{ "title": "UK BUSINESS AI UNIVERSE: Places: Scotland", "built": "2026-10-31 17:13 UTC", "last_checked": "2026-10-29", "checked_range": [ "2026-10-29", "2026-10-29" ], "as_of": "2026-10-29", "buckets": [ { "key": "co", "label": "Companies", "color": "#d1495b", "count": 48 }, { "key": "inv", "label": "Investors and funds", "color": "#2e86de", "count": 2 }, { "key": "deal", "label": "Deals", "color": "#10ac84", "count": 0 }, { "key": "prog", "label": "Schemes, programmes and AI lines", "color": "#f39c12", "count": 16 }, { "key": "site", "label": "Data centres and compute sites", "color": "#8e44ad", "count": 17 }, { "key": "org", "label": "Networks, bodies, events and media", "color": "#34495e", "count": 11 }, { "key": "part", "label": "Partnerships and contracts", "color": "#e67e22", "count": 5 }, { "key": "prod", "label": "Chips, models and products", "color": "#e84393", "count": 1 }, { "key": "person", "label": "People", "color": "#9bbf00", "count": 0 } ], "divisions": [ { "key": "startups", "label": "Start-ups", "count": 27, "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "count": 26 }, { "dept": "Schemes, programmes and AI lines", "count": 1 } ] }, { "key": "cloud", "label": "Cloud and compute", "count": 14, "depts": [ { "dept": "Data centres and compute sites", "count": 8 }, { "dept": "Schemes, programmes and AI lines", "count": 4 }, { "dept": "Companies", "count": 2 } ] }, { "key": "data-centres", "label": "Data centres", "count": 11, "depts": [ { "dept": "Data centres and compute sites", "count": 8 }, { "dept": "Companies", "count": 2 }, { "dept": "Networks, bodies, events and media", "count": 1 } ] }, { "key": "chips", "label": "Chips and hardware", "count": 11, "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "count": 10 }, { "dept": "Schemes, programmes and AI lines", "count": 1 } ] }, { "key": "networks", "label": "Networks and media", "count": 9, "depts": [ { "dept": "Networks, bodies, events and media", "count": 7 }, { "dept": "Schemes, programmes and AI lines", "count": 2 } ] }, { "key": "talent", "label": "Talent", "count": 8, "depts": [ { "dept": "Schemes, programmes and AI lines", "count": 8 } ] }, { "key": "established", "label": "Established firms", "count": 6, "depts": [ { "dept": "Partnerships and contracts", "count": 4 }, { "dept": "Companies", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "Chips, models and products", "count": 1 } ] }, { "key": "software", "label": "Software and tools", "count": 5, "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "count": 3 }, { "dept": "Networks, bodies, events and media", "count": 2 } ] }, { "key": "safety", "label": "Safety", "count": 3, "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "count": 2 }, { "dept": "Networks, bodies, events and media", "count": 1 } ] }, { "key": "big-tech", "label": "Big tech in the UK", "count": 2, "depts": [ { "dept": "Partnerships and contracts", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "Companies", "count": 1 } ] }, { "key": "investors", "label": "Investors", "count": 2, "depts": [ { "dept": "Investors and funds", "count": 2 } ] }, { "key": "services", "label": "Services and skills", "count": 1, "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "count": 1 } ] }, { "key": "labs", "label": "Labs", "count": 1, "depts": [ { "dept": "Data centres and compute sites", "count": 1 } ] } ], "colleges": [], "nodes": [ { "id": "BIZ-BIG-024", "name": "CoreWeave–DataVita deployment, Lanarkshire AI Growth Zone", "bucket": "part", "status": "announced", "status_date": "2026-01-29", "status_detail": "Confirmed within the Lanarkshire AI Growth Zone announcement of 29 January 2026; no page opened reports the GPUs as installed.", "one_line": "CoreWeave's £1.5bn plan to install NVIDIA GPUs at DataVita's data-centre site in Airdrie, Scotland.", "description": "CoreWeave and the Scottish data-centre company DataVita announced their partnership on 16–17 September 2025. On 29 January 2026 the government named Lanarkshire an AI Growth Zone, delivered by DataVita around its Airdrie site, with CoreWeave as a key backer rolling out NVIDIA GPUs. CoreWeave called it a £1.5bn investment. The site itself is recorded on the Data centres page. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] description: Part of CoreWeave's £1.5bn September 2025 pledge; to build \"one of Europe's largest, most efficient AI data centres\" [Big tech Round 1, 30 Oct 2026] GP-23: CoreWeave sovereign renewable AI compute partnership with DataVita (DSIT / Scottish Government), £1.5bn ($1.9bn) for green AI data centres in Scotland, announced September 2025 / January 2026, active. 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On 20 November 2025 the UK government said Cerebras was committed to deepening its investment in the UK by expanding AI partnerships. No UK office or headcount was found on the pages opened. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] partnership: Expanding AI partnerships and collaboration with EPCC at the University of Edinburgh (November 2025) [Big tech Round 1, 30 Oct 2026] Announced on 20 November 2025 a deeper UK investment and an expanded wafer-scale AI supercomputing partnership with EPCC at the University of Edinburgh (offices in Edinburgh and London). (Big tech file, line 126; no source link given.)", "uk_status": "foreign_with_uk_base", "company": { "ch_number": null, "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": "Cerebras Systems Inc. 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The Compute Roadmap (17 July 2025) said it would replace ARCHER2, come online in 2027 and be run by the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre, the first designated National Supercomputing Centre. UKRI's notice UKRI-5244 estimates £275m excluding VAT for a service running from September 2026 to August 2031, the machine to be owned by UKRI. The 8 June 2026 release said the tender is due to launch soon. Cerebras systems already run at Edinburgh (BIZ-BIG-040). [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] dates: Roadmap: \"planned to come online in 2027\"; DCD (AI Hardware Plan): deployment by 2030; Sector Plan forward look: tender launch in 2026 — dates conflict [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] tender: Tender to be launched in 2026 [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] host centre: EPCC named the UK's first National Supercomputing Centre — see BIZ-CLD-2037 [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] status (one source, shown as a note; status unchanged): NERC: preparation and procurement under way; successor to ARCHER2 [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] funding: Up to £750m confirmed at the Spending Review, 11 June 2025; to exceed ARCHER2 capacity [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] building: £31m new wing of EPCC's Advanced Computing Facility; Edinburgh named preferred host of the national exascale facility (12 October 2023) [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] key_facts: Estimated budget for the system itself £300–330m within the up-to-£750m service; contract expected September 2026 to August 2031, possible extension to August 2033; tentative tender 4 February 2026; exascale no longer a requirement (2025-10-13) [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] key_facts: \"The system is planned to come online in 2027\"; replaces ARCHER2; projected to rank in the top 5 supercomputers of today [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] procurement and timing: Procurement started (autumn 2025); deployment hoped for mid-2027; will contain GPUs; DSIT June 2026: \"up to £400 million to purchase next generation AI chips\" within the £750m, and tender \"soon\" to be launched [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] site investment: EPCC invested £20m in Computer Room 4 (configured as 6 MW) and £9m in a new 30 MW power supply; earlier government envelope \"in the region of £900 million\" for exascale plus AIRR (2023-05-22) [Cloud Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] The file says construction of the Edinburgh data-centre power and cooling upgrade began in 2026, with full production service planned for Q4 2027 (some roadmap dates run to 2030) and a minimum five-year life. 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The UK Compute Roadmap places the service at the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre, and the January 2026 One Year On update says it will be coupled to the International Data Facility there. A university body, not a business; recorded as the host of a public compute site. 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Its membership numbers, chief executive and events were not confirmed on a page opened in this pass. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] programme: Regional Tech Booster catalyst pilot \"Future Ready In Scotland\" for founders in rural and remote areas (Oct 2025) [Networks and media Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Networks and media file (row NM03-22, line 122, as 'ScotlandIS'): Trade association for Scotland's digital technologies industry; leads cluster collaboration in Data, AI, Cyber, and SpaceTech across Scotland.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "SC209844", "registered_office": "Oracle Campus Blackness Road, Springfield, Linlithgow, West Lothian, EH49 7LR", "incorporated": "2000-08-03", "legal_form": "non-profit (company limited by guarantee)", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "SC209844", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC209844", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Linlithgow (EH49 7LR)", "postcode": "EH49 7LR", "lat": 55.985361, "lng": -3.579801, "region": "Scotland", "admin_district": "West Lothian", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "Regional tech networks and devolved clusters" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Networks, bodies, events and media", "category": "Regional tech networks and devolved clusters", "function": "The trade body for Scotland's digital technology industry.", "affiliation": "Networks and media", "sources": [ "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC209844", "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/local-tech-ready-for-take-off-as-14-projects-supporting-businesses-and-jobs-unveiled" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC209844", "quotes": [ "SCOTLANDIS\" \"BUSINESS SCOTLANDIS\" \"Active\" \"3 August 2000\" \"Oracle Campus Blackness Road, Springfield, Linlithgow, West Lothian, EH49 7LR" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/local-tech-ready-for-take-off-as-14-projects-supporting-businesses-and-jobs-unveiled", "quotes": [ "Future Ready In Scotland" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Networks, bodies, events and media", "div": "networks" } ], "div_label": "Networks and media", "location": "Linlithgow (EH49 7LR)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SVC-018", "name": "CreateFuture (acquired by Version 1)", "bucket": "co", "status": "acquired", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Computer Weekly reported that Version 1 had acquired the Scottish firm CreateFuture, about 550 staff, for undisclosed terms; the article carried no date (its web id suggests 2026).", "one_line": "A Scottish digital-services firm known for building AI systems for gaming, financial and utility clients; bought by the IT services firm Version 1.", "description": "Computer Weekly (MicroScope) reported that Version 1 had bought CreateFuture, a Scottish services firm with about 550 staff, which has \"delivering AI support to customers\" in iGaming, financial services and utilities. Version 1 chief executive Roop Singh called it \"a growth acquisition\"; the combined group would have 4,250 staff and revenue above €500m. CreateFuture's founder is Euan Andrews, and its leadership was to stay in place. Terms were not disclosed. The Crown Commercial Service's Technology Services 4 framework lists it as \"xSolutions365 Limited t/a CreateFuture\" (BIZ-SVC-029); that company's Companies House page could not be opened, and the Solihull companies named CreateFuture are not this firm, so no number is given. The deal date needs a second source.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "SC371716", "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": "Version 1", "headcount": "about 550, undated, Computer Weekly", "ch_number_clean": "SC371716", "from_round2": true, "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC371716", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Edinburgh (EH1 3EG)", "postcode": "EH1 3EG", "lat": 55.953385, "lng": -3.188116, "region": "Scotland", "admin_district": "City of Edinburgh", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Euan Andrews", "role": "Founder, CreateFuture", "from": null, "source": "https://www.computerweekly.com/microscope/news/366642584/Version-1-and-Integris-hit-the-acquisition-trial" }, { "name": "Roop Singh", "role": "CEO, Version 1", "from": null, "source": null } ], "money": [ { "kind": "note", "amount": null, "currency": null, "date": null, "detail": null, "raw": "null (terms not disclosed)", "kind_as_written": null, "amount_gbp": null, "fx_rate": null, "fx_source": null, "fx_note": "no amount published", "txt": "", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "gaming", "financial services", "utilities" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": [ { "from": "Companies House check, 29 Oct 2026", "field": "place", "text": "place → Edinburgh (registered office, EH1 3EG) — region: Scotland" } ], "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "gaming", "function": "A Scottish digital-services firm known for building AI systems for gaming, financial and utility clients; 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the company is active.", "one_line": "Software company now owned by Intel; the lead says it builds compilers and tools that let AI and other programs run on many kinds of chip (not verified here).", "description": "Codeplay Software Limited was incorporated on 21 October 2002. Companies House records Intel Research And Development UK Limited as its controlling owner, with 75% or more of shares and votes, from 30 June 2022, when an earlier individual controller ceased. Its registered office has moved to Intel's UK address in Salford. The task's leads place it in Edinburgh and describe it as a maker of SYCL and oneAPI programming tools; codeplay.com was refused by the fetch tool, so its product and location are not verified in this session. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] Companies House (read 30 October 2026): Active — proposal to strike off; filing overdue; strike-off proposed [Places Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Places file (line 61, tile 06) places this in Edinburgh; region set to Scotland. The file gives no source; not re-researched.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "04567874", "registered_office": "2 New Bailey, 6 Stanley Street, Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom, M3 5GS", "incorporated": "2002-10-21", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": "Intel (via Intel Research And Development UK Limited)", "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "04567874", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04567874", "ch_note": null, "legal_name": "CODEPLAY SOFTWARE LIMITED", "ch_status_r6": "Active — proposal to strike off" }, "place": { "text": "Edinburgh (Alex's Places file; not verified)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "Scotland" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI infrastructure", "AI development and training" ], "sectors": [ "developer tools and coding agents", "compilers", "programming tools for chips (lead)" ], "confidence": "single_source", "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": "Software company now owned by Intel; the lead says it builds compilers and tools that let AI and other programs run on many kinds of chip (not verified here).", "affiliation": "Software and tools", "sources": [ "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04567874", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04567874/persons-with-significant-control" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04567874", "quotes": [ "CODEPLAY SOFTWARE LIMITED\" \"Active\" \"2 New Bailey, 6 Stanley Street, Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom, M3 5GS\" \"21 October 2002" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04567874/persons-with-significant-control", "quotes": [ "Intel Research And Development Uk Limited\" \"30 June 2022\" \"Ownership of shares – 75% or more" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI infrastructure", "AI development and training" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "software" } ], "div_label": "Software and tools", "location": "Edinburgh (Alex's Places file; not verified)", "status_group": "acquired", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "acquired_by", "name": "Intel" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SW-042", "name": "Smart Data Foundry", "bucket": "org", "status": "wound_down", "status_date": "2026-08-28", "status_detail": "Smart Data Foundry Limited went into administration on 28 August 2026, with Michelle Marie Elliot and Callum Angus Carmichael appointed, per Companies House.", "one_line": "Edinburgh not-for-profit data organisation; the lead says it gave researchers safe access to financial data for analysis and AI. In administration since August 2026.", "description": "Smart Data Foundry Limited is a company limited by guarantee without share capital, incorporated on 21 September 2021 as UOE NEWCO2021 LIMITED and renamed on 22 April 2022. Its registered office is the Edinburgh Futures Institute and its business code is educational support services. Its latest accounts are to 31 July 2025. Companies House records that it entered administration on 28 August 2026, with administrators at addresses in Glasgow and Edinburgh. \"Administration\" is recorded here as wound_down, the nearest status. What it did is not verified from a page opened in this session.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "SC709914", "registered_office": "Edinburgh Futures Institute, 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH3 9EF", "incorporated": "2021-09-21", "legal_form": "non-profit (limited by guarantee)", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "SC709914", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC709914", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Edinburgh (EH3 9EF)", "postcode": "EH3 9EF", "lat": 55.944562, "lng": -3.192745, "region": "Scotland", "admin_district": "City of Edinburgh", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI infrastructure" ], "sectors": [ "data access for research", "finance data (lead)" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Networks, bodies, events and media", "category": "data access for research", "function": "Edinburgh not-for-profit data organisation; the lead says it gave researchers safe access to financial data for analysis and AI. 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It was chosen for the MHRA's AI Airlock pilot announced on 4 December 2024 but later withdrew. Companies House shows an administrator was appointed on 9 January 2025, the registered office moved to FRP Advisory in Edinburgh, and the company was dissolved on 28 February 2026. A separate company once named Lenus Healthcare Limited (now Solersha Ltd, SC828358, incorporated November 2024) exists at the old Leith address; any link is not confirmed. 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It secured £250,000 in a round led by Deepbridge Capital; FutureScot's page gives no date.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": null, "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": null, "companies_house_url": null, "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Glasgow", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "Scotland" }, "people": [ { "name": "Angus Perry", "role": "Founder", "from": "2023", "source": "https://futurescot.com/glasgow-ai-assistant-for-gps-eyes-new-markets-after-securing-250000-investment/" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 250000, "currency": "GBP", "date": null, "detail": "led by Deepbridge Capital (date not stated)", "raw": "funding_round: 250000 GBP null — led by Deepbridge Capital (date not stated)", "amount_gbp": 250000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£250,000", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications" ], "sectors": [ "primary care", "clinical documentation" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "health", "function": "Glasgow firm founded by a Highland GP that makes an AI assistant, care-planning tool and consultation scribe for GPs and patients.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://futurescot.com/glasgow-ai-assistant-for-gps-eyes-new-markets-after-securing-250000-investment/" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://futurescot.com/glasgow-ai-assistant-for-gps-eyes-new-markets-after-securing-250000-investment/", "quotes": [ "A Glasgow tech firm that has developed an AI assistant for patients and clinicians.\" \"securing £250,000 investment" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "Glasgow", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Deepbridge Capital" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-IND-036", "name": "Hypervine", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-29", "status_detail": "Companies House search lists Hypervine Limited (SC596608, incorporated 9 May 2018) without a dissolved status; a related Hypervine Technologies Ltd was dissolved on 9 December 2025.", "one_line": "Uses AI and satellite imagery to track people, materials, machines and emissions on construction and mining sites.", "description": "Hypervine is a Glasgow company founded by Paul Duddy. 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