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Online safety and content moderation

12 records Generated from this page's data. Click a name to open its panel on the Safety page. Records resting on one source are tagged "one source".
RecordWhat it isPlaceLinksConfidence
CheckstepCompaniesLondon trust and safety software that combines moderation models with Online Safety Act and DSA enforcement workflows, appeals and transparency reports.LondonWebsite · Companies Houseone source
Cyan ForensicsCompaniesEdinburgh company whose forensic and hash-matching software helps police, platforms and cloud providers find and block child abuse and terrorist images.EdinburghWebsite · Companies Houseone source
DragonflAICompaniesBuilds algorithms that moderate content on the device itself to keep nudity off platforms; OSTIA member. listed (undated directory)ostia.org.uk/member-directory-2/one source
Human DigitalCompaniesWorks with government and brands to find, sort and track harmful online content; OSTIA member. listed (undated directory)ostia.org.uk/member-directory-2/one source
Image AnalyzerCompaniesAI company that recognises harmful or threatening content in images; OSTIA member. listed (undated directory)ostia.org.uk/member-directory-2/one source
LogicallyCompaniesCompany using AI to find online misinformation at scale, with a human-in-the-loop framework called HAMLET. listed (current trading status not checked)gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques/logically-ai-test · ostia.org.uk/member-directory-2/verified
Online Safety Tech Industry Association (OSTIA)Networks, bodies, events and mediaTrade body for UK online safety technology firms; its 2020 note said the UK safety tech sector had doubled in size and investment.ostia.org.uk/ · ostia.org.uk/2020/05/29/uk-at-the-forefront-of-sverified
QumodoCompaniesResearch and development company pairing people with AI for online safety work; OSTIA member. listed (undated directory)ostia.org.uk/member-directory-2/one source
SafeToNetCompaniesLondon maker of on-device child safeguarding software (HarmBlock) that blocks sextortion, grooming and abuse content on phones.LondonWebsite · Companies Houseone source
UnitaryCompanies · also on Software and toolsMakes AI that checks photos and videos for harmful content, so online platforms can moderate what users post.
Profile
Founded
null (founders met in 2019 on Entrepreneur First)
Founders
Sasha Haco — co-founder and CEO; James Thewlis — co-founder (formerly Facebook AI Research)
Chief executive
Sasha Haco — from null
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.
Products
video content-moderation AI — date null
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
Rounds found
2023-03-07 — round — 8m USD (6.7m GBP) — Plural — angels incl. Carolyn Everson (already DEAL-SW-027); 2023-10-03 — Series A — 15m USD (12.3m GBP) — Creandum — Paladin Capital Group, Plural (already DEAL-SW-028)
Status now
Active per existing record; no 2025–2026 page opened this round.
Confidence
single_source

Round 6 deep profile (30 Oct 2026), as the researchers wrote it; sources are listed in the record panel.

LondonCompanies House · uktech.news/tech-hubs/london/unitary-series-a-20 · tech.eu/2023/03/07/keeping-tabs-on-nsfw-or-other · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.verified
VerifyMyCompaniesLondon company selling privacy-preserving age estimation, identity verification and AI-plus-human moderation of content before it is published.LondonWebsite · Companies Houseone source
Vigil AICompaniesOnline safety firm OSTIA lists as building technology to detect and categorise harmful material involving children. listed (undated directory)ostia.org.uk/member-directory-2/one source

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