{ "title": "UK BUSINESS AI UNIVERSE: Start-ups: Creative", "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": 61 }, { "key": "inv", "label": "Investors and funds", "color": "#2e86de", "count": 0 }, { "key": "deal", "label": "Deals", "color": "#10ac84", "count": 0 }, { "key": "prog", "label": "Schemes, programmes and AI lines", "color": "#f39c12", "count": 0 }, { "key": "site", "label": "Data centres and compute sites", "color": "#8e44ad", "count": 0 }, { "key": "org", "label": "Networks, bodies, events and media", "color": "#34495e", "count": 0 }, { "key": "part", "label": "Partnerships and contracts", "color": "#e67e22", "count": 0 }, { "key": "prod", "label": "Chips, models and products", "color": "#e84393", "count": 0 }, { "key": "person", "label": "People", "color": "#9bbf00", "count": 0 } ], "divisions": [ { "key": "creative", "label": "Creative", "count": 61, "depts": [ { "dept": "music", "count": 8 }, { "dept": "visual effects", "count": 4 }, { "dept": "video games", "count": 4 }, { "dept": "advertising", "count": 3 }, { "dept": "Creative", "count": 3 }, { "dept": "animation", "count": 2 }, { "dept": "film", "count": 2 }, { "dept": "news publishing", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "media monitoring", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "advertising and marketing", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "consumer devices", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "video compression", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "dubbing", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "image and video processing", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "synthetic voice", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "video streaming", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "video production", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "video editing", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "podcasts", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "localisation", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "journalism", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "interactive storytelling", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "games", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "esports", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "publishing", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "live music", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "online media", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "media", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "marketing", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "audio", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "music licensing", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "interactive entertainment", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "photography", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "video", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "art", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "architecture", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "graphic design", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "film and TV post-production", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "creator economy", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "creative agencies", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "music production", "count": 1 }, { "dept": "marketing content", "count": 1 } ] } ], "colleges": [], "nodes": [ { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-032", "name": "Move AI", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Raised US$10m (£8.2m), reported by UKTN on 3 October 2023; no later event was opened. 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A UK company named Move AI Ltd (11886662, incorporated 18 March 2019) exists; the link to the start-up was not confirmed on an opened page.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "11886662", "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "11886662", "from_round2": true, "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11886662", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (null)", "postcode": "SW7 4EF", "lat": 51.494831, "lng": -0.188016, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Kensington and Chelsea", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Tino Millar", "role": "co-founder and chief executive", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/move-ai-animation-funding-20231003" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 10000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2023-10-03", "detail": "round with Play Ventures, Warner Music Group, RKKVC, Level2 Ventures, Animoca Brands", "raw": "funding_round: 10000000 USD 2023-10-03 — round with Play Ventures, Warner Music Group, RKKVC, Level2 Ventures, Animoca Brands", "amount_gbp": 8278146, "fx_rate": 1.208, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.208 per £ on 2023-10-03", "fx_date": "2023-10-03", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$10m", "gbp_txt": "£8.3m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems", "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "animation", "games", "film and video production" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [ { "ids": [ "BIZ-SU-CRE-032" ], "from": "round2", "field": "", "text": "people → Tino Millar resigned as a director on 16 February 2026; current directors are Jonathan McKay (from 1 January 2021) and Anthony Sinclair Ganjou (from 1 December 2025). 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Companies House shows ECHOBOX LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Software that uses AI to help news publishers decide what to post on social media and when.", "description": "Echobox was described by UKTN in 2016 as \"an AI service for the online publishing industry\". It forecasts how widely an article is likely to be shared and when to post it. In July 2016 it raised US$3.4m in a round led by Mangrove Capital Partners, with LocalGlobe taking part. Its founder and chief executive was named as Antoine Amann. Companies House lists Echobox Ltd (08115900), incorporated on 22 June 2012, at 107 Cheapside, London.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "08115900", "registered_office": "9th Floor 107 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6DN", "incorporated": "2012-06-22", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "08115900", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08115900", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (EC2V 6DN)", "postcode": "EC2V 6DN", "lat": 51.514178, "lng": -0.093552, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "City of London", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Antoine Amann", "role": "founder and chief executive", "from": "null (as reported 2016)", "source": "https://www.uktech.news/news/echobox-gets-3-4m-round-led-by-mangrove-capital-partners-20160704" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 3400000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2016-07-04", "detail": "led by Mangrove Capital Partners", "raw": "funding_round: 3400000 USD 2016-07-04 — led by Mangrove Capital Partners", "amount_gbp": null, "fx_rate": null, "fx_source": null, "fx_note": "dated before 2017-01-03, the start of the rate series used; not converted", "txt": "US$3.4m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications", "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "news publishing", "social media" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "creative", "function": "Software that uses AI to help news publishers decide what to post on social media and when.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/news/echobox-gets-3-4m-round-led-by-mangrove-capital-partners-20160704", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=echobox", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08115900" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/news/echobox-gets-3-4m-round-led-by-mangrove-capital-partners-20160704", "quotes": [ "an AI service for the online publishing industry" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=echobox", "quotes": [ "ECHOBOX LTD\" \"08115900\" \"Incorporated on 22 June 2012\" \"9th Floor 107 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6DN" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08115900", "quotes": [ "ECHOBOX LTD", "9th Floor 107 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6DN", "Active", "22 June 2012", "63120 - Web portals" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications", "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "news publishing", "div": "creative" } ], "div_label": "Creative", "location": "London (EC2V 6DN)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-036", "name": "LocalGlobe", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-036", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Mangrove Capital Partners" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-034", "name": "Signal AI", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2024-02-16", "status_detail": "Bought reputation-monitoring firm Social 360 for an undisclosed sum, reported by UKTN on 16 February 2024; no later event opened.", "one_line": "Software that reads large volumes of news and data to tell companies how they and their brands are being talked about.", "description": "Signal AI is a London company that \"generates brand insights for clients based on analysis of large volumes of data\". Its product tracks company sentiment, monitors trends and sends alerts on breaking news. Its chief executive is David Benigson. In February 2024 it bought Social 360, a London and New York firm offering reputation management and a corporate influencer monitoring tool; the price was not disclosed. Its UK company number was not confirmed (a Companies House search in the earlier pass returned unrelated companies). [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] SOFTWARE & TOOLS: Media-monitoring software that uses AI to show companies, in real time, how their brand is seen.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "08468207", "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": "Kalahari Bidco Limited (ultimate owner not traced)", "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "08468207", "from_round2": true, "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08468207", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (null)", "postcode": "EC3M 6BN", "lat": 51.511682, "lng": -0.08276, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": null, "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "David Benigson", "role": "chief executive", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/signal-ai-social-360-acquisition-20240216" } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications", "Knowledge generation" ], "sectors": [ "media monitoring", "reputation and risk" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": [ { "from": "Companies House check, 29 Oct 2026", "field": "company.owner_or_acquirer", "text": "company.owner_or_acquirer → Kalahari Bidco Limited (ultimate owner not traced)" } ], "held": [ { "ids": [ "BIZ-SU-CRE-034" ], "from": "round2", "field": "", "text": "status → acquired — status_date: 2025-10-28 (CH: Kalahari Bidco Limited (16619529) became the person with significant control on 28 October 2025, holding \"75% or more\" of shares and votes and the right to appoint directors; on the same day four directors resigned and four were appointed). Kalahari Bidco is in turn 75%-plus owned by Kalahari Midco Limited (16617311). The ultimate buyer is not named on any page opened. 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WPP announced on 23 August 2021 that it had acquired the company, which then employed more than 80 people in Europe; it joined Wunderman Thompson Commerce and Hulme became WPP's chief AI officer. Terms were not disclosed. Companies House shows Satalia Limited (12303234), incorporated on 7 November 2019 with its registered office at WPP's Sea Containers House, dissolved on 4 August 2026. Whether this was the main trading company (the business dates from 2008) was not confirmed; WPP still used the Satalia name in a 2025 case study listed in search results, which was not opened.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "12303234", "registered_office": "Sea Containers House, 18 Upper Ground, London, United Kingdom, SE1 9GL", "incorporated": "2019-11-07", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": "WPP plc", "headcount": "more than 80 (2021-08-23, WPP release)", "ch_number_clean": "12303234", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12303234", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (SE1 9GL)", "postcode": "SE1 9GL", "lat": 51.507728, "lng": -0.105047, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Southwark", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Daniel Hulme", "role": "founder and chief executive; WPP chief AI officer from 2021", "from": "2008", "source": "https://www.wpp.com/en/news/2021/08/wpp-acquires-leading-ai-technology-company-satalia" } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation", "Knowledge generation" ], "sectors": [ "advertising and marketing", "optimisation" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "creative", "function": "AI and optimisation company bought by advertising group WPP to build AI tools for its clients.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.wpp.com/en/news/2021/08/wpp-acquires-leading-ai-technology-company-satalia", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12303234" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.wpp.com/en/news/2021/08/wpp-acquires-leading-ai-technology-company-satalia", "quotes": [ "WPP today announces that it has acquired Satalia", "employs more than 80 people across multiple markets in Europe", "will join Wunderman Thompson Commerce" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12303234", "quotes": [ "SATALIA LIMITED\" \"Dissolved\" \"Dissolved on 4 August 2026\" \"Incorporated on 7 November 2019" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation", "Knowledge generation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "advertising and marketing", "div": "creative" } ], "div_label": "Creative", "location": "London (SE1 9GL)", "status_group": "acquired", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "acquired_by", "name": "WPP plc" }, { "kind": "part_of", "name": "Wunderman Thompson Commerce" }, { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Daniel Hulme" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-036", "name": "Audio Analytic", "bucket": "co", "status": "acquired", "status_date": "2022-11-09", "status_detail": "Reported in November 2022 to have been bought by Meta; its UK company Audio Analytic Limited was dissolved on 20 May 2026.", "one_line": "Cambridge developer of software that lets devices recognise sounds such as smoke alarms or a baby crying.", "description": "Audio Analytic was a Cambridge sound-recognition developer. Its \"ai3\" software let device makers, chip makers and AI service providers build products that recognise sounds such as smoke alarms and a baby's cry. It had raised about US$25m. Tech.eu reported on 9 November 2022, citing The Telegraph, that Meta had acquired the company; no price was given and no Meta release was opened. Companies House shows Audio Analytic Limited (06673834), incorporated 15 August 2008, dissolved on 20 May 2026.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "06673834", "registered_office": "2 Quayside, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, CB5 8AB", "incorporated": "2008-08-15", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": "Meta Platforms, Inc.", "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "06673834", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06673834", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Cambridge (CB5 8AB)", "postcode": "CB5 8AB", "lat": 52.209941, "lng": 0.117535, "region": "England: East of England", "admin_district": "Cambridge", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "consumer devices", "audio" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": [ { "from": "Companies House check, 29 Oct 2026", "field": "company owner_or_acquirer", "text": "company owner_or_acquirer → Meta Platforms, Inc. 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Its tools handle behaviour and navigation for non-player characters and agents. On 20 November 2023 it released the Kythera AI Surface Navigation plug-in for Unreal Engine, which moves agents across walls, ceilings and other 3D surfaces. Matthew Jack is named as founder and lead architect (2023) and as chief executive (Insider, undated). Insider reported seed funding of £750,000 from Techstart Ventures; the date was not shown. 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The UK company is still listed as active, with its registered office at Techspace, Commercial Road, London.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10990604", "registered_office": "Deep Render At Techspace, 38-40 Commercial Road, London, E1 1LN", "incorporated": "2017-10-02", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": "InterDigital, Inc.", "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "10990604", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10990604", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (E1 1LN)", "postcode": "E1 1LN", "lat": 51.514816, "lng": -0.069326, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Tower Hamlets", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Sebastjan Cizel", "role": "Head of Engineering", "from": null, "source": "https://www.tvbeurope.com/business/deep-render-acquired-by-interdigital-inc" } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems", "AI development and training" ], "sectors": [ "video compression", "media technology" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-deep-render", "type": "Companies", "category": "creative", "function": "Built software that compresses video and images using machine learning rather than conventional codecs; bought by the US research and licensing firm InterDigital in 2025.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.tvbeurope.com/business/deep-render-acquired-by-interdigital-inc", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10990604" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.tvbeurope.com/business/deep-render-acquired-by-interdigital-inc", "quotes": [ "October 30, 2025", "pioneered the use of AI in video and image compression", "AI-based video coding portfolio will be added to InterDigital's own video portfolio" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10990604", "quotes": [ "DEEP RENDER LTD\" \"Deep Render At Techspace, 38-40 Commercial Road, London, E1 1LN\" \"Active\" \"2 October 2017\" \"BINARYCITY LIMITED (02 Oct 2017 - 30 May 2018)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems", "AI development and training" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "video compression", "div": "creative" } ], "div_label": "Creative", "location": "London (E1 1LN)", "status_group": "acquired", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "acquired_by", "name": "InterDigital, Inc." } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-002", "name": "Papercup", "bucket": "co", "status": "wound_down", "status_date": "2025-06-26", "status_detail": "RWS announced on 26 June 2025 that it had acquired the intellectual property behind Papercup's AI dubbing technology; the company, Papercup Technologies Limited, is now in liquidation with FRP Advisory as its registered office.", "one_line": "Made software that dubbed video into other languages with synthetic voices checked by human editors; sold its technology to RWS in 2025 and is in liquidation.", "description": "Papercup Technologies Limited was incorporated in London on 4 December 2017. 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The latest officer changes found were the appointments of Amit Ravi Kapur (5 November 2024) and Oliver Plunkett (26 November 2024) as directors, and a director's resignation on 19 March 2025.", "one_line": "Film technology company whose software changes actors' mouth movements on screen so that dubbed dialogue in another language matches the picture.", "description": "Flawless Holdings Limited was incorporated in London on 14 May 2020 by Scott Mann, a film director, and Nick Lynes. Variety (12 July 2024) described it as an AI-driven filmmaking studio whose TrueSync technology maps actors' faces onto translated dialogue, and reported a joint venture with XYZ Films and Tea Shop Productions to buy foreign-language film rights, starting with \"UFO Sweden\". Variety also reported that the company was founded with scientists Christian Theobalt, Pablo Garrido and Hyeongwoo Kim. 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Gadney also leads the separate, older company Charisma Entertainment (BIZ-SU-CRE-020).", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "15110282", "registered_office": "Unit 3 Kings Meadow, Ferry Hinksey Road, Oxford, England, OX2 0DP", "incorporated": "2023-09-01", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "15110282", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15110282", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Oxford (OX2 0DP)", "postcode": "OX2 0DP", "lat": 51.748456, "lng": -1.277503, "region": "England: South East", "admin_district": "Oxford", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Guy Gadney", "role": "CEO", "from": null, "source": "https://www.channel4.com/press/news/consortium-secures-ps104-m-funding-explore-ai-driven-storytelling-tv-film-industries" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "grant", "amount": 1040000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2024-09-18", "detail": "Innovate UK award to the consortium as a whole, led by Charismatic.ai", "raw": "grant: 1040000 GBP 2024-09-18 — Innovate UK award to the consortium as a whole, led by Charismatic.ai", "amount_gbp": 1040000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£1m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation", "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "animation", "television", "storytelling" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-charismatic-ai", "type": "Companies", "category": "creative", "function": "Makes a system that turns a written prompt into short animated drama episodes, developed with Channel 4 and Aardman Animations.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.channel4.com/press/news/consortium-secures-ps104-m-funding-explore-ai-driven-storytelling-tv-film-industries", "https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/tech-innovation/charismaticai-launches-genai-microdrama-plaform/5206067.article", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15110282" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.channel4.com/press/news/consortium-secures-ps104-m-funding-explore-ai-driven-storytelling-tv-film-industries", "quotes": [ "18 September 2024", "£1.04million", "Charismatic will also be used by established, larger producers." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/tech-innovation/charismaticai-launches-genai-microdrama-plaform/5206067.article", "quotes": [ "Users can input a written prompt to the system, which will then generate animated episodic content", "developed in partnership with Channel 4 and Aardman Animations" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15110282", "quotes": [ "CHARISMATIC ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED\" \"Unit 3 Kings Meadow, Ferry Hinksey Road, Oxford, England, OX2 0DP\" \"Active\" \"1 September 2023" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation", "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "animation", "div": "creative" } ], "div_label": "Creative", "location": "Oxford (OX2 0DP)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "linked from: works_at", "id": "BIZ-TAL-121", "name": "Guy Gadney", "page": "talent", "href": "../../talent/#org=BIZ-TAL-121", "page_label": "Talent" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Innovate UK" }, { "kind": "partner_of", "name": "Channel 4" }, { "kind": "partner_of", "name": "Aardman Animations" }, { "kind": "partner_of", "name": "Falmouth University" }, { "kind": "partner_of", "name": "UAL Creative Computing Institute" } ], "degree": 1, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-SU-CRE-020" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-020", "name": "Charisma.ai", "bucket": "co", "status": "renamed", "status_date": "2021-07-22", "status_detail": "Renamed from To Play For Limited to Charisma Entertainment Limited on 22 July 2021; active at Companies House.", "one_line": "Makes software that lets writers build characters that hold spoken or typed conversations with audiences, for interactive stories and training.", "description": "Charisma Entertainment Limited was incorporated on 10 December 2015 as To Play For Limited and took its present name on 22 July 2021. Its registered office is in Brighton and its SIC code is ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software. Package 1 recorded it as the maker of Charisma.ai, conversational character software led by Guy Gadney, but the company's own site could not be opened in this session, so the product description rests on Package 1. 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Its registered company name and number were not found by a Companies House name search (see Gaps).", "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": null, "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": null }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "marketing", "design", "advertising" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "creative", "function": "Software that predicts where people will look in an image, video or web page.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.qmul.ac.uk/eecs/research/industry-partnerships--commercialisation/spin-out-portfolio/" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.qmul.ac.uk/eecs/research/industry-partnerships--commercialisation/spin-out-portfolio/", "quotes": [ "Dragonfly AI is an AI/ML Technology which predicts human attention." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "marketing", "div": "creative" } ], "div_label": "Creative", "location": null, "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "spun_out_of", "id": "UNI:queenmary/QMULAI-003", "name": "Universities: queenmary/QMULAI-003", "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-SU-CRE-503", "name": "WaveShaper", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-04-13", "status_detail": "Described by Queen Mary University of London on 13 April 2026 as a consultancy that has secured investment and two major contracts; no Companies House entry under that name.", "one_line": "Consultancy building real-time neural-network audio processing for clients.", "description": "WaveShaper is one of four Queen Mary spin-outs co-founded from Professor Josh Reiss's audio research group. Queen Mary says it operates as a consultancy offering real-time neural-network-based audio solutions and that it has secured investment and two major contracts. A Companies House search for \"WaveShaper\" returned no company; its legal entity is unknown.", "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": null, "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": null }, "people": [ { "name": "Josh Reiss", "role": "co-founder", "from": null, "source": "https://www.qmul.ac.uk/eecs/news-and-events/news/items/from-lab-to-industry-how-one-researcher-built-four-spinout-companies-from-audio-ai-research.html" } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "audio", "music technology" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "creative", "function": "Consultancy building real-time neural-network audio processing for clients.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.qmul.ac.uk/eecs/news-and-events/news/items/from-lab-to-industry-how-one-researcher-built-four-spinout-companies-from-audio-ai-research.html" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.qmul.ac.uk/eecs/news-and-events/news/items/from-lab-to-industry-how-one-researcher-built-four-spinout-companies-from-audio-ai-research.html", "quotes": [ "operate as a consultancy, offering real-time neural network-based audio solutions." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "audio", "div": "creative" } ], "div_label": "Creative", "location": null, "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "spun_out_of", "id": "UNI:queenmary/QMULAI-009", "name": "Universities: queenmary/QMULAI-009", "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-SU-CRE-601", "name": "SphereTrax", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House lists SphereTrax Limited as active (checked 29 October 2026).", "one_line": "Hereford start-up running an AI-based music licensing platform for film, advertising and games makers.", "description": "SphereTrax runs an AI-based music licensing platform that helps filmmakers, advertising agencies and game developers find music, with artists keeping up to 75% of royalties. In June 2023 UKTN reported a £100,000 equity round led by Fintage House, after a £250,000 round from Jenson Funding Partners in March 2023, and described the company as Hereford-based. Companies House lists SphereTrax Limited, incorporated on 5 May 2022, as active, with a registered office in Hitchin. The founder named in the article (Sefi Carmel) does not appear under that name on the officers page, so no person is listed here.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "14087534", "registered_office": "3 The Chapmans, Tilehouse Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, SG5 2TS", "incorporated": "2022-05-05", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "14087534", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14087534", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Hereford (null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: West Midlands" }, "people": [], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 100000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2023-06-20", "detail": "equity round led by Fintage House (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 100000 GBP 2023-06-20 — equity round led by Fintage House (single source)", "amount_gbp": 100000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£100,000", "gbp_txt": "" }, { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 250000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2023-03", "detail": "from Jenson Funding Partners (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 250000 GBP 2023-03 — from Jenson Funding Partners (single source)", "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": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "music licensing" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "creative", "function": "Hereford start-up running an AI-based music licensing platform for film, advertising and games makers.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/music-licensing-platform-spheretrax-raises-100k-20230620", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14087534" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/music-licensing-platform-spheretrax-raises-100k-20230620", "quotes": [ "an AI-based music licensing platform", "Hereford-based startup" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14087534", "quotes": [ "SPHERETRAX LIMITED\" \"Active\" \"5 May 2022\" \"58290 - Other software publishing" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "music licensing", "div": "creative" } ], "div_label": "Creative", "location": "Hereford (null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Fintage House" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Jenson Funding Partners" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-602", "name": "Scriptic", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House lists Scriptic Ltd (renamed from Electric Noir Studios Limited on 26 May 2023) as active.", "one_line": "London studio making interactive dramas for phones and creative tools that use generative AI.", "description": "Scriptic develops interactive mobile entertainment, which it calls phone-first shows, and creative applications for generative AI. In June 2023 UKTN reported a US$5.7m extension to its seed round, led by BITKRAFT Ventures with Tower 26 and the Amazon Alexa Fund, taking the total to US$8.2m, and named Nihal Tharoor as co-founder and chief executive. Companies House lists Scriptic Ltd, incorporated on 13 November 2017 as Electric Noir Studios Limited, as active, with Nihal Tharoor-Menon a director since incorporation.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "11061425", "registered_office": "86-90 Paul Street, London, England, EC2A 4NE", "incorporated": "2017-11-13", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "11061425", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11061425", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Nihal Tharoor", "role": "co-founder and chief executive; director from 2017-11-13 (listed as Nihal Tharoor-Menon)", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11061425/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 5700000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2023-06-30", "detail": "seed extension led by BITKRAFT Ventures (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 5700000 USD 2023-06-30 — seed extension led by BITKRAFT Ventures (single source)", "amount_gbp": 4483247, "fx_rate": 1.2714, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.2714 per £ on 2023-06-30", "fx_date": "2023-06-30", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$5.7m", "gbp_txt": "£4.5m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications", "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "interactive entertainment", "mobile drama" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "creative", "function": "London studio making interactive dramas for phones and creative tools that use generative AI.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/scriptic-secures-4-5m-20230630", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11061425", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11061425/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/scriptic-secures-4-5m-20230630", "quotes": [ "a startup developing interactive mobile entertainment and creative applications for generative AI", "$5.7m (£4.5m)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11061425", "quotes": [ "SCRIPTIC LTD\" \"Active\" \"13 November 2017\" \"ELECTRIC NOIR STUDIOS LIMITED\" (13 Nov 2017 - 26 May 2023)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11061425/officers", "quotes": [ "THAROOR-MENON, Nihal\" Director appointed 13 November 2017" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications", "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "interactive entertainment", "div": "creative" } ], "div_label": "Creative", "location": "London (null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "BITKRAFT Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Amazon Alexa Fund" }, { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Nihal Tharoor" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-603", "name": "Camera Intelligence", "bucket": "co", "status": "Active — Active proposal to strike off", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Companies House, checked 31 October 2026: CAMERA INTELLIGENCE LIMITED (16670465), Company status: Active — Active proposal to strike off. 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It makes \"adaptive music assembled by AI in multiple layers\". UKTN reported an £11 million Series A in March 2022 led by Octopus Ventures, with Warner Music Group taking part. Companies House shows the company active with a Salisbury registered office; Philip Sheppard resigned as a director on 15 December 2023 and Ian Drew remains a director.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10402385", "registered_office": "Crown Chambers, Bridge Street, Salisbury, England, SP1 2LZ", "incorporated": "2016-09-29", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "10402385", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10402385", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Salisbury, Wiltshire (SP1 2LZ; lat/lng null)", "postcode": "SP1 2LZ", "lat": 51.068827, "lng": -1.797793, "region": "England: South West", "admin_district": "Wiltshire", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Ian Drew", "role": "co-founder; director since 2016-11-12", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10402385/officers" }, { "name": "Philip Sheppard", "role": "co-founder; director 2016-09-29 to 2023-12-15", "from": "same source", "source": null } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 11000000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2022-03-07", "detail": "Series A led by Octopus Ventures (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 11000000 GBP 2022-03-07 — Series A led by Octopus Ventures (single source)", "amount_gbp": 11000000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£11m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Knowledge generation" ], "sectors": [ "music", "creative industries" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "creative", "function": "Software that builds music that adapts as it plays, assembled by AI from recorded layers.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/ai-lifescore-scoops-funding-20220307", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10402385", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10402385/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/ai-lifescore-scoops-funding-20220307", "quotes": [ "LifeScore, an AI-based music technology company has raised £11m", "adaptive music assembled by AI in multiple layers" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10402385", "quotes": [ "LIFESCORE LIMITED", "Active", "Incorporated on 29 September 2016" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10402385/officers", "quotes": [ "DREW, Ian", "Director", "12 November 2016", "SHEPPARD, Philip David", "Resigned on 15 December 2023" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Knowledge generation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "music", "div": "creative" } ], "div_label": "Creative", "location": "Salisbury, Wiltshire (SP1 2LZ; lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-201", "name": "Octopus Ventures", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-201", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Warner Music Group" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-702", "name": "Immersive Fox", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows Immersive Fox Ltd active on 29 October 2026.", "one_line": "Turns written prompts into video presentations with AI presenters, for businesses.", "description": "London start-up that turns user prompts into video presentations, aimed mainly at enterprise customers. UKTN reported a £2.8 million seed round in July 2023 with Redseed VC, Monte Carlo Capital and Altair. Alisa Patotskaya is founder and chief executive, and the company's only director at Companies House. The registered office is in Stevenage.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "13395153", "registered_office": "Suite 1c Meadway Court, Rutherford Close, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, SG1 2EF", "incorporated": "2021-05-13", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "13395153", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13395153", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (as published; lat/lng null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Alisa Patotskaya", "role": "founder and chief executive (2023); director since 2021-05-13", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13395153/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 2800000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2023-07-04", "detail": "seed with Redseed VC, Monte Carlo Capital and Altair (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 2800000 GBP 2023-07-04 — seed with Redseed VC, Monte Carlo Capital and Altair (single source)", "amount_gbp": 2800000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£2.8m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Knowledge generation" ], "sectors": [ "video", "enterprise communications" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "creative", "function": "Turns written prompts into video presentations with AI presenters, for businesses.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/immersive-fox-seed-20230704", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13395153", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13395153/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/immersive-fox-seed-20230704", "quotes": [ "London-based AI startup Immersive Fox has secured a £2.8m funding round to advance its video-generating technology." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13395153", "quotes": [ "IMMERSIVE FOX LTD", "Active", "Incorporated on 13 May 2021" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13395153/officers", "quotes": [ "PATOTSKAYA, Alisa", "Director", "13 May 2021" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Knowledge generation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "video", "div": "creative" } ], "div_label": "Creative", "location": "London (as published; lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Redseed VC" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Monte Carlo Capital" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Altair" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-703", "name": "Electric Sheep", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows Electric Sheep Technologies Ltd (renamed from Reknology Ltd on 4 February 2024) active on 29 October 2026.", "one_line": "AI that removes the need for green screens by separating people from backgrounds in video for visual-effects artists.", "description": "London start-up aiming to replace green screens with AI. It says it processes one second of video in under a minute and creates editable layers (\"splines\") for visual-effects artists. UKTN reported a £400,000 pre-seed round in August 2023 led by Dasein Capital, with Spatial Capital and Look AI Ventures, naming founders Jake Laver, Gary Palmer and Richie Murray and Palmer as chief executive. Companies House shows Electric Sheep Technologies Ltd, incorporated September 2018 as Reknology Ltd and renamed in February 2024, with all three founders as directors.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "11576602", "registered_office": "14 Church View, Upminster, England, RM14 2QX", "incorporated": "2018-09-19", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "11576602", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11576602", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (as published; lat/lng null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Gary Palmer", "role": "co-founder and chief executive (2023); director since 2018-09-19", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11576602/officers" }, { "name": "Jake Laver", "role": "co-founder; director since 2019-12-01", "from": "same source", "source": null }, { "name": "Richie Murray", "role": "co-founder; director since 2023-03-28", "from": "same source", "source": null } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 400000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2023-08-17", "detail": "pre-seed led by Dasein Capital (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 400000 GBP 2023-08-17 — pre-seed led by Dasein Capital (single source)", "amount_gbp": 400000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£400,000", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "visual effects", "film and television" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "creative", "function": "AI that removes the need for green screens by separating people from backgrounds in video for visual-effects artists.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/electric-sheep-pre-seed-20230817", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11576602", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11576602/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/electric-sheep-pre-seed-20230817", "quotes": [ "a startup looking to replace green screens with AI", "Gary Palmer, CEO of Electric Sheep" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11576602", "quotes": [ "ELECTRIC SHEEP TECHNOLOGIES LTD", "Active", "Incorporated on 19 September 2018", "REKNOLOGY LTD" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11576602/officers", "quotes": [ "LAVER, Jake William Anthony", "MURRAY, Richard Rowan", "PALMER, Gary William" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "visual effects", "div": "creative" } ], "div_label": "Creative", "location": "London (as published; lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Dasein Capital" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Spatial Capital" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Look AI Ventures" } ], "degree": 1, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-SU-CRE-804" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-704", "name": "Exactly.ai", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Status as of May 2024 only (UKTN); no matching Companies House company was found.", "one_line": "Lets illustrators and artists train generative image models on their own work.", "description": "London start-up that allows artists to create generative AI models based on their own work. UKTN reported a £3.4 million seed round in May 2024 led by Speedinvest, with InReach Ventures, Cornerstone VC and GuruDev Capital, naming Tonia Samsonova as founder and chief executive. A Companies House search for \"exactly ai\" returned no company that could be linked to it. [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] Listed on Labs (Generative image): reason: London platform on which artists train their own image-generation models on consented work", "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": "London (lat/lng null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Tonia Samsonova", "role": "founder and chief executive (2024)", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/ai-art-exactly-ai-funding-20240531" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 3400000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2024-05-31", "detail": "seed led by Speedinvest (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 3400000 GBP 2024-05-31 — seed led by Speedinvest (single source)", "amount_gbp": 3400000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£3.4m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Knowledge generation", "AI development and training" ], "sectors": [ "art", "illustration", "creative industries" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "creative", "function": "Lets illustrators and artists train generative image models on their own work.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/ai-art-exactly-ai-funding-20240531" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/ai-art-exactly-ai-funding-20240531", "quotes": [ "allows artists to create generative AI models based on their own work", "Exactly.ai founder and CEO Tonia Samsonova" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Knowledge generation", "AI development and training" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "art", "div": "creative" } ], "div_label": "Creative", "location": "London (lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Speedinvest" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "InReach Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Cornerstone VC" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-705", "name": "Gendo", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows Gendo Technology Ltd active on 29 October 2026; the link to the start-up rests on name and London address only (officer list would not open).", "one_line": "AI that turns architects' text prompts and sketches into realistic building visualisations.", "description": "London start-up founded by architectural designer George Proud (chief executive) and software engineer Will Jones. Its AI platform lets architects turn text prompts and sketches into realistic visualisations. UKTN reported an £855,000 pre-seed round in July 2024 led by Concept Ventures, with Ascension Ventures and Baobab Ventures. Companies House lists Gendo Technology Ltd (incorporated December 2022, London) as active; a separate Gendo Limited was dissolved in March 2025.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "14526185", "registered_office": "131 Finsbury Pavement, London, United Kingdom, EC2A 1NT", "incorporated": "2022-12-07", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "14526185", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14526185", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (lat/lng null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "George Proud", "role": "co-founder and chief executive (2024)", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/gendo-architectural-visualisations-startup-funding-20240703" }, { "name": "Will Jones", "role": "co-founder (2024)", "from": null, "source": null } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 855000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2024-07-03", "detail": "pre-seed led by Concept Ventures (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 855000 GBP 2024-07-03 — pre-seed led by Concept Ventures (single source)", "amount_gbp": 855000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£855,000", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Knowledge generation", "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "architecture", "design" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "creative", "function": "AI that turns architects' text prompts and sketches into realistic building visualisations.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/gendo-architectural-visualisations-startup-funding-20240703", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14526185" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/gendo-architectural-visualisations-startup-funding-20240703", "quotes": [ "an artificial intelligence (AI) platform used by architects to turn text prompts and sketches into realistic visualisations" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14526185", "quotes": [ "GENDO TECHNOLOGY LTD", "Active", "Incorporated on 7 December 2022" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Knowledge generation", "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "architecture", "div": "creative" } ], "div_label": "Creative", "location": "London (lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Concept Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Ascension Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Baobab Ventures" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-801", "name": "Recraft", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows Recraft AI Limited active, with a confirmation statement dated 5 December 2025.", "one_line": "AI tools that generate brand-consistent graphics, vector images and illustrations for designers.", "description": "Recraft is a London graphic-design generator founded and led by Anna Veronika Dorogush. UKTN reported in January 2024 that its AI tools were used by more than 300,000 designers, and that it raised $12m (£10m) in a Series A led by Khosla Ventures and former GitHub chief executive Nat Friedman, with RTP Global, Abstract VC, Basis Set Ventures and Elad Gil. It planned to build its own foundation model. Companies House lists Recraft AI Limited in London; its officers page would not open, so the link to the founder is by name and city only. 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