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Best Natural Language Processing Companies in London, United Kingdom

The 38 best Natural Language Processing companies in London, United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Synthesia.

38companies tracked
$354.3Mdisclosed funding
1unicorns
21have raised

Ranked: Best Natural Language Processing companies in London

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFounderTech stackWeb popularityPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Synthesia 🦄
Developer of software for generating videos using artificial intelligence avatars
96Fin. health top 14%Tech top 20%Funding top 21%Market top 24%
All 13 signals ▾
Fin. healthtop 14%
Techtop 20%
Fundingtop 21%
Markettop 24%
Growthtop 24%
Innovationtop 25%
Moattop 26%
Talenttop 28%
AItop 30%
Producttop 34%
Newstop 37%
Globaltop 48%
Partnersbottom 46%
Fin. health: Revenue ~$74.6M · Revenue +127% YoY
Tech: 74 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 96/100
$157M10 mo ago78Steffen Tjerrild
Co-Founder & COO
WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+33Top 50k—4 launchs
2Poly
Developer of conversational voice artificial intelligence agents for customer service
78News top 20%Funding top 24%Tech top 25%AI top 30%
All 11 signals ▾
Newstop 20%
Fundingtop 24%
Techtop 25%
AItop 30%
Moattop 31%
Fin. healthtop 36%
Growthtop 43%
Markettop 44%
Partnerstop 45%
Talenttop 45%
Globalbottom 45%
News: 8 BI events in 12 mo (of 24 tracked, 3 types) · +700% YoY
Funding: Raised $120M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 7 yrs (1.0/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100
$120M10 mo ago42Eddy Su
Co-Founder
Cart FunctionalityWordPressApple iCloud Mail+33Top 500k——
3Trint
Automated transcription to help various industries
$27M32 mo ago55
55 → 63 (+15%)
—SentryTypeScriptNode.js+34Top 1M16 patents
Collaborative real-time transcription and multi-language media generation/editing platforms
1 expansion
4Opendialog Ai
AI-based conversational bots for customer support
$13M31 mo ago3Ronald Ashri
Co-Founder
————
5Vamstar
Provider of AI solutions for commercial operations in the life sciences
$11M52 mo ago28
28 → 70 (+150%)
Praful Mehta
Co-Founder and CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+10Top 10M——
6Palabra Ai
Provider of real-time AI speech translation for audio and video calls
$8M12 mo ago—Alexander Kabakov
Co-Founder
SentryNode.jsTailwind CSS+20Top 5M——
7Scalpel
Provider of the platform to manage surgical procedures
37AI top 22%Moat top 45%Innovation top 46%Patents top 49%
All 8 signals ▾
AItop 22%
Moattop 45%
Innovationtop 46%
Patentstop 49%
Talentbottom 49%
Fundingbottom 47%
Globalbottom 42%
Marketbottom 25%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 5/10 · IP moat: 4 patents
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100
$5M22 mo ago8Yeshwanth Pulijala
Founder & CEO
——4 patents
Computer vision-based object detection and recognition for environmental perception systems.
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8My Voice
Provider of voice-based biometric authentication solution
$3M71 mo ago9Ivar Line
Co-Founder & CEO
PHPDebianNette Framework+10Top 10M9 patents
Neural network speaker verification and anti‑spoofing for biometric authentication systems.
—
9Neural Space
Provider of AI-powered dubbing platform
$3M47 mo ago32Ayushman Dash
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
WebflowGSAPStripe+27Top 10M——
10UhuraSolutions
Platform offering contract lifecycle management software
$2M52 mo ago2—WordPressMySQLPHP+31Top 50M——
11Auris
Provider of automated speech recognition engine for children's voice
$2M85 mo ago8Lara Pierce
Co-Founder
————
12Kapiche
Provider of a platform for analyzing and understanding customer feedback data
$2M84 mo ago21Ryan Stuart
Co-Founder & CEO
StoryblokAlgoliaNode.js+25Top 5M——
13Cognitivplus
Developer of AI-powered platform for document review and data extraction
$321K57 mo ago2—————
14TorqBak
Twitter Marketing platform
$251K148 mo ago—Nick Sharples
Founder
————
15Evolution AI
NLP based data management and text analytics solutions
$200K104 mo ago10
10 → 17 (+70%)
Martin Goodson
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+32Top 5M——
16Kiroku
AI and SaaS-based clinical documentation solutions for dentists
$138K39 mo ago5Jay Shah
Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder
SentryFirebasestyled-components+20Top 5M——

Top 12 Natural Language Processing companies in London

#1
Series E · London, England · founded 2017 · 78 employees
$156.6Mraised
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Developer of software for generating videos using artificial intelligence avatars. This platform enables users to create video content by inputting text scripts that are converted into speech by digital characters. The software provides tools for editing, translating, and localizing video content into multiple languages. Users can customize visual elements, including branding, logos, and background styles. The system includes features for screen recording, version control, and team collaboration. The generated content is compatible with learning management systems for training and communication purposes.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 96how this company ranks against its industry peers
Fin. health
top 14%
Tech
top 20%
Funding
top 21%
Market
top 24%
Growth
top 24%
Innovation
top 25%
Fin. health: Revenue ~$74.6M · Revenue +127% YoY
Tech: 74 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Devops: Nginx
Funding: Raised $157M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 7 yrs (0.9/yr) · Last round Series E (Oct 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 162k LinkedIn followers — 45.4% of this cohort's audience · 107 engagements/post (7.6× cohort median)
Activity (LinkedIn): 4 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Series E$200M
  • Apr 2025Series D—
  • Jan 2025Series D$180M
  • Jun 2023Series C$90M
Founders & team
Steffen TjerrildCo-Founder & COOLourdes AgapitoCo-FounderVictor RiparbelliCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
LDV Capital, Mark Cuban Companies, Seedcamp, Tiny, VAS Ventures, MMC Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAmplitudeApple Icloud Mail
#2
Series D · London, England · founded 2017 · 42 employees
$120Mraised
▾

Developer of conversational voice artificial intelligence agents for customer service. These software tools automate interactions by processing spoken language to handle inquiries, manage appointments, and resolve service requests. The technology integrates with existing enterprise systems to facilitate automated communication across voice, chat, and messaging channels. Engineering teams utilize provided development kits to build, deploy, and manage these automated agents within their own technical environments. The system tracks interaction metrics and provides analytical insights to monitor performance and manage automated workflows.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 78how this company ranks against its industry peers
News
top 20%
Funding
top 24%
Tech
top 25%
AI
top 30%
Moat
top 31%
Fin. health
top 36%
News: 8 BI events in 12 mo (of 24 tracked, 3 types) · +700% YoY · 7 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Funding: Raised $120M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 7 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series D (Oct 2025)
Tech: 59 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Security: Auth0, Cloudflare Bot Management
Audience (LinkedIn): 83k LinkedIn followers — 23.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Series D$86M
  • Apr 2024Series C$50.2M
  • Jun 2022Series B$40M
  • Dec 2020Series B$14M
Founders & team
Eddy SuCo-FounderTsung-Hsien WenCo-Founder & CTONikola MrksicCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Khosla Ventures, Point72 Ventures, Amadeus Capital, Sands Capital Ventures, Passion Capital, Entrepreneur First
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAstroAuth0
#3
Seed · London, England · founded 2023
$8.4Mraised
▾

Provider of real-time AI speech translation for audio and video calls. The system offers speech-to-speech interpreting for events, video calls, streaming, and API integration. It allows customization of ASR, translation, and TTS, including niche glossaries. The service is built on a proprietary language model, offering language addition and voice cloning. It is compatible with streaming solutions and protocols, providing translated captions. The system integrates with communication solutions for events, video calls, sales, customer support, and streaming.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2025Seed$8.4M
Founders & team
Alexander KabakovCo-Founder
Investors
Seven Seven Six, Creator Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCalendlyCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebot
#4
Series A · London, England · founded 2019 · 8 employees
$4.8Mraised
▾

Provider of the platform to manage surgical procedures The company develops a software robot OR Bot, a non-invasive sensor that gives real-time insights into patients' health activity, medical instrument utilization, staff workflow, and analysis on patients' health outcomes for better surgical productivity in hospitals. Machine learning and Natural language processing technology helps in identifying health risks to optimize patient safety.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 37how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 22%
Moat
top 45%
Innovation
top 46%
Patents
top 49%
Talent
bottom 49%
Funding
bottom 47%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) · Product described with: machine learning, natural language processing
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 5/10 · IP moat: 4 patents
Innovation: 4 patents (top 84% of patent-holders) · 4 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence, Tech Hardware
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Implementation Manager
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2024Series A$4.8M
  • Jan 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Yeshwanth PulijalaFounder & CEO
Investors
Mercia, Tensor Ventures, Henley Business Angels, Panacea Stars, Deep Science Ventures
#5
Series A · London, England · founded 2014 · 55 employees
$27.2Mraised
▾

Trint offers an online transcription software to transcribe audio to text. Offers an end-to-end platform for finding, creating and sharing content. It enables clients to realign timecodes in order to match the timing of the source recording and could export the highlighted areas. The software allows users to upload audio and video files and transcribe files using AI technology. The application is available on Apple App Store. It offers a subscription-based pricing model. Partnered with Cisco, Google, Knight Foundation and others.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 9k LinkedIn followers — 2.5% of this cohort's audience · 24 engagements/post (1.7× cohort median)
Activity: 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2024Series A—
  • Jun 2023Series A$33.5K
  • Nov 2022Series A$24.2K
  • Jul 2022Series A$4.5M
Investors
The New York Times Company, Google News Initiative, Horizons Ventures, TechNexus, The Associated Press, Edge
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAngularAws Certificate ManagerCloudflare
#6
Series A · London, England · founded 2017 · 3 employees
$13Mraised
▾

AI-based conversational bots for customer support. The features of the product include live chat, multi-language support, analytics, AB testing, process automation, graph-based conversation mapping, etc. It provides integration with Whatsapp, Alexa, Google Home, Facebook Messenger, and Slack.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2024Series A$8M
  • May 2022Seed$5M
Founders & team
Ronald AshriCo-FounderDean ChapmanCo-FounderTerry WalbyCo-Founder
Investors
AlbionVC, Dowgate Capital
#7
Series A · London, England · founded 2019 · 28 employees
$11.2Mraised
▾

Provider of AI solutions for commercial operations in the life sciences. The company offers tools for tendering, pricing, market access, and contract management. It delivers data intelligence coverage and data orchestration technology. The company supports pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device organizations. It helps organizations monitor, analyze, and respond to healthcare procurement opportunities.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 68k LinkedIn followers — 19.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Kaktus Technologies) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • May 2022Series A$9.5M
  • Dec 2020Seed$1.7M
  • Jan 2020Seed—
Founders & team
Praful MehtaCo-Founder and CEO
Investors
Antler, Begin Capital, b2venture, AIC, Dutch Founders Fund, Celltrion
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerBluehostCalendlyContact Form 7ElementorFacebook Pixel
#8
Seed · London, England · founded 2018 · 32 employees
$2.8Mraised
▾

Provider of AI-powered dubbing platform. It offer tools that let developers build custom multi lingual voice applications that enable businesses to communicate with customers.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2022Seed$2.8M
Founders & team
Ayushman DashCo-Founder & Co-CEOFelix LaumannCo-CEO
Investors
Merus Capital, GoHub, Techstars, APX, Verissimo Ventures, Paipal Ventures
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle Analytics
#9
Seed · London, England · founded 2017 · 2 employees
$2.3Mraised
▾

Platform offering contract lifecycle management software. It leverages AI to make financial decisions. It helps financial institutions to review contracts and agreements and in decision making processes by using an AI platform that streamlines the process of analyzing and drafting contracts and agreements. It offers a contract review feature that sorts data and flags contracts based on criteria.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. EuroCC Montenegro) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2022Seed$1.8M
  • Nov 2020Grant (prize money)—
  • Jul 2019Seed$448.8K
  • May 2018Seed—
Investors
South Central Ventures, Techcelerator, Gapminder, Newable, SuperSeed, Techstars
#10
Series A · London, England · founded 2017 · 9 employees
$3.2Mraised
▾

MY VOICE is a provider of voice-based biometric authentication solution. It provides a user recognition platform based on voice acoustics analysis and audio-visual identity verification. It provides a ubiquitous alternative for biometric authentication. It can be used for secure in-vehicle payment, ride-sharing authentication, authentication for physical access, and vehicle access.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2020Series A$3.2M
Founders & team
Ivar LineCo-Founder & CEONikola AndelicCo-Founder
Investors
ProVenture
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementDebianFont Awesome
#11
Seed · London, England · founded 2015 · 8 employees
$2.1Mraised
▾

Auris Tech provides an automated speech recognition engine to understand children's read speech. The company claims that the technology evolves using machine learning processes to deliver an accuracy of over 91%. It has applications in the areas of education, health, language, entertainment, and other sectors. The company, using their proprietary technology, has developed Fonnetti, which is an application that listens to children reading aloud and encourages them by highlighting the words they get right and pointing out any that are missed-out or incorrectly spoken. The technology has been developed in partnership with the University of Edinburgh’s School of Informatics.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 711 LinkedIn followers · 38 engagements/post (2.7× cohort median)
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2019Seed$621K
  • Jan 2019Seed$170.1K
  • Apr 2018Seed$183.1K
  • Jul 2017Seed$863K
Founders & team
Lara PierceCo-FounderWilliam BungayCo-FounderKim AntoniouCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Symvan Capital, E-Man, Velocity Capital Advisors, Old College Capital
Tech stack
Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespaceStimulusGoogle AnalyticsPriority Hints
#12
Seed · London, England · founded 2014 · 21 employees
$1.8Mraised
▾

Provider of a platform for analyzing and understanding customer feedback data. The platform connects various data sources, including support tickets, surveys, and reviews, to provide actionable insights. It uses artificial intelligence to identify trends, root causes, and predict churn across different channels. The platform aims to help businesses reduce costs, improve customer satisfaction, and drive revenue growth through smarter support operations.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2019Seed$1.8M
  • Jan 2019Seed—
  • Nov 2017Seed$60K
Founders & team
Ryan StuartCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
muru-D, Main Sequence, Transition Level, Queensland Treasury, River City Labs, Flying Fox Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook Pixel

Funding & investor landscape

$354.3Mtotal disclosed funding
16companies funded
46disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Entrepreneur First4 rounds
AI Seed2 rounds
Hedosophia2 rounds
Mainspring Fund Services2 rounds
Mercia2 rounds
NVentures2 rounds
Techcelerator2 rounds
Techstars2 rounds
1704807 Ontario1 rounds
AIC1 rounds

Notable founders

Steffen Tjerrild
Co-Founder & COO · Synthesia
Lourdes Agapito
Co-Founder · Synthesia
Eddy Su
Co-Founder · Poly
Tsung-Hsien Wen
Co-Founder & CTO · Poly
Alexander Kabakov
Co-Founder · Palabra Ai
Yeshwanth Pulijala
Founder & CEO · Scalpel
Ronald Ashri
Co-Founder · Opendialog Ai
Dean Chapman
Co-Founder · Opendialog Ai
Praful Mehta
Co-Founder and CEO · Vamstar
Ayushman Dash
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · Neural Space
Felix Laumann
Co-CEO · Neural Space
Ivar Line
Co-Founder & CEO · My Voice
Prism market signals · United Kingdom · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,846,558 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Natural Language Processing coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH IN LONDON · AI & Compute

How research on Nlp in London is moving

A read on the academic research around Nlp in London — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 274 papers.

274 papers · stance +0.43 · 51% breakthrough · 19% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
top institutions
  • University College London95
  • King\'s College London52
  • Imperial College London48
  • Queen Mary University of London31
  • University of London10
leading researchers
Mandar Marathe · Angelina Meybatova · Anna Maria Cipriani · Ay Lin Kho · Björn W. Schuller · Federico Milana
prism intelligence · tone & topics
89% positive · 4% critical tone
Artificial IntelligenceMachine LearningComputer ScienceHealthcareEducationHealth
▲ Breakthroughs105 · 38%
▲ 37%→39% share
▲1.1× share momentum0 median citations75% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (37%→39% of field), led by Language model.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Language model1→11
  • Set (abstract data type)1→10
  • Task (project management)2→7
  • Semantics (computer science)2→7
  • Representation (politics)2→7
Newly emergingBenchmark (surveying) 0→8 · Robustness (evolution) 0→5 · Feature (linguistics) 0→5
Landmark Deep Learning Enabled Semantic Communication Systems · 1,291 cites
◆ Advancements63 · 23%
▲ 21%→23% share
▲1.1× share momentum0 median citations75% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (21%→23% of field), led by Social media.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Social media1→8
  • Text messaging1→3
  • Natural language2→3
  • Sentiment analysis3→4
Newly emergingMachine translation 0→3 · Task (project management) 0→3 · Pipeline (software) 0→3
Landmark Coding In-depth Semistructured Interviews · 2,607 cites
▼ Concerns39 · 14%
▼ 19%→12% share
▼0.6× share momentum0 median citations67% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (19%→12% of field), led by Context (archaeology).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Context (archaeology)1→5
  • Set (abstract data type)1→3
  • Task (project management)1→3
Newly emergingGenerative grammar 0→3 · Metadata 0→3
Landmark Iconicity as a General Property of Language: Evidence from Spoken and Signed Languages · 741 cites

Common questions

How many Natural Language Processing companies are there in London, United Kingdom?
Radar tracks 38 indexable Natural Language Processing companies headquartered in London, United Kingdom that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Natural Language Processing companies in London, United Kingdom?
The Natural Language Processing companies in London, United Kingdom on this list have raised a combined $354.3M in disclosed equity funding across 16 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Natural Language Processing company in London, United Kingdom?
Synthesia is the highest-funded Natural Language Processing company in London, United Kingdom, with $156.6M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Natural Language Processing companies in London, United Kingdom are funded?
16 of the 38 Natural Language Processing companies in London, United Kingdom on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Natural Language Processing unicorns are there in London, United Kingdom?
1 Natural Language Processing company in London, United Kingdom on this list is valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in London, United Kingdom Natural Language Processing companies?
The most active investors in London, United Kingdom Natural Language Processing companies on this list include Entrepreneur First, AI Seed, Hedosophia, Mainspring Fund Services, Mercia.
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