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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": "AI risk measurement", "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": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SAFE-007", "name": "Aligned AI", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Listed as active at Companies House, but its confirmation statement due by 11 April 2026 is shown as overdue on 29 October 2026; last accounts made up to 31 December 2024. Companies House shows ALIGNED AI LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Researches ways to make AI systems behave safely in situations they were not trained for.", "description": "Aligned AI Limited was incorporated on 13 December 2021 with a registered office in Thame, Oxfordshire. Its directors are Rebecca Gorman (from incorporation) and Stuart Armstrong (from 9 March 2022), who are named in the earlier pass as co-founder and chief executive and co-founder and chief research officer; those titles were not re-confirmed because its website would not open. The overdue confirmation statement is the latest dated fact found; whether it is still trading was not established. [Safety Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Safety file (line 103, as 'Aligned AI') Companies House 13798390; concept extrapolation research on keeping safety properties outside training data (file cites buildaligned.ai).", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "13798390", "registered_office": "30 Upper High Street, Thame, Oxfordshire, England, OX9 3EZ", "incorporated": "2021-12-13", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "13798390", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13798390", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Thame, Oxfordshire (OX9 3EZ)", "postcode": "OX9 3EZ", "lat": 51.745399, "lng": -0.974026, "region": "England: South East", "admin_district": "South Oxfordshire", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Rebecca Gorman", "role": "Director", "from": "2021-12-13", "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13798390/officers" }, { "name": "Stuart Armstrong", "role": "Director", "from": "2022-03-09", "source": null } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI security and assurance", "AI development and training" ], "sectors": [ "alignment research" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-aligned-ai", "type": "Companies", "category": "alignment research", "function": "Researches ways to make AI systems behave safely in situations they were not trained for.", "affiliation": "Safety", "sources": [ "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13798390", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13798390/officers", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13798390" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13798390", "quotes": [ "ALIGNED AI LIMITED\" \"Active\" \"30 Upper High Street, Thame, Oxfordshire, England, OX9 3EZ\" \"13 December 2021\"; confirmation statement overdue, \"due by 11 April 2026" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13798390/officers", "quotes": [ "ARMSTRONG, Stuart Michael, Dr\" appointed 9 March 2022; \"GORMAN, Rebecca Irene\" appointed 13 December 2021" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13798390", "quotes": [ "ALIGNED AI LIMITED", "Active", "Warning Confirmation statement overdue", "due \"by 11 April 2026", "accounts \"made up to 31 December 2025\" \"due by 30 September 2026" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI security and assurance", "AI development and training" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "alignment research", "div": "companies" } ], "div_label": "Companies", "location": "Thame, Oxfordshire (OX9 3EZ)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "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; \"TIBB, Benita\" appointed 7 January 2026" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16381026", "quotes": [ "AISCORE LIMITED | Company number 16381026 | Active" ], "accessed": "2026-10-31", "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 (EC2A 4NE)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "same_as", "id": "BIZ-SW-025", "name": "AI Score", "page": "software", "href": "../software/#org=BIZ-SW-025", "page_label": "Software and tools" }, { "kind": "same_as", "id": "BIZ-SW-025", "name": "AI Score", "page": "software", "href": "../software/#org=BIZ-SW-025", "page_label": "Software and tools" }, { "kind": "linked from: portfolio_of", "id": "BIZ-INV-2109", "name": "Fuel Ventures", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2109", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-2109", "name": "Fuel Ventures", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2109", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "linked from: portfolio_of", "id": "BIZ-INV-2113", "name": "GALLOS Technologies", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2113", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-2113", "name": "GALLOS Technologies", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2113", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [], "cross_listed_from": "Assurance" }, { "id": "BIZ-SAFE-013", "name": "Archestra", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Raised £2.5m led by Concept Ventures (UKTN, 14 August 2025); Archestra Limited was incorporated on 7 July 2025. Companies House shows ARCHESTRA LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Makes open-source software that connects AI agents to company data while adding security layers to stop data leaking.", "description": "Archestra is a London start-up whose open-source platform connects AI agents to company data and is \"designed to introduce security layers\". Matvey Kukuy is chief executive and Ildar Iskhakov chief technology officer. UKTN reported a £2.5m round led by Concept Ventures in August 2025. Archestra Limited was incorporated on 7 July 2025 with one director (listed as Matvei Kukui). Its registered office is not given here because it appears to be a residential address. [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] latest_money: 2026-06-02; seed; 10,000,000 USD; 20VC (lead); Visible Ventures, Tenacity Capital; angels Olivier Pomel (Datadog), Kieran Flanagan (HubSpot); total raised $13.5m [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] key_facts: London; founded 2025 by Grafana Labs alumni; open-source platform to connect sensitive data to AI agents with guardrails; four Fortune 500 clients; seven-person team (2026-06) [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] founders: Matvey Kukuy — CEO and founder [Safety Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Safety file (line 59, as 'Archestra') Companies House 15684120; names Joey Orlando alongside Matvey Kukuy and Ildar Iskhakov (file cites archestra.ai). 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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. 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[Safety Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Safety file (line 32) dates the completion of Accenture's acquisition of Faculty as 16 March 2026 (Accenture newsroom).", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": null, "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": "Accenture (agreed 2026-01-06)", "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": null, "companies_house_url": null, "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "sectors": [ "frontier model evaluation", "red-teaming" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Schemes, programmes and AI lines", "category": "frontier model evaluation", "function": "Faculty's team that tests the most powerful AI models for dangerous abilities and weak safeguards before release, for frontier AI labs.", "affiliation": "Safety", "sources": [ "https://faculty.ai/en-gb/ai-evaluations-redteaming", "https://faculty.ai/en-gb/insights/articles/accenture-to-acquire-faculty-to-scale-ai-capabilities", "https://newsroom.accenture.com/news/2026/accenture-completes-acquisition-of-faculty" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://faculty.ai/en-gb/ai-evaluations-redteaming", "quotes": [ "Find where your models fail before release.", "frontier labs, including OpenAI, Meta and Anthropic, ask us to help make their most powerful models safe." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://faculty.ai/en-gb/insights/articles/accenture-to-acquire-faculty-to-scale-ai-capabilities", "quotes": [ "LONDON; Jan. 6, 2026", "has agreed to acquire Faculty" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://newsroom.accenture.com/news/2026/accenture-completes-acquisition-of-faculty", "quotes": [ "Accenture newsroom link given in Alex's Safety file, line 32; not re-checked." ], "accessed": "2026-10-31", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "frontier model evaluation", "div": "schemes-programmes-and-ai-lines" } ], "div_label": "Schemes, programmes and AI lines", "location": "London", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "part_of", "id": "BIZ-BIG-030", "name": "Faculty (acquired by Accenture)", "page": "big-tech", "href": "../big-tech/#org=BIZ-BIG-030", "page_label": "Big tech in the UK" }, { "kind": "acquired_by", "id": "BIZ-SVC-002", "name": "Accenture UK (Data and AI practice)", "page": "services", "href": "../services/#org=BIZ-SVC-002", "page_label": "Services and skills" }, { "kind": "supplies", "id": "BIZ-BIG-001", "name": "OpenAI (UK)", "page": "big-tech", "href": "../big-tech/#org=BIZ-BIG-001", "page_label": "Big tech in the UK" }, { "kind": "supplies", "id": "BIZ-BIG-004", "name": "Anthropic (UK)", "page": "big-tech", "href": "../big-tech/#org=BIZ-BIG-004", "page_label": "Big tech in the UK" }, { "kind": "supplies", "id": "BIZ-BIG-019", "name": "Meta (UK)", "page": "big-tech", "href": "../big-tech/#org=BIZ-BIG-019", "page_label": "Big tech in the UK" } ], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SVC-017", "name": "Fuzzy Labs", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows the company as active; its site lists recent case studies including an AI assistant for police case files (undated).", "one_line": "A Manchester consultancy that uses open-source tools to help organisations build, deploy and monitor machine-learning and AI models.", "description": "Fuzzy Labs Limited was incorporated on 11 January 2019 and is registered in Stockport; its site gives its address as 61 Oxford Street, Manchester. It says it uses \"open source MLOps to help build and productionise AI models\". It is led by co-founders Tom Stockton (chief executive) and Matt Squire (chief technology officer), and has a public sector lead for policing. Its case studies include an AI assistant to halve police case-file preparation time, testing AI security tools, and computer vision for farming; client names and dates were not given on the pages opened. Its team page lists 24 people. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] SAFETY & ASSURANCE: Manchester firm that uses open-source machine learning operations (MLOps) tools to run AI in production; in LASR Validate's first cohort. [Round 8, 30 Oct 2026] SERVICES & SKILLS: Manchester open-source MLOps consultancy. (Services and skills file, row B10-044, line 268.) [Safety Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Safety file (line 115, as 'Fuzzy Labs') contributes to LASR work on securing open-source AI supply chains, model weights and MLOps (file cites fuzzylabs.ai, plexal.com).", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "11762819", "registered_office": "123 Wellington Road South, Stockport, United Kingdom, SK1 3TH", "incorporated": "2019-01-11", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": "24 listed on team page, 2026-10-29, company site (includes an investor-adviser)", "ch_number_clean": "11762819", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11762819", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "61 Oxford Street, Manchester (M1 6EQ)", "postcode": "M1 6EQ", "lat": 53.475853, "lng": -2.241958, "region": "England: North West", "admin_district": "Manchester", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Tom Stockton", "role": "CEO and Co-Founder", "from": null, "source": "https://www.fuzzylabs.ai/about-us" }, { "name": "Matt Squire", "role": "CTO and Co-Founder", "from": null, "source": "https://www.fuzzylabs.ai/about-us" }, { "name": "Matt Squire", "role": "Co-founder and CTO", "from": "2025-05-20", "source": "https://www.plexal.com/news/fuzzy-labs-engineering-ai-real-world/", "round4": true } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation", "AI development and training" ], "sectors": [ "Specialist data, ML and marketing AI consultancies", "machine learning operations", "policing", "agriculture", "health" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "Specialist data, ML and marketing AI consultancies", "function": "A Manchester consultancy that uses open-source tools to help organisations build, deploy and monitor machine-learning and AI models.", "affiliation": "Services and skills", "sources": [ "https://www.fuzzylabs.ai/", "https://www.fuzzylabs.ai/about-us", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11762819", "https://www.fuzzylabs.ai/case-studies", "https://www.plexal.com/news/fuzzy-labs-engineering-ai-real-world/", "https://plexal.com/lasr-validate-smes-tackle-ai-security-challenges" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.fuzzylabs.ai/", "quotes": [ "Fuzzy Labs use open source MLOps to help build and productionise AI models." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.fuzzylabs.ai/about-us", "quotes": [ "CTO & Co-Founder\" (Matt Squire)", "CEO & Co-Founder\" (Tom Stockton)", "Based in Manchester." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11762819", "quotes": [ "FUZZY LABS LIMITED\" \"123 Wellington Road South, Stockport, United Kingdom, SK1 3TH\" \"Active\" \"11 January 2019\" \"62020 - Information technology consultancy activities" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.fuzzylabs.ai/case-studies", "quotes": [ "Building an AI assistant to halve police case file prep time\" [title as listed]" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.plexal.com/news/fuzzy-labs-engineering-ai-real-world/", "quotes": [ "We started Fuzzy Labs to help people get AI into production." ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://plexal.com/lasr-validate-smes-tackle-ai-security-challenges", "quotes": [ "Fuzzy Labs is focused on advancing and innovating open-source machine learning operations (MLOps) solutions" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation", "AI development and training" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "AI security", "div": "ai-security" } ], "div_label": "AI security", "location": "61 Oxford Street, Manchester (M1 6EQ)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [], "cross_listed_from": "Services and skills" }, { "id": "BIZ-SW-011", "name": "Mind Foundry", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Active on Companies House; on 27 January 2026 Parkwalk Advisors and Oxford Science Enterprises Holdings II were each notified as holding more than 25%; its recent news is mainly defence work. Companies House shows MIND FOUNDRY LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "An Oxford University spin-out that makes AI software to turn sensor data into findings people can trust, now sold mainly for defence and security.", "description": "Mind Foundry Limited was incorporated in November 2015 and describes itself as \"an Oxford University AI company\". Package 1 recorded it as co-founded by Oxford professors Stephen Roberts and Michael Osborne and first sold to insurers; those pages were not re-opened. Its own site now says it \"helps organisations turn complex sensor data into trusted insight\", and its newsroom is dominated by defence items, including a Royal Navy contract with Saab UK funded through the Defence and Security Accelerator. Its head office is Ewert House, Oxford. Companies House shows Parkwalk Advisors and Oxford Science Enterprises Holdings II as significant shareholders from 27 January 2026. It may fit the defence or assurance pages better. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] SAFETY & ASSURANCE: Oxford University spin-out building AI for defence and insurance; in the LASR AI supply-chain security cohort and a government assurance case study. [Round 6 profile, 30 Oct 2026] founded: 2016 (UKTN 2021); hq: Oxford (England: South East); what it does: An Oxford University spin-out building AI systems for public-sector and private-sector organisations.; status now: Active per existing record; no 2025–2026 page opened this round. [Round 8, 30 Oct 2026] Listed by the Services and skills file as an Oxford AI consultancy (row B10-050); under the file's own rule (over 50% of revenue from licensed products goes to the producer category) it stays in Software and is not cross-listed. (Services and skills file, row B10-050, line 930.) [Safety Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Safety file (line 124) cross-listed under Cyber security: selected for the February 2026 LASR supply-chain security cohort to secure edge AI in national security settings (file cites mindfoundry.ai and plexal.com).", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "09882159", "registered_office": "9400 Garsington Road, Oxford Business Park, Oxford, United Kingdom, OX4 2HN", "incorporated": "2015-11-20", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "09882159", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09882159", "ch_note": null, "legal_name": "MIND FOUNDRY LIMITED", "ch_status_r6": "Active" }, "place": { "text": "Ewert House, Ewert Place, Oxford (OX2 7DD)", "postcode": "OX2 7DD", "lat": 51.776794, "lng": -1.262527, "region": "England: South East", "admin_district": "Oxford", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "null (no leadership page opened)", 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"https://www.mindfoundry.ai/resources/newsroom", "quotes": [ "Mind Foundry helps organisations turn complex sensor data into trusted insight", "Saab UK awarded a LookOut Phase 3 Contract in Collaboration with Mind Foundry" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09882159", "quotes": [ "MIND FOUNDRY LIMITED\" \"Active\" \"9400 Garsington Road, Oxford Business Park, Oxford, United Kingdom, OX4 2HN\" \"20 November 2015" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09882159/persons-with-significant-control", "quotes": [ "Parkwalk Advisors Ltd\" \"27 January 2026", "Oxford Science Enterprises Holdings Ii Limited\" \"27 January 2026" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/news/this-oxford-university-startup-wants-to-bring-humans-and-ai-together-to-solve-real-world-problems-bags-104m-20201110", "quotes": [ "is a University of Oxford spin-out founded to create a future where humans and AI work together\" (10 Nov 2020)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.plexal.com/news/lasr-ai-supply-chain-security-startups-strengthen-critical-ai-resilience/", "quotes": [ "Mind Foundry is a UK sovereign AI company spun out of the University of Oxford, providing responsible solutions for defence" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques/mind-foundry-using-continuous-metalearning-to-govern-ai-models-used-for-fraud-detection-in-insurance", "quotes": [ "Mind Foundry worked with Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance (ANDE-UK) to understand the patterns of fraud" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { 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"page_label": "Talent" }, { "kind": "linked from: works_at", "id": "BIZ-TAL-2066", "name": "Tom Bartley", "page": "talent", "href": "../talent/#org=BIZ-TAL-2066", "page_label": "Talent" }, { "kind": "linked from: works_at", "id": "BIZ-TAL-2067", "name": "Nick Sherman", "page": "talent", "href": "../talent/#org=BIZ-TAL-2067", "page_label": "Talent" }, { "kind": "linked from: works_at", "id": "BIZ-TAL-2068", "name": "Zenjiro Hamada", "page": "talent", "href": "../talent/#org=BIZ-TAL-2068", "page_label": "Talent" }, { "kind": "linked from: works_at", "id": "BIZ-TAL-2069", "name": "Alistair Garfoot", "page": "talent", "href": "../talent/#org=BIZ-TAL-2069", "page_label": "Talent" }, { "kind": "linked from: works_at", "id": "BIZ-TAL-2070", "name": "Jazz Kang", "page": "talent", "href": "../talent/#org=BIZ-TAL-2070", "page_label": "Talent" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "spun_out_of", "name": "University of Oxford" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Parkwalk Advisors" }, { "kind": "partner_of", "name": "Saab UK" }, { "kind": "spun_out_of", "name": "University of Oxford" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [], "cross_listed_from": "Software and tools" }, { "id": "BIZ-SW-020", "name": "Unitary", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Raised a US$15m Series A led by Creandum, reported 3 October 2023; no later event verified. Companies House shows UNITARY LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Makes AI that checks photos and videos for harmful content, so online platforms can moderate what users post.", "description": "Unitary is a London start-up co-founded by Sasha Haco, its chief executive, and James Thewlis. It uses machine learning \"to understand if a photo or video contains potentially harmful content\", selling to platforms that must moderate user posts. It was founded in 2019. In March 2023 tech.eu reported an US$8m round led by Ian Hogarth at Plural, and on 3 October 2023 it raised a US$15m (£12.3m) Series A led by Creandum with Paladin Capital Group and Plural. Its UK company, Unitary Ltd, was incorporated on 11 June 2019 with Sasha Haco and James Thewlis as directors. It sits at the edge of this page; Alex may prefer a media or safety page. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] links / place: portfolio_of: Entrepreneur First; place London; current description [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] key_facts: Analyses six million videos a day (2023-10, company figure); \"seven figures of annual recurring revenue\" per Plural's Ian Hogarth (2023-10); headcount doubled; Series A $15m (£12.3m) led by Creandum with Paladin Capital Group and Plural; co-founders Sasha Haco (CEO) and James Thewlis [Round 6 profile, 30 Oct 2026] founded: null (founders met in 2019 on Entrepreneur First); hq: London (England: London); headcount: null (doubled before 2023-10); what it does: AI that checks videos and images for harmful content, used by online platforms for content moderation.; usage or revenue as published: \"analysing six million videos every day\"; \"seven figures of annual recurring revenue\" (Ian Hogarth, Plural) — 2023-10-03 — UKTN; up to 25,000 video frames a second — 2023-03 — UKTN; status now: Active per existing record; no 2025–2026 page opened this round. 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[Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] latest_money: 2026-04-07; seed; 13,000,000 USD (same round as DEAL-SW-033, £9.7m); leads LocalGlobe and Cambridge Innovation Capital; participation from executives at OpenAI, Spotify, Databricks, AWS [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] key_facts / founders: Founded 2025; early-access partners Canopy, Weblogic; Eno Thereska — CEO; Neil Lawrence — chief scientist; Zhenwen Dai — CTO [Safety Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Safety file (line 61) listed under AI agent security (also suggested for Application security): an autonomous 'AI security engineer' that reads code, infrastructure, configs and agents in one pass (file cites trent.ai). 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