UK BUSINESS AI UNIVERSE: Places: London: Assurance

Assurance

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Record	What it is	Place	Links	Confidence
AdvaiCompanies	Tests AI systems to find where they break, including under deliberate attack, and gives managers a dashboard of AI risk and compliance.	London (N1 7GU)	Companies House · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques/advai-streamlinin · gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques · plexal.com/news/top-cyber-ai-security-startups-p	verified
AI ScoreCompanies	Makes software that shows organisations, as it happens, how staff and systems use AI, and flags compliance and safety risks.	London (EC2A 4NE)	Companies House · uktech.news/ai/ai-governance-startup-emerges-fro · uktech.news/funding/uk-tech-funding-roundup-zilc · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.	verified
Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI UK)Networks, bodies, events and media	A non-profit that researches how governments and companies should govern advanced AI. Profile Owner or parent GovAI, a US 501(c)(3) non-profit (EIN 99-4000294); GovAI UK is its subsidiary, a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales (15883729) Founded or opened 2016 at Yale University; an academic centre at the University of Oxford from 2018; relaunched as an independent non-profit on 29 Oct 2021 Lab director or lead Ben Garfinkel — Executive Director (Director since 2021; Acting Director at the Oct 2021 relaunch) Other leaders John Halstead — Director of Research; Valerie Belu — Director of Talent; Katherine Gilmore — Head of Operations; Georg Arndt — Chief of Staff; Robert Trager — International Governance Lead; Markus Anderljung — Principal Researcher; Allan Dafoe — Founding Director (now listed as an affiliate) Site and address as published offices in London and Washington, DC; staff in San Francisco and remote Headcount 58 people named in the Team section (affiliates and board excluded; count made from the page) — read 31 Oct 2026 — https://www.governance.ai/people (single source) What it does A non-profit research organisation on how AI should be governed. It began at Yale in 2016, moved to Oxford in 2018, has been independent since 2021, and now has offices in London and Washington. It researches threat modelling, risk management, the economics of AI, frontier AI regulation, geopolitics, military use and technical governance. Its fellowship takes over 100 people a year. Research groups or focus Threat modeling; Risk management; Economics of AI; Frontier AI regulation; Geopolitics and military applications of AI; Military and civilian adoption of AI; Technical governance; Frontier research Notable outputs input to UK AI Security Institute research programmes, to the International AI Safety Report and to frontier companies' safety and security frameworks; publications in Science and NeurIPS (titles not given on the page) Selected papers Not stated (research page would not open) Funding or budget as published Not stated. Funders named at the 2021 relaunch: Open Philanthropy, the Centre for Emerging Risk Research and Effective Altruism Funds (no amounts) Uk government links "Input to ... UK AI Security Institute research programs" (About page) Status now Active, with offices in London and Washington, DC. Labs Round 8 deep profile (31 Oct 2026), as the researchers wrote it; confidence: one source (GovAI's own pages). Sources governance.ai/about-us governance.ai/post/the-centre-for-the-governance governance.ai/people	London (registered office EC4M 7AN)	Companies House · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · governance.ai/about-us · governance.ai/post/the-centre-for-the-governance · governance.ai/people	one source
Holistic AICompanies	Sells software that helps large organisations list their AI systems, check them for risks such as bias, and enforce rules while they run; also carries out AI audits.	London (WC1B 3HH)	Companies House · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · holisticai.com/press-release/holistic-ai-welcome · holisticai.com/media-coverage/mozilla-ventures-i · gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques?page=2	verified
iProovCompanies	Checks that a face on camera belongs to a real, present person, and detects deepfakes, for identity checks and video calls.	10 York Road, London (SE1 7ND)	Companies House · iproov.com/press/verified-meetings-announcement- · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.	verified
Trilateral ResearchCompanies	Carries out ethical and risk assessments of AI for public bodies and builds AI tools used to protect children.	London (SW1X 7QA)	Companies House · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques?page=2	verified
Warden AICompanies	Checks AI tools used in hiring and HR for bias on a continuing basis and publishes the results for employers and software vendors.	London (E2 8JF)	Companies House · gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques/warden-ai-continu · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques	verified