Radar Companies AI Infrastructure · United Kingdom
Radar · AI Infrastructure in United Kingdom

Best AI Infrastructure Companies in United Kingdom

The 211 best AI Infrastructure companies in United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Nscale.

211companies tracked
$8.3Bdisclosed funding
5unicorns
106have raised

Ranked by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum, the 211 AI Infrastructure companies tracked here in the United Kingdom have pulled in $8.3 billion in total disclosed funding, a figure that tells you something real about where capital is flowing. Nscale alone accounts for $5.5B of that, which is the kind of outsized concentration I find clarifying rather than alarming. Quantexa sits at $371M. Encord at $48M. The spread matters. And against a global market forecast to grow from $22.6B to roughly $105.4B by 2028 at a 24.6% CAGR, the UK's cluster of five unicorns isn't incidental, it's structural.

So what's driving the build-out? Larger datasets, cloud-native ML adoption, and cross-industry partnerships are the headline demand drivers, and as the 2026 capex supercycle narrative makes clear, infrastructure spending is no longer a discretionary line item for serious operators. Active backers here include Amadeus Capital, AlbionVC, SFC Capital, Y Combinator, and Gov, a mix that signals both commercial ambition and policy-adjacent interest. Green and cloud infrastructure themes are gaining particular coverage, which means the regulatory and sustainability pressures shaping this market aren't going away anytime soon.

Sources & further reading
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FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · AI INFRASTRUCTURE × UNITED KINGDOM

Our analysis of 50 AI Infrastructure companies

$46.6b in tracked funding; 98% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

50companies analysed
98%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
24unicorns
2021median founding year
715kcombined LinkedIn audience
44%of audience held by top 3
8companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best AI Infrastructure companies in United Kingdom

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFounderTech stackWeb popularityMarket signals (1y)Patents & IP focusRecent signals
1Nscale 🦄
Provider of cloud infrastructure for artificial intelligence and computing workloads
89Funding top 11%Partners top 16%News top 21%Growth top 24%
All 10 signals ▾
Fundingtop 11%
Partnerstop 16%
Newstop 21%
Growthtop 24%
AItop 26%
Techtop 30%
Markettop 40%
Moattop 47%
Talenttop 48%
Globalbottom 48%
Funding: Raised $5.5B across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 3 yrs (2.0/yr)
Partners: 9 contract events in 12 mo · Named contractor/client in 9 deals
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 89/100
$5.5B1 mo agoJosh Payne
Founder & CEO
WebflowApple iCloud MailRive+21Top 5M58 signals ▲314%
Funding · Contracts · Capital raise
1 launch
2Graphcore Systems 🦄
Manufacturer of hardware and software for machine learning processing tasks
$767M65 mo ago453Simon Knowles
Co-Founder
HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+24Top 5M11 signals ▲120%
Hiring · Announcements · Capital raise
1 job opening · 2 expansions
3Quantexa 🦄
Developer of decision intelligence software for data analysis and management
78AI top 25%Funding top 26%Tech top 28%News top 28%
All 14 signals ▾
AItop 25%
Fundingtop 26%
Techtop 28%
Newstop 28%
Moattop 28%
Growthtop 30%
Producttop 30%
Talenttop 31%
Innovationtop 36%
Patentstop 36%
Markettop 40%
Globaltop 40%
Partnersbottom 35%
Fin. healthbottom 29%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Funding: Raised $371M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 9 yrs (0.7/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100
$371M15 mo ago552
552 → 893 (+62%)
Laura Hutton
Co-Founder& CCO
StoryblokApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+30Top 5M5 signals ▲67%
New product · Contracts · Leadership
7 patents
Graph-based AI for taxonomy induction and knowledge‑graph perspective generation
1 partnership · 3 awards
4Yoti
Provider of digital identity verification and automated age assurance technology
62Tech top 20%AI top 20%Customers top 25%Moat top 28%
All 14 signals ▾
Techtop 20%
AItop 20%
Customerstop 25%
Moattop 28%
Talenttop 28%
Fundingtop 40%
Innovationtop 44%
Newstop 44%
Growthtop 45%
Producttop 49%
Patentstop 50%
Marketbottom 48%
Globalbottom 48%
Fin. healthbottom 14%
Tech: 57 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3
AI: Classified as an AI company
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100
$210M29 mo ago318
318 → 457 (+44%)
Duncan Francis
Co-Founder
WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+24Top 500k26 patents
Secure digital identity verification and biometric liveness detection for authentication
1 award
5Stability AI 🦄
Developer of generative AI models for image, video, audio, and 3D
78AI top 25%Funding top 28%Moat top 28%Tech top 33%
All 12 signals ▾
AItop 25%
Fundingtop 28%
Moattop 28%
Techtop 33%
Patentstop 33%
Talenttop 38%
Markettop 40%
Innovationtop 40%
Growthtop 42%
Globaltop 50%
Productbottom 39%
Newsbottom 24%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Funding: Raised $206M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100
$206M23 mo ago45Emad Mostaque
Co-Founder & CEO
Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+29Top 500k15 patents
Generative AI for 3D image, multi-angle video, and audio synthesis using diffusion models
1 launch · 1 award
6Imagination Technologies
Provider of GPU processor solutions for graphics and AI vision applications
$120M22 mo ago200Wallace P
COO
WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+33Top 5M5 patents
Advanced wireless signal processing: beamforming matrix reordering, carrier offset correction, QoS scheduling.
7Speechmatics
Provider of speech recognition software for real time voice processing
$91M47 mo ago134
134 → 115 (-14%)
Tony Robinson
Founder
ContentfulApple iCloud MailNode.js+27Top 1M1 launch
8iProov
Platform offering digital identity verification services
82AI top 18%Patents top 26%Moat top 28%Innovation top 30%
All 13 signals ▾
AItop 18%
Patentstop 26%
Moattop 28%
Innovationtop 30%
Techtop 31%
Growthtop 33%
Fin. healthtop 33%
Fundingtop 36%
Newstop 42%
Producttop 44%
Markettop 45%
Globaltop 49%
Talentbottom 49%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Patents: 76 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 37 filings since 2022 vs 27 in 2017-21
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 82/100
$78M30 mo ago53Andrew Bud
Founder & CEO
WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+39Top 5M76 patents
Secure facial biometric authentication with liveness detection and real-time user guidance
9Fetch.ai
Blockchain-based network for application and AI infrastructure
69Innovation top 28%Tech top 29%AI top 30%Funding top 31%
All 14 signals ▾
Innovationtop 28%
Techtop 29%
AItop 30%
Fundingtop 31%
Globaltop 32%
Patentstop 33%
Producttop 37%
Moattop 37%
Talenttop 38%
Partnerstop 41%
Customerstop 43%
Growthbottom 47%
Marketbottom 36%
Newsbottom 24%
Innovation: 14 patents (top 60% of patent-holders) · 12 filings since 2022 vs 2 in 2017-21
Tech: 33 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100
$62M18 mo ago4Thomas Hain
Co-Founder
Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+18Top 5M14 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
1 launch
10Gensyn
Provider of a solution to train machine learning models remotely
$51M36 mo ago2Harry Grieve
Co-founder
GhostApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+13Top 5M1 launch
11Eros Innovation
Provider of artificial intelligence solutions for media and entertainment industries
60AI top 26%Growth top 28%Talent top 28%Funding top 36%
All 7 signals ▾
AItop 26%
Growthtop 28%
Talenttop 28%
Fundingtop 36%
Techbottom 49%
Marketbottom 31%
Globalbottom 25%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-driven, artificial intelligence
Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100
$50M6 mo agoRidhima Lulla
Co-Founder & Co-President
WordPressMySQLPHP+26Top 10M1 job opening
12Encord
Developer of a platform for managing, curating, and annotating AI data
60AI top 20%Funding top 23%Tech top 33%Talent top 38%
All 9 signals ▾
AItop 20%
Fundingtop 23%
Techtop 33%
Talenttop 38%
Moattop 39%
Growthbottom 47%
Globalbottom 43%
Marketbottom 36%
Newsbottom 30%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Funding: Raised $48.3M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 5 yrs (1.0/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100
$48M6 mo ago20Ulrik Stig Hansen
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
PrismicApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+34Top 1M1 launch
13Seldon
Open source framework for deploying ML models
$39M39 mo ago46
46 → 89 (+93%)
Jacqueline Housley
Co-Founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+24Top 5M
14Aiphoria
Provider of AI platform for processing and analyzing audio data
67Funding top 29%Growth top 35%AI top 45%Talent top 45%
All 6 signals ▾
Fundingtop 29%
Growthtop 35%
AItop 45%
Talenttop 45%
Techtop 50%
Globalbottom 25%
Funding: Raised $34.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100
$34M10 mo agoKonstantin Kruglov
Co-Founder
Framer SitesReactCloudflare+14Top 50M
15Trint
Automated transcription to help various industries
$27M29 mo ago55
55 → 63 (+15%)
SentryTypeScriptNode.js+34Top 1M16 patents
Collaborative real-time media transcription, multi-language editing, and generation platform
1 expansion
16Fractile
Developer of AI chips for running large AI models
45Funding top 26%News top 30%AI top 30%Growth top 35%
All 10 signals ▾
Fundingtop 26%
Newstop 30%
AItop 30%
Growthtop 35%
Moattop 48%
Talentbottom 49%
Techbottom 48%
Globalbottom 39%
Partnersbottom 34%
Marketbottom 19%
Funding: Raised $17.5M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 2 yrs (2.0/yr)
News: 7 BI events in 12 mo (of 13 tracked, 3 types) · +40% YoY
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100
$18M1 mo ago4Walter Goodwin
Co-Founder & CEO
PrismicApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+11Top 10M7 signals ▲40%
Funding · Capital raise · Contracts
17Arondite
Developer of software and AI for autonomous defence technology applications
$17M14 mo agoWill Blyth
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+16Top 10M
18Doubleword
Provider of a self-hosted inference platform for deploying AI models
$15M13 mo agoMeryem Arik
Co-Founder & CEO
TurbopackNode.jsTailwind CSS+13Top 10M
19Lumai
Developer of 3D optical computing processors for AI data centers
$14M14 mo agoTom Barrett
Co-Founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+16Top 5M2 patents
Analog computing architectures for high‑speed, low‑power signal processing and AI acceleration
20SpAItial
AI powered developer of spatial foundation models for 3D world creation and understanding
$13M12 mo agoMatthias Niessner
Co-Founder & CEO
Radix UITailwind CSSshadcn/ui+7Top 10M4 launchs · 1 partnership
21Mind Tech
Provider of AI-based processor for visual processing
$13M20 mo ago29Steve Harris
CEO
5 launchs
22HASH
Developer of knowledge graph software for structured data management automation
$12M22 mo ago31Joel Spolsky
Co-Founder & Director
SentryZendeskApple iCloud Mail+17Top 10M
23Callosum
AI infrastructure company providing systems-level software
48AI top 20%Talent top 38%Tech top 43%Funding top 49%
All 6 signals ▾
AItop 20%
Talenttop 38%
Techtop 43%
Fundingtop 49%
Globalbottom 48%
Marketbottom 31%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100
$10M2 mo agoJascha Achterberg
Co-Founder
SanityTurbopackApple iCloud Mail+20Top 10M
24Pimloc
Provider of machine learning-based image search solution
37AI top 25%Innovation top 35%Patents top 35%News top 37%
All 10 signals ▾
AItop 25%
Innovationtop 35%
Patentstop 35%
Newstop 37%
Fundingtop 42%
Moattop 42%
Globalbottom 42%
Talentbottom 42%
Techbottom 29%
Marketbottom 24%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Innovation: 8 patents (top 59% of patent-holders) · 8 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100
$9M11 mo ago7James Leigh
Co-Founder & CTO
3 signals
Funding · Leadership
8 patents
Real-time video analytics and selective editing for object tracking and modification
1 launch
25Weco AI
Developer of an AI platform automating machine learning experiment optimization
$8M10 mo agoYuxiang Wu
Co-Founder
TurbopackNode.jsRadix UI+18Top 50M2 launchs · 1 award
26Hirundo
Platform offering tools to unlearn unwanted data and behaviors in AI models
$8M12 mo agoBen Luria
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowThree.jsCloudflare Turnstile+14Top 10M1 award
27TAO Alpha
Provider of AI infrastructure and subnet solutions
$7M12 mo agoMichael Edwards
Co-Founder
28Safe Intelligence
Online platform offering tools to verify, robustify, and monitor the safety of AI models
$6M17 mo ago3Stefanos Zafeiriou
Co-Founder
WordPressMySQLMariaDB+23Top 50M
29Dessn
Developer of software for prototyping interfaces directly within production code
42AI top 20%Talent top 38%Funding top 46%Global bottom 48%
All 6 signals ▾
AItop 20%
Talenttop 38%
Fundingtop 46%
Globalbottom 48%
Techbottom 42%
Marketbottom 31%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100
$6M1 mo agoGabriella Hachem
Co-Founder
YouTubeTailwind CSSVercel+7Top 10M1 job opening
30Bit Fount
Cloud and AI based data science paltform
$5M10 mo ago3Naaman Tammuz
Co-Founder & CPO
31Mindgard
Provider of AI development services
50AI top 20%Growth top 28%Funding top 44%Innovation top 47%
All 10 signals ▾
AItop 20%
Growthtop 28%
Fundingtop 44%
Innovationtop 47%
Patentstop 49%
Techbottom 45%
Moatbottom 42%
Globalbottom 39%
Marketbottom 23%
Newsbottom 18%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100
$4M17 mo ago7Webflow EcommerceWebflowApple iCloud Mail+18Top 5M3 patents
Neural network training methods and systems
32Archestra
Platform providing secure enterprise integration of AI agents and data
$3M10 mo agoIldar Iskhakov
Co-Founder & CTO
TurbopackNode.jsRadix UI+16Top 5M1 launch
33Plumerai
Developer of AI software for camera-based people and object detection
$3M9 mo ago6Roeland Nusselder
Co-Founder & CEO
GSAPVercelHSTS+8Top 10M2 patents
Design and training of deep neural network architectures
34Synthesized
Developer of synthetic data generation platform for machine learning model development
64Innovation top 23%Talent top 28%AI top 30%Growth top 35%
All 10 signals ▾
Innovationtop 23%
Talenttop 28%
AItop 30%
Growthtop 35%
Newstop 35%
Producttop 36%
Techtop 45%
Fundingtop 46%
Globalbottom 39%
Marketbottom 25%
Innovation: 9 product lines · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100
$3M13 mo ago12Alexander Kuhnle
Co-Founder
WebflowAmazon Web ServicesVWO+21Top 10M3 signals
Funding · Capital raise
1 partnership
35Hyperpilot
Provider of AI-powered automation solutions for control software development, aiming to streamline…
$3M6 mo agoAlexey Barinov
Co-Founder & CPO
36Plexe
Provider of AI-driven platform that enables users to create custom machine learning models
$3M9 mo agoVaibhav Dubey
Co-Founder & CEO
MintlifyNode.jsKaTeX+13Top 10M
37Inephany
Online platform offering AI tools for optimizing neural network performance
$2M14 mo agoHami Bahraynian
Co-Founder & COO
WebflowjQueryHSTS+8Top 50M1 launch
38Ori
Provider of a full-stack AI cloud platform with flexible deployment options
$2M16 mo ago26
26 → 49 (+88%)
SanityNode.jsReact+27Top 10M4 signals ▲300%
M&A
39AgileRL
Developer of a platform for reinforcement learning and RLOps solutions
$2M5 mo ago3Nicholas Ustaran-Anderegg
Co-Founder & CTO
40Assisterr AI
AI and ML-powered platform for customer service and support
$2M12 mo agoDima Dimenko
Co-Founder
Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+18Top 500k
41Noxus
Developer of an AI platform for complex operational workflows
$2M16 mo agoMiguel Ribeiro
Co-Founder & CPO
Framer SitesApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+12Top 10M9 job openings
42Loc.ai
Provider of infrastructure for shifting artificial intelligence inference to edge devices
$1M1 mo agoSaif Al-Ibadi
Co-Founder & Head of Enterprise Programs
Radix UIYouTubeReact+10Top 50M
43TurinTech
Provider of AI development services
$1M15 mo ago10Leslie Kanthan
Co-Founder & CEO
Webflowparticles.jsGSAP+21Top 10M
44Brand Engagement Network
Provider of enterprise-grade artificial intelligence systems for business modernization and automation
$1M4 mo agoMichael Lucas
Co-Founder
Framer SitesReactPriority Hints+7Top 5M
45Stack8s
Provider of a sovereign cloud platform for AI workload orchestration
$1M6 mo agoJeremy Murray
Founder & CEO
1 launch
46Qognetix
Developer of a scientific tool designed to model neurons and synapses
$973K2 mo agoNic Windley
CEO & Co-founder
1 award
47Etiq AI
Provider of a platform to identify and mitigate algorithmic bias in ML models
$802K13 mo ago6Raluca Crisan
Co-Founder
WebflowSplidejQuery+8Top 50M
48Vigilant
Developer of AI teammates designed for regulated business compliance workflows
$768K7 mo agoMichael Anyfantakis
Co-Founder & CPO
4 patents
Advanced gas chromatography data analysis and calibration methods
49Kortical
Provider of a cloud-based AI platform for developing ML models
$578K13 mo ago7Andy Gray
Co-Founder & CEO
Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceYouTube+20Top 10M5 patents
Automated creation and deployment of machine learning models and outputs
1 launch
50LaunchLemonade
No-code platform to create, deploy, and monetize AI-powered tools and agents
$480K4 mo agoJoe Leung
Co-Founder & CTO
WordPressMySQLPHP+19Top 10M

Top 12 AI Infrastructure companies in United Kingdom

#1
Nscale 🦄
Series C · London, England · founded 2023
$5.5Braised

Provider of cloud infrastructure for artificial intelligence and computing workloads. Services include access to graphics processing units, virtual machines, and bare metal nodes for model training and inference. The platform offers container orchestration, batch scheduling, and storage systems designed for high-throughput data processing. Automated tools manage system health, resource allocation, and performance monitoring across the infrastructure. Users access the resources through application programming interfaces to support development, testing, and deployment of machine learning models.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 89how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 11%
Partners
top 16%
News
top 21%
Growth
top 24%
AI
top 26%
Tech
top 30%
Funding: Raised $5.5B across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 3 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Conventional Debt (May 2026)
Partners: 9 contract events in 12 mo · Named contractor/client in 9 deals
News: 58 BI events in 12 mo (of 78 tracked, 8 types) · +314% YoY · 46 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 66k LinkedIn followers — 9.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • May 2026Conventional Debt$790M
  • Mar 2026Series C$2B
  • Feb 2026Conventional Debt$1.4B
  • Sep 2025Series B$1.1B
Founders & team
Josh PayneFounder & CEO
Investors
Sandton Capital Partners, Kestrel0x1, Bluesky Capital, Florence Capital, Aker ASA, Blue Owl
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailBunnyCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyesDocusign
#2
Series B · London, England · founded 2022 · 4 employees
$17.5Mraised

Developer of AI chips for running large AI models. The company develops data center LLM inference accelerator for models with billions or hundreds of billions of parameters

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 45how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 26%
News
top 30%
AI
top 30%
Growth
top 35%
Moat
top 48%
Talent
bottom 49%
Funding: Raised $17.5M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 2 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Series B (May 2026)
News: 7 BI events in 12 mo (of 13 tracked, 3 types) · +40% YoY · 4 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: llm
Audience (LinkedIn): 16k LinkedIn followers — 2.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • May 2026Series B$220M
  • Jan 2026Series A$22.5M
  • Feb 2025Angel
  • Oct 2024Grant (prize money)$6.5M
Founders & team
Walter GoodwinCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Aria, Kindred Capital, NIF, Oxford Science Enterprises, Cocoa, Inovia Capital
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareGoogle WorkspaceHstsLenisNode.Js
#3
Series C · London, England · founded 2020 · 20 employees
$48.3Mraised

Developer of a platform for managing, curating, and annotating AI data. The platform facilitates the transformation of unstructured multimodal data into high-quality data. It offers tools for data indexing, curation, annotation, alignment, and collaboration. The platform provides data management, data annotation, and model evaluation capabilities.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 60how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%
Funding
top 23%
Tech
top 33%
Talent
top 38%
Moat
top 39%
Growth
bottom 47%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Funding: Raised $48.3M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 5 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series C (Dec 2025)
Tech: 44 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management, Hsts
Audience (LinkedIn): 19k LinkedIn followers — 2.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2025Series C$60M
  • Aug 2024Series B$30M
  • Oct 2021Series A$13.7M
  • Jun 2021Seed$4.5M
Founders & team
Ulrik Stig HansenCo-Founder & Co-CEOEric LandauCo-Founder & Co-CEO
Investors
Y Combinator, CRV, Harpoon, Crane Venture Partners, Next47, Harvard Management Company
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAnt DesignApple Icloud MailClearbit RevealCloudflare
#4
Series F · London, England · founded 2016 · 552 employees
$371.1Mraised

Developer of decision intelligence software for data analysis and management. This platform connects fragmented data sources to reveal relationships between entities. It utilizes graph analytics and artificial intelligence to automate decision-making processes across various sectors. The software assists in financial crime prevention, risk management, and customer intelligence by unifying siloed datasets into a single foundation. It provides tools for data quality assessment, lineage tracking, and the creation of reusable data products to support analytical models. The technology enables organizations to ground automated agents in real-world context for improved operational efficiency and investigation accuracy.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 78how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 25%
Funding
top 26%
Tech
top 28%
News
top 28%
Moat
top 28%
Growth
top 30%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) · Product described with: artificial intelligence
Funding: Raised $371M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 9 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Series F (Mar 2025)
Tech: 42 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Observability: Microsoft Clarity, Sentry
Audience (LinkedIn): 124k LinkedIn followers — 17.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships · 3 awards (incl. Databricks) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2025Series F$175M
  • Mar 2023Series E$129M
  • Jul 2021Series D$154.1M
  • Jul 2020Series C$64.7M
Founders & team
Laura HuttonCo-Founder& CCOJamie HuttonCo-Founder & CTOAlexon BellCo-Founder & CPO
Investors
Albion Capital Group, HSBC, Accenture, Warburg Pincus, Dawn Capital, AlbionVC
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailBabelCloudflare
#5
Seed · London, England · founded 2025
$10.2Mraised

AI infrastructure company providing systems-level software. It enable AI workloads to run efficiently across diverse chip architectures from various manufacturers, challenging the industry's reliance on homogeneous computing environments. It builds infrastructure where heterogeneous chips and intelligence co-evolve. The company focuses on systems, not models. It unifies disciplines to unlock heterogeneous scale, where chips and compute primitives give rise to systems of intelligence.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 48how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%
Talent
top 38%
Tech
top 43%
Funding
top 49%
Global
bottom 48%
Market
bottom 31%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Tech: 23 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management, Hsts
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public)
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Seed
  • Feb 2026Seed$10.2M
Founders & team
Jascha AchterbergCo-FounderDanyal AkarcaCo-Founder
Investors
Plural, Aria, Gov, Bare Metal Ventures
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager
#6
Series C · Isle of Man, Isle Of Man · founded 2022
$50Mraised

Provider of artificial intelligence solutions for media and entertainment industries. The company offers a platform utilizing AI for intellectual property creation and management. It focuses on integrating AI with visual effects and immersive technologies. The company also develops AI-driven platforms for digital content and experiences.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 60how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 26%
Growth
top 28%
Talent
top 28%
Funding
top 36%
Tech
bottom 49%
Market
bottom 31%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-driven, artificial intelligence
Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 15k LinkedIn followers — 2.2% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Product Executive
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2025Series C$50M
Founders & team
Ridhima LullaCo-Founder & Co-PresidentRishika SinghCo-FounderKishore LullaCo-Founder
Investors
Plenitude Capital
Tech stack
AstraCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCookieyesCore-Js
#7
Seed · London, England · founded 2024
$6Mraised

Developer of software for prototyping interfaces directly within production code. This tool connects to existing code repositories to enable the creation of design prototypes without requiring manual coding or integrated development environments. It allows teams to iterate on user interface components and flows by utilizing the actual product codebase as the design environment. The system operates within isolated virtual machines to maintain repository security while providing a live interface for design modifications. It supports web applications built with specific frameworks and allows for the collaborative development of interface elements.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 42how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%
Talent
top 38%
Funding
top 46%
Global
bottom 48%
Tech
bottom 42%
Market
bottom 31%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $6.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (May 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 1k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Founder's Associate/Chief of Staff type person
Funding rounds
  • May 2026Seed$6M
Founders & team
Gabriella HachemCo-FounderNim CheemaCo-Founder
Investors
Connect Ventures, Betaworks, N49P
Tech stack
CloudflareFullstoryGoogle WorkspaceHstsOpen GraphPosthog
#8
Series C · London, England · founded 2022
$34Mraised

Provider of AI platform for processing and analyzing audio data. It specializes in machine learning solutions to insights from audio data. Its proprietary AI platform enables organizations to extract valuable information and transform it into actionable intelligence.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 67how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 29%
Growth
top 35%
AI
top 45%
Talent
top 45%
Tech
top 50%
Global
bottom 25%
Funding: Raised $34.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series C (Jul 2025)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
AI: Product described with: machine learning
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2025Series C$34M
Founders & team
Konstantin KruglovCo-FounderDenis ChernilevskiyCo-Founder & CEO
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFramer SitesGodaddyGoogle Analytics
#9
Seed · Cardiff, Wales · founded 2025
$1.4Mraised

Provider of infrastructure for shifting artificial intelligence inference to edge devices. It offers tools to move inference from cloud application programming interfaces to end-user devices. The infrastructure is application agnostic and provides a replacement for cloud application programming interfaces. It allows users to migrate existing code. The infrastructure facilitates data processing where it is generated, removing cloud dependencies. It ensures compliance with data requirements.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 131 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Seed$1.4M
Founders & team
Saif Al-IbadiCo-Founder & Head of Enterprise Programs
Investors
Fuel Ventures
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGoogle Font ApiHstsHttp/3
#10
Funding Raised · Birmingham, England · founded 2025
$972.9Kraised

Developer of a scientific tool designed to model neurons and synapses. The company focuses on building synthetic intelligence grounded in biology and physics. It aims to establish synthetic intelligence as a reliable and commercially viable paradigm. The company is expanding partnerships with universities and labs to accelerate development. It plans to extend the tool into a wider software development kit and integrated development environment ecosystem. The company is building a platform that grows with the science.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 24 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 2 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Grant (prize money)$972.9K
Founders & team
Nic WindleyCEO & Co-founder
#11
Series C · Cambridge, England · founded 2017 · 4 employees
$61.9Mraised

Blockchain-based network for application and AI infrastructure. It provides open access, tokenized, decentralized machine learning network to deliver a self-organizing framework for transactions and the system consists of autonomous economic agents that are digital entities that can transact independently of human intervention and can represent people, machines, or themselves.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 69how this company ranks against its industry peers
Innovation
top 28%
Tech
top 29%
AI
top 30%
Funding
top 31%
Global
top 32%
Patents
top 33%
Innovation: 14 patents (top 60% of patent-holders) · 12 filings since 2022 vs 2 in 2017-21 · 6 new-product events in 24 mo
Tech: 33 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel · Devops: Envoy
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: machine learning
Audience (LinkedIn): 23k LinkedIn followers — 3.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2024Series C
  • Mar 2023Series C$40M
  • Mar 2021Series B$6.9M
  • Feb 2019ICO$13.1M
Founders & team
Thomas HainCo-FounderToby SimpsonCo-Founder
Investors
Gda Group, DWF Labs, Outlier Ventures, Daim, 0c Ventures, LCG Ventures
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudinaryFont AwesomeGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#12
Seed · London, England · founded 2021 · 45 employees
$206Mraised

Developer of generative AI models for image, video, audio, and 3D. These models are designed for deployment across various platforms, including self-hosted, licensed, API, and cloud-based services. The company provides tools for marketing, entertainment, and gaming, focusing on customizable workflows and enterprise-level solutions. It offers resources such as a learning hub and customer stories to support users.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 78how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 25%
Funding
top 28%
Moat
top 28%
Tech
top 33%
Patents
top 33%
Talent
top 38%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) · Product described with: generative ai
Funding: Raised $206M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Seed (Jun 2024)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 9/10 · IP moat: 15 patents · Unicorn
Audience (LinkedIn): 124k LinkedIn followers — 17.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches · 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2024Seed$80M
  • Jun 2023Seed
  • Sep 2022Seed$101M
Founders & team
Emad MostaqueCo-Founder & CEOPrem AkkarajuChief Executive Officer
Investors
Sound Ventures, Coatue, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Greycroft, OSV, Ascolta Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAngularCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management

Funding & investor landscape

$8.3Btotal disclosed funding
100companies funded
226disclosed rounds
7rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Amadeus Capital12 rounds
AlbionVC6 rounds
Gov6 rounds
SFC Capital6 rounds
Y Combinator6 rounds
Europa5 rounds
IQ Capital5 rounds
Octopus Ventures5 rounds
AI Seed4 rounds
Cambridge Innovation Capital4 rounds

Notable founders

Josh Payne
Founder & CEO · Nscale
Walter Goodwin
Co-Founder & CEO · Fractile
Ulrik Stig Hansen
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · Encord
Eric Landau
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · Encord
Laura Hutton
Co-Founder& CCO · Quantexa
Jamie Hutton
Co-Founder & CTO · Quantexa
Jascha Achterberg
Co-Founder · Callosum
Danyal Akarca
Co-Founder · Callosum
Ridhima Lulla
Co-Founder & Co-President · Eros Innovation
Rishika Singh
Co-Founder · Eros Innovation
Gabriella Hachem
Co-Founder · Dessn
Nim Cheema
Co-Founder · Dessn
RESEARCH SIGNALS · United Kingdom

How research on AI Chips & Accelerators is moving in the United Kingdom

A read on the academic research around AI Chips & Accelerators — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 61 United Kingdom-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
202120232025
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and steady — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 64% → 65% across 2021–2025.
top research entities
  • University of Edinburgh6
  • University of Oxford5
  • King's College London4
  • University of Glasgow4
  • Brunel University of London3
leading researchers
Weison Lin · Tughrul Arslan · Carlo Cazzaniga · Maria Kastriotou · Rubens Luiz Rech · Manuel Le Gallo · Xiaoyue Ji · Zhekang Dong
Breakthroughs31 · 51%
▲ 0%→50% share
3 median citations87% since 2021mostly methods-led
Artificial neural network research is surging — newly emerging with 8 papers, now dominating 50% of UK breakthrough activity.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Artificial neural network8
  • Embedded system5
  • Inference4
  • Computer architecture4
  • Parallel computing4
Newly emergingArtificial neural network 0→8 · Embedded system 0→5
Landmark RaPiD: AI Accelerator for Ultra-low Precision Training and Inference · 75 cites
Advancements19 · 31%
▲ 0%→29% share
0 median citations89% since 2021mostly methods-led
Computer architecture research is intensifying — rising alongside Von Neumann architecture, driving 29% of UK advancement papers.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Computer architecture4
  • Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution3
  • Von Neumann architecture3
  • Embedded system2
  • Computation2
Landmark Can the Network be the AI Accelerator? · 88 cites
Concerns6 · 10%
▲ 0%→12% share
0 median citations100% since 2021mostly empirical
Neutron and neutron-temperature reliability concerns are rising — 3 papers each flagging radiation sensitivity in UK AI chip research.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Neutron3
  • Neutron temperature3
  • Convolution (computer science)2
  • Thermal2
  • Neutron flux2
Landmark TinyMem: Boosting Multi-DNN Inference on Tiny AI Accelerators with Weight Memory Virtualization · 2 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United Kingdom

Where ai accelerators is researched across United Kingdom

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

London10 · +0.68
Opportunity · Computer architecture
Oxford7 · +0.66
Edinburgh7 · +0.56
Opportunity · Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
PATENT SIGNAL · United Kingdom

Who's filing ai accelerators patents in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom ai accelerators patent filing is accelerating — 8,479 filings from 1,557 assignees (2016–2025), led by Deepmind TECH, Advanced RISC MACH, Imagination TECH; annual filings 72→1342.

8,479 filings1,557 assigneespeak 1494/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Deepmind TECH1793
  • Advanced RISC MACH924
  • Imagination TECH760
  • IBM347
  • IBM UK341
  • Graphcore328
  • British Telecomm226
  • IBM China Investment202

Common questions

How many AI Infrastructure companies are there in United Kingdom?
Radar tracks 211 indexable AI Infrastructure companies headquartered in United Kingdom that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by AI Infrastructure companies in United Kingdom?
The AI Infrastructure companies in United Kingdom on this list have raised a combined $8.3B in disclosed equity funding across 100 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded AI Infrastructure company in United Kingdom?
Nscale is the highest-funded AI Infrastructure company in United Kingdom, with $5.5B in disclosed equity funding.
How many AI Infrastructure companies in United Kingdom are funded?
100 of the 211 AI Infrastructure companies in United Kingdom on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many AI Infrastructure unicorns are there in United Kingdom?
5 AI Infrastructure companies in United Kingdom on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in United Kingdom AI Infrastructure companies?
The most active investors in United Kingdom AI Infrastructure companies on this list include Amadeus Capital, AlbionVC, Gov, SFC Capital, Y Combinator.
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