", "registered_office": "Barn 4, Park Farm, Villa Road, Impington, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, CB24 9NZ", "incorporated": "2024-09-27", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "15984313", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15984313", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Cambridge (CB24 9NZ)", "postcode": "CB24 9NZ", "lat": 52.242895, "lng": 0.107561, "region": "England: East of England", "admin_district": "South Cambridgeshire", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "George Crane", "role": "co-founder and chief executive; director from 2025-03-22", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15984313/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 3800000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2026-03-03", "detail": "Speedinvest and Nucleus Capital (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 3800000 USD 2026-03-03 — Speedinvest and Nucleus Capital (single source)", "amount_gbp": 2856713, "fx_rate": 1.3302, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3302 per £ on 2026-03-03", "fx_date": "2026-03-03", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$3.8m", "gbp_txt": "£2.9m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Knowledge generation" ], "sectors": [ "agriculture", "crop protection chemistry" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "industry", "function": "Cambridge start-up using an AI platform to design \"molecular glue\" chemicals for new herbicides and crop protection.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/agtech/ai-crop-protection-startup-secures-new-funding-20260303", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15984313", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15984313/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/agtech/ai-crop-protection-startup-secures-new-funding-20260303", "quotes": [ "called BRIDGE", "Cambridge-based company", "has secured a $3.8m (£2.8m) investment." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15984313", "quotes": [ "BINDBRIDGE LTD\" \"Active\" \"27 September 2024" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15984313/officers", "quotes": [ "CRANE, George\" \"Active Director\" \"Appointed on\" \"22 March 2025" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Knowledge generation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "Cambridge (CB24 9NZ)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Speedinvest" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Nucleus Capital" }, { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "George Crane" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-IND-608", "name": "Fieldwork Robotics", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Announced £3m led by Elbow Beach Capital for farm trials on 7 April 2026; Companies House company page would not open, but its officers page lists David Fulton as an active director. Companies House shows FIELDWORK ROBOTICS LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Cambridge company building autonomous robots that pick raspberries.", "description": "Fieldwork Robotics, based in Cambridge, develops autonomous raspberry-harvesting robots. On 7 April 2026 UKTN reported £3m of funding, led by existing investor Elbow Beach Capital, for trials and adoption on real farms, and named David Fulton as chief executive. The article does not use the word AI; the robots fall under the DSIT domain of autonomous systems. Companies House lists Fieldwork Robotics Limited, incorporated on 17 October 2016 with a registered office in Exmouth; its officers page shows David Brian Fulton a director since 18 July 2023. The company page itself failed to load, so status was not read.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10432153", "registered_office": "28 Alexandra Terrace, Exmouth, Devon, England, EX8 1BD (from search listing)", "incorporated": "2016-10-17", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "10432153", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10432153", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Cambridge (null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: East of England" }, "people": [ { "name": "David Fulton", "role": "chief executive; director from 2023-07-18", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10432153/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 3000000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2026-04-07", "detail": "led by Elbow Beach Capital", "raw": "funding_round: 3000000 GBP 2026-04-07 — led by Elbow Beach Capital", "amount_gbp": 3000000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£3m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Autonomous and agent systems", "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "agriculture", "harvesting robots" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "industry", "function": "Cambridge company building autonomous robots that pick raspberries.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/agtech/berry-picking-robot-maker-secures-3m-for-farm-trials-20260407", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search/companies?q=fieldwork+robotics", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10432153/officers", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10432153" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/agtech/berry-picking-robot-maker-secures-3m-for-farm-trials-20260407", "quotes": [ "autonomous raspberry harvesting robots", "The Cambridge-based group", "David Fulton, Fieldwork Robotics chief executive" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search/companies?q=fieldwork+robotics", "quotes": [ "FIELDWORK ROBOTICS LIMITED\" \"10432153\" \"Incorporated on 17 October 2016" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10432153/officers", "quotes": [ "FULTON, David Brian\" \"Active\" \"Director\" \"Appointed on\" \"18 July 2023" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10432153", "quotes": [ "FIELDWORK ROBOTICS LIMITED | Company number 10432153 | Active" ], "accessed": "2026-10-31", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Autonomous and agent systems", "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "Cambridge (null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Elbow Beach Capital" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SW-617", "name": "Undo", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-06-16", "status_detail": "Closed a US$37m round led by Elsewhere Partners, reported 16 June 2026, to grow its tools for AI coding agents; Companies House lists Undo Limited as active.", "one_line": "Cambridge software that records a program's full run so AI coding agents can find the cause of bugs.", "description": "Undo, based in Cambridge, records a program's complete execution history so that AI coding agents can diagnose faults with runtime context, aiming at fully automated root-cause analysis. On 16 June 2026 UKTN reported a US$37m round led by Elsewhere Partners and named Greg Law as founder and chief executive. Companies House lists Undo Limited, incorporated on 28 June 2005, as active, registered in Cambridge, with Dr Gregory Edward Warwick Law a director since incorporation. Its AI-agent product is a named business line of a longer-standing debugging company (diversified). [Round 6 profile, 30 Oct 2026] hq: Cambridge (England: East of England); what it does: Records the full execution history of a running program so that developers, and now AI coding agents, can replay it and find the root cause of software bugs.; status now: Active; Cambridge debugging company that raised 37m USD in June 2026 to serve AI coding agents.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "05494036", "registered_office": "Unit 21 Hope Street Yard, Hope Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, CB1 3NA", "incorporated": "2005-06-28", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "05494036", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05494036", "ch_note": null, "legal_name": "UNDO LIMITED", "ch_status_r6": "Active" }, "place": { "text": "Cambridge (CB1 3NA)", "postcode": "CB1 3NA", "lat": 52.19691, "lng": 0.144469, "region": "England: East of England", "admin_district": "Cambridge", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Greg Law", "role": "founder and chief executive; director from 2005-06-28", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05494036/officers" }, { "name": "Greg Law", "role": "Founder and CEO", "from": "null", "source": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/undo-raises-27-6m-to-boost-software-issue-diagnosis-by-ai-agents-20260616", "round4": true } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 37000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2026-06-16", "detail": "led by Elsewhere Partners (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 37000000 USD 2026-06-16 — led by Elsewhere Partners (single source)", "amount_gbp": 27554364, "fx_rate": 1.3428, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3428 per £ on 2026-06-16", "fx_date": "2026-06-16", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$37m", "gbp_txt": "£27.6m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation", "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "sectors": [ "developer tools and coding agents", "developer tools", "software debugging" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "developer tools and coding agents", "function": "Cambridge software that records a program's full run so AI coding agents can find the cause of bugs.", "affiliation": "Software and tools", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/undo-raises-27-6m-to-boost-software-issue-diagnosis-by-ai-agents-20260616", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05494036", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05494036/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/undo-raises-27-6m-to-boost-software-issue-diagnosis-by-ai-agents-20260616", "quotes": [ "Undo has closed a $37m (£27.6m) funding round led by Elsewhere Partners" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05494036", "quotes": [ "UNDO LIMITED\" \"Active\" \"28 June 2005" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05494036/officers", "quotes": [ "LAW, Gregory Edward Warwick, Dr\" \"Active Director\" \"28 June 2005" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation", "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "software" } ], "div_label": "Software and tools", "location": "Cambridge (CB1 3NA)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Elsewhere Partners" }, { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Greg Law" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-HLT-701", "name": "CardiaTec", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows CardiaTec Biosciences Ltd active on 29 October 2026.", "one_line": "Uses AI on large heart-disease datasets to find new targets for drugs.", "description": "Cambridge company founded at the University of Cambridge that is building a target discovery platform using AI to analyse large-scale cardiovascular data. UKTN reported a £1.4 million pre-seed round in July 2022 led by Laidlaw Scholars Ventures and APEX Ventures, with Cambridge Enterprise taking part. Raphael Peralta was named as chief executive and is a director at Companies House. The registered office is in Oakham, Rutland.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "13634184", "registered_office": "Ketton Suite The King Centre, Main Road, Barleythorpe, Oakham, Rutland, England, LE15 7WD", "incorporated": "2021-09-21", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "13634184", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13634184", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Cambridge (as published; lat/lng null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: East of England" }, "people": [ { "name": "Raphael Peralta", "role": "chief executive (2022); director since 2021-09-21", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13634184/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 1400000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2022-07-06", "detail": "pre-seed led by Laidlaw Scholars Ventures and APEX Ventures (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 1400000 GBP 2022-07-06 — pre-seed led by Laidlaw Scholars Ventures and APEX Ventures (single source)", "amount_gbp": 1400000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£1.4m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Knowledge generation" ], "sectors": [ "health", "drug discovery", "cardiovascular" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "health", "function": "Uses AI on large heart-disease datasets to find new targets for drugs.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/medtech/cardiatec-raises-1-4m-20220706", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13634184", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13634184/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/medtech/cardiatec-raises-1-4m-20220706", "quotes": [ "CardiaTec is developing a target discovery platform that uses AI to analyse large-scale cardiovascular data" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13634184", "quotes": [ "CARDIATEC BIOSCIENCES LTD", "Active", "Incorporated on 21 September 2021", "72110" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13634184/officers", "quotes": [ "PERALTA, Raphael", "Director", "21 September 2021" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Knowledge generation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "Cambridge (as published; lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "spun_out_of", "name": "University of Cambridge" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Laidlaw Scholars Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "APEX Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Cambridge Enterprise" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-IND-705", "name": "MatNex (Materials Nexus)", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows Materials Nexus Limited active on 29 October 2026.", "one_line": "Machine-learning and quantum-mechanics software that predicts how new material compositions will perform, to cut lab experiments.", "description": "Cambridge spin-out building on University of Cambridge physics research. It has created datasets and machine-learning tools that forecast how new compositions of materials will perform, reducing physical experiments. UKTN reported a £2 million round in July 2023 led by Ada Ventures, with High-Tech Gründerfonds and the University of Cambridge. Dr Jonathan Bean is founder and chief executive, and a director since December 2020. 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