The AI Brief

We’ve taken a closer look at the UK’s Artificial Intelligence sector, mapping out the ecosystem and handpicking some of the top companies in the space. 

An overview of the UK's AI sector

What’s inside?

Number of deals and amount raised by UK AI companies
Age of the AI market in the UK
Top AI companies in the UK by amount of funding received

Funding trends

AI is one of the few sectors in which both amount invested and number of deals were higher in 2018 than in 2017. 

Age of the market

AI companies have been around for several decades now, but the sector has only really gained traction in the past five years. 

Top investors and companies

These are the top firms pumping capital into the AI market, and the top recipient companies. 

This report highlights

High-growth Companies

Equity Funding received

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Grant funding received

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Where does the data come from?

All data featured comes from the Beauhurst platform, a searchable database of the UK’s fastest-growing startups and scaleups.

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