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Agents and automation

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Record	What it is	Place	Links	Confidence
Acyclic LabsCompanies	Open-source tools and a managed platform for running many AI agents in parallel on long tasks.agent swarm infrastructureKey facts Team size 2 (YC profile, 2026-10); YC Fall 2026 batch	London	ycombinator.com/companies/acyclic	one source
ArtilCompanies	Gives AI agents their own email addresses and phone numbers; also launched Fira, a financial-data MCP.agent identity infrastructureKey facts Team size 2 (YC profile, 2026-10); YC Winter 2025 batch	London	ycombinator.com/companies/artil	one source
AscendxCompanies	Enterprise software supplier offering customer-relationship management run by AI agents.		technation.io/https-technation-io-future-fifty-2	one source
Blue PrismCompanies	Robotic process automation (RPA) software firm, delisted from the London Stock Exchange after a £1.24bn takeover by US group SS&C. acquiredrobotic process automationKey facts Over 2,000 clients (2022-02); £1.24bn takeover by SS&C after bidding contest with Vista Equity Partners (about £1.22bn) (2022-02); SS&C said it would keep the London headquarters (2022-02)	London	uktech.news/ai/blue-prism-takeover-delisting-202 · uktech.news/news/72289-20190620	one source
CodeWordsCompanies	London start-up building AI agents that learn how a business runs and then build automations for non-technical staff.business automation	London	uktech.news/ai/agentic-building-tool-codewords-r · tech.eu/2026/05/07/codewords-raises-9m-to-bring-	one source
EnateCompanies	Cheltenham no-code platform that manages work shared between people and software robots, with process orchestration and performance data.digital workforce orchestrationKey facts £2m follow-on from Mercia (2022-10); £2.2m from Mercia (2020-05); customers TMF, Capgemini, LBG (2022-10)	Cheltenham	uktech.news/saas/enate-funding-workflow-20221011	one source
EvoluteIQCompanies	Agentic AI platform that automates decisions and routine work for banks, insurers and healthcare firms.process automation Profile Founded 2019 (UKTN) Founders Sameet Gupte — co-founder and chief executive Chief executive Sameet Gupte — from 2019 Other leaders Daina Spedding (Baird Capital) — board from 2025-09; Mark Donnelly (Baird Capital) — board from 2025-09 Hq London (England: London) Other offices India; Sweden; United States (all Outside the UK) What it does Sells EIQ, an "agentic AI" platform that automates decisions and repetitive back-office processes for banks, insurers and healthcare firms. Products EIQ agentic automation platform — date null Rounds found 2025-09-17 — growth capital — 53m USD (38.8m GBP) — Baird Capital — null (already DEAL-LC-040 / DEAL-PE-025) Status now Active per existing record; no 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.	London (EC2A 2AP )	Companies House · uktech.news/ai/evoluteiq-secures-40m-growth-capi · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · uktech.news/funding/uk-tech-funding-roundup-this	verified
Fetch.aiCompanies	Makes software for building, finding and running AI agents that act for people and businesses, including a consumer app that coordinates brand agents.AI agents Profile Founded 2017 (UKTN 2021 Cambridge list) Founders Humayun Sheikh — co-founder and CEO; Thomas Hain — co-founder; Toby Simpson — co-founder (UKTN 2021) Chief executive Humayun Sheikh — from null (CEO in 2021-03) Hq Cambridge (England: East of England) What it does Builds a blockchain-based platform where software "agents" representing people or machines trade and coordinate, with machine learning on a shared ledger; the network runs on its own token, FET. Products decentralised machine-learning platform on a distributed ledger; FET token; agent-based exchange system — dates null Customers named Festo (decentralised marketplace) — https://www.uktech.news/news/cambridge-based-fetch-ai-by-deepmind-pioneers-scores-3-6m-for-developing-decentralised-ai-20210315 Partnerships Fireblocks — wallet and infrastructure platform to add FET — 2021-03; Festo — decentralised marketplace — 2021-03 Usage or revenue as published a multi-agent system integrated with over 700,000 hotels (unnamed) — 2021-03-15 — UKTN Funding total as published 16.9m GBP — as of 2021-05 — https://www.uktech.news/news/promising-deep-tech-startups-of-cambridge-2021-20210510 Rounds found 2021-03-15 — investment — 5m USD (3.6m GBP) — GDA Group — null Status now Active per existing record (existing records DEAL-SW-017/018 show 2024 collapse and rename events, not re-checked). Confidence single_source (two trade pages, no primary) Round 6 deep profile (30 Oct 2026), as the researchers wrote it; sources are listed in the record panel.	Cambridge (stated base; registered office IP33 1NE)	Companies House · businesswire.com/news/home/20251119088395/en · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.	verified
General ReasoningCompanies	Builds AI agents meant to carry out long, many-step tasks; an Air Street Capital portfolio company.		airstreet.com/portfolio	one source
Gradient LabsCompanies · also on Start-ups	Builds AI agents that answer and resolve customer service queries for financial companies, taking actions on customers' accounts.	London	Companies House · uktech.news/ai/ex-monzo-gradient-labs-seed-20240 · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · businesscloud.co.uk/news/high-profile-angels-joi	verified
HessianCompanies	Engineers map a client's workflows, then build and run AI agents on Hessian's platform to do that work.forward-deployed agent platformKey facts Team size 3 (YC profile, 2026-10); YC Spring 2026 batch	London	ycombinator.com/companies/hessian	one source
HumbleCompanies	No-code platform that lets non-technical staff build and share AI apps and automated workflows.	London (—)	cloud.google.com/blog/topics/startups/announcing · cloud.google.com/blog/topics/startups/graduating	one source
incident.ioCompanies	London incident-management platform building AI agents that investigate outages and propose fixes.AI SRE incident agentsKey facts Customers named: Netflix, Etsy, OpenAI, Airbnb (2025-04); 250,000+ incidents handled (2025-04); about 30 staff (2022-07); AI SRE "Investigations" launched 2025-07-02	London	incident.io/blog/incident.io-raises-62m · uktech.news/saas/incident-io-funding-20220713	one source
LeerooCompanies	London start-up whose AI learns a firm's knowledge and expert playbooks and runs data and AI programmes on its systems with human approval.trainable enterprise agentsKey facts Team of 3; YC Spring 2025; seeking pilots in banking, finance and healthcare	London	ycombinator.com/companies/leeroo	one source
Lua (Lua Global Inc)Companies	"AgentOS" for building and running AI agents for sales, support and operations, sold through agencies and channel partners.mid-market agent OSKey facts Team size 5 (YC profile, 2026-10); says team built 300+ SMB agents for partners	London	ycombinator.com/companies/lua-global-inc	one source
MimicaCompanies	London company that watches how staff do tasks and turns this into process maps used to train compliant AI agents.process intelligence for agentsKey facts Over 30 enterprise customers including multiple Fortune 500 firms (2025-09); ARR up more than 570% in 18 months (2025-09); Series B £19.5m (2025-09)	London	businesscloud.co.uk/news/mimica-raises-19-5m-to-	one source
NetcallCompanies	Bedford-based AIM-listed software firm whose Liberty cloud platform adds AI document processing from its Parble acquisition.low-code and AI automationKey facts Revenue £39.1m FY2024; turnover £23m in the second half of 2024, up 25%; cloud products 76% of total annual contract value; cloud sales up 45% year on year (2025-03)	Bedford	uktech.news/cloud/netcall-bolsters-ai-cloud-offe	one source
NoxusCompanies	London start-up selling an "AI operating system" that lets businesses set up teams of AI agents to handle repetitive work under human guidance.enterprise automation	London	businesscloud.co.uk/news/ai-startup-on-google-gr	one source
PaidCompanies	Makes billing and pricing software that lets companies selling AI agents charge customers for the results the agents deliver.AI agents	London (EC1R 3AL)	Companies House · techcrunch.com/2025/09/28/paid-the-ai-agent-resu · stories.eqtventures.com/articles/rewriting-the-r · geekwire.com/2025/paid-a-new-ai-agent-billing-st · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.	verified
SaberCompanies	Manchester firm whose AI automates correspondence and document work for regulated firms; it began with an audit job for a law firm.regulated-firm workflow automationKey facts ARR £13m (headline, 2026-09); 32 staff, mostly engineers (2026-09); five million cases processed in under three years (2026-09); expanding into insurance, pensions administration and credit (2026-09)	Manchester	businesscloud.co.uk/news/manchester-ai-firm-reac	one source
SmoothCompanies	Two-person London start-up making an AI agent that operates a web browser on its own.AI browser agentKey facts Team of 2; listed in YC Fall 2024 (London list)	London	ycombinator.com/companies/smooth · ycombinator.com/companies/location/london	one source
Stanhope AICompanies · also on Labs	UCL spin-out building AI that makes decisions on its own, modelled on how the brain works.agentic AI Models and products (1) Real World Model (Stanhope AI) 2026-02-12 in testing (drones and robotics)Stanhope AI's on-device AI framework based on active inference, a neuroscience theory, being tested in autonomous drones and robots.	London	Companies House · uktech.news/ai/stanhope-funding-ai-human-brains- · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · mmc.vc/portfolio/	verified
ThoughtonomyCompanies	Maker of a cloud "virtual workforce" automation platform on Microsoft Azure for mid-sized firms; bought by Blue Prism for £80m in 2019. acquiredcloud digital workersKey facts Customers on four continents (2019-06); year-on-year growth over 250% for three years (2019-06)		uktech.news/news/72289-20190620	one source
throxyCompanies	London company running B2B outbound sales with AI agents plus human sales staff, aimed at manufacturing, logistics and other traditional industries.AI outbound sales agentsKey facts Team of 55 across London and Cape Town; YC Spring 2025; books on average 8 to 12 qualified meetings per client a month (company claim)	London	ycombinator.com/companies/throxy	one source
TraceCompanies	London start-up whose platform hands work between AI agents and people, used by 30+ companies to automate routine tasks.human-AI workflow orchestrationKey facts Team of 3; YC Summer 2025; more than 30 companies use it (YC launch post); YC page lists a news headline that Trace raised $3M (2026-02-25)	London	ycombinator.com/companies/trace-so	one source
VersoriCompanies	Manchester start-up whose platform connects business systems such as ERPs, ecommerce sites and finance apps; bought by Avalara in 2026. acquiredAI integration platformKey facts Founders stay with the business after acquisition (2026-03)	Manchester	businesscloud.co.uk/news/us-tech-giant-acquires-	one source