United Kingdom
588 labs and startups across 69 cities. 243 startups are AI-native; 41 new AI startups appeared in the last two years against 40 in the two before.
Cities
Unicorns
Revolut$75bn
Global money app for spending, saving and FX.

Nscale$14.6bn
Artificial Intelligence. Valued at $14.6bn (March 2026).

Checkout.com$12bn
Financial technology. Valued at $12bn (September 2025).
ElevenLabs$11bn
Voice synthesis and audio AI.

Rapyd$8.7bn
Financial technology. Valued at $8.7bn (August 2021).
Blockchain.com$5.2bn
Cryptocurrency. Valued at $5.2bn (March 2021).
Ineffable Intelligence$5.1bnMafia
Reinforcement learning lab founded by the AlphaGo research lead.
Octopus Energy$5bn
Renewable energy supplier with its own Kraken software.

Zepz$5bn
Financial technology. Valued at $5bn (August 2021).
CMR Surgical$3bn
Robotics. Valued at $3bn (January 2021).
TradingView$3bn
Finance. Valued at $3bn (October 2021).

OakNorth$2.8bn
Finance. Valued at $2.8bn (February 2019).

EasyA$2.5bn
Technology. Valued at $2.5bn (May 2024).

Monzo$2.5bn
App-based bank for UK customers.
Bought By Many$2bn
Insurance. Valued at $2+bn (June 2021).

Zilch$2bn
Financial technology. Valued at $2bn (November 2021).

Granola$1.5bn
Software. Valued at $1.5bn (March 2026).

Matillion$1.5bn
Data analytics. Valued at $1.5bn (September 2021).
Starling Bank$1.5bn
Financial technology. Valued at $1.5bn (March 2021).
Marshmallow$1.25bn
Insurance. Valued at $1.25bn (September 2021).
Zego$1.1bn
Insurance. Valued at $1.1bn (March 2021).
Gousto$1bn
Meal kit. Valued at $1+bn (November 2020).
Gymshark$1bn
Sportswear. Valued at $1+bn (August 2020).
Improbable$1bn

LMAX Group$1bn
Financial technology. Valued at $1+bn (July 2021).

Payhawk$1bn
Spend management software for businesses across Europe, the US, and the UK.

Synthesia$1bn
AI video generation with digital presenters.

Tractable$1bn
Artificial intelligence. Valued at $1+bn (June 2021).
TrueLayer$1bn
Financial technology. Valued at $1+bn (September 2021).
Research labs
Alan Turing InstituteLab
UK national institute for data science and AI.

Apollo ResearchLab
Evaluations for deceptive behaviour in AI models.

Basecamp ResearchLab
Biological data and models from global biodiversity.
Edinburgh School of InformaticsLab
One of Europe's largest computing research schools.
Francis Crick InstituteLab
Biomedical discovery institute in central London.

Google DeepMindLab
Research lab behind AlphaFold and Gemini.

Isomorphic LabsLabMafia
AI-first drug design spun out of DeepMind.

Latent LabsLabMafia
Generative models for protein design.

Oxford IonicsLab
Trapped-ion quantum computing on standard chips.

RiverlaneLab
Quantum error correction stack.
UCL Centre for AILab
University College London's AI research centre.

UK AI Security InstituteLab
Government body testing advanced AI systems.

Wellcome Sanger InstituteLab
Genomics research institute near Cambridge.
Communities

Encode ClubCommunity
Education programmes and hackathons for developers in AI and web3.

Entrepreneur FirstCommunity
Talent investor that helps individuals find co-founders and build from zero.

SeedcampCommunity
European seed fund and founder network.

Unicorn MafiaCommunity
London's leading community of hackers: hackathon teams, demo nights and a run club.
Startups

LemFi
Fair, simple and accessible financial services

Permutive
Rebuilding data in advertising to protect privacy

Plate IQ
Automated Accounts Payable

Model MLHiring
The AI for Financial Services.

ProlificHiring
Making diverse, high-quality data easily available to anyone, anywhere

Verto
Cross-Border Payments and FX Simplified

EncordHiring
The data layer for physical AI

MuzzHiring
Where Single Muslims meet

ARQHiring
The global financial platform for affluent consumers in the Americas.

FleekHiring
A B2B marketplace for wholesale second hand fashion

ConveoHiring
Growth through always‑on consumer understanding

Aspora
Single account to manage money across the world

Let's Do This
The online company that gets everyone offline

autone
Inventory management SaaS for Retail & Consumer brands

Easol
Shopify for experiences

ProspaHiring
Banking for businesses

Solve IntelligenceHiring
AI patent drafting, prosecution, litigation and more for legal teams.

CircuitHubHiring
On-Demand Electronics Manufacturing

DuffelHiring
The complete toolkit to sell travel.

Sensible Biotechnologies
Unlocking the next generation of mRNA medicines

throxy
Vertical AI agents running B2B outbound on autopilot, with human SDRs

zeroheight
The design system layer for coding agents

Ochre Bio
RNA medicines for liver diseases

HumaansHiring
AI-Powered HRIS for high performing teams

Capi MoneyHiring
Helping businesses in emerging markets make pay their international…

Digistain
Pioneering Breast Cancer Diagnostics for a Healthier Tomorrow

Healthtech 1Hiring
Navigating patients to the right place, first time.

Abatable
Carbon markets platform and solutions

Buy Me a Coffee
Helping creators monetize

CuracelHiring
AI-Powered Infrastructure for Insurance & Healthcare

Helicarrier (prev Buycoins)
Cryptocurrency infrastructure for Africa.

Raycast
Speed up non-coding tasks for engineering teams

Sixfold Bioscience
Delivering RNA therapies.

MytosHiring
Robotic human cell manufacturing

Bits
Bits is a credit card designed to help people build credit

LightdashHiring
The open source Looker alternative

SealHiring
All-in-one workspace for companies making regulated products

Heroic Labs
Social Infrastructure for Games; Makers of Nakama game server, Satori…

AnimaHiring
The next generation care enablement platform

BalanceHiring
Full-Stack AI Accounting

Devyce
The global mobile network for business.

Elyos AIHiring
AI Customer Service Agents for trades and field services

Globe
coinbase for derivatives

nsaveHiring
Trusted $€£ accounts abroad for people from unstable economies.

Swipe Technologies
Building modern payments, accounting and cashflow management tools…

JunctionHiring
API for at-home health data

Miden
Card issuer processor and banking stack for businesses in Sub-…

Our World in Data
Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest…

Artificial Societies
Foundational model of human societies for consequential decisions

SaturnHiring
Compliance and back office workflows for Wealth Managers.

Seabound
Carbon capture equipment for ships

Trigger.dev
Build and deploy fully‑managed AI agents and workflows

CarbonChainHiring
We help companies automate the accounting of their carbon emissions

CoLoopHiring
AI Copilot for insights & strategy

MeticulousHiring
Automated e2e screenshot testing without writing or maintaining tests

The Centre for Effective Altruism
We're your non-profit portfolio managers. We make giving to…

Wondercraft
Create video by chatting to AI

QFEXHiring
24/7 Global Stock Exchange

80,000 Hours
An online guide that tells talented graduates how to maximise the…

Entocycle
Automated factory to produce insect protein for farm animals.

BrickwiseHiring
AI property manager for landlords and estate agents

CosineHiring
Fully Agentic SWE

Kular
AI Lead Generator

yhangryHiring
Marketplace for private chefs

Cardamon
AI compliance co-pilot for regulated financial businesses

HapplHiring
Your personalised benefits and engagement platform for global teams

Revenir
First API solution for tax returns.

Alba Orbital
We make satellites to image everywhere on Earth, every 15 minutes

AlgunaHiring
AI-Native CPQ & Billing for Modern Pricing Models

Aura Vision
In-store analytics AI assistant to fix your retail stores

DiligentHiring
AI agents for fintech risk and compliance operations

Heptabase
An AI visual knowledge base to understand and create knowledge.

Phase Biolabs
We make carbon negative chemicals from CO2 using fermentation

ReactWiseHiring
AI Co-Pilot for Chemical Process Optimization

SAMMY LabsHiring
Computational Law

Vibe Kanban
Plan and review AI generated code

ZalosHiring
Hire Zalos AI workers to run your finance department

SubscriptionFlow
AI based Customizable Subscription & Revenue Management Platform

TabHiring
Revolutionising the way travellers discover, plan and book a trip

Axiom.ai
No-code Browser RPA

Combinely
AI Coworker for Accountants

Convoy
Webhooks Gateway for outgoing and incoming webhooks.

Kanda
Affirm for general contractors

Simplifyd Systems
We deliver toll-free internet apps

StudyStream
24/7 video platform & online community for students to study together

Zavo
Data research lab for frontier AI.

CoinruleHiring
Coinrule Automates Your Crypto and Stock Investments

Crimson
The AI Associate for Litigation Lawyers

Seeing SystemsHiring
Modular AI-Commanded Drones for Defence

AglideHiring
Connect every disconnected app to your SSO.