The UK’s Department for International Trade 2018 AI Trade Delegation to New York
UK AI Trade Mission to New York 2018
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Company Profiles 3.
Kainos
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Luminance
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Peak
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Ravelin
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re:infer
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Smartology
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Speechmatics
10. StatusToday
The UK’s Department for International Trade is pleased to present eleven UK AI companies for the 2018 AI Trade Delegation to New York. For this year’s cohort, eight of the companies have raised at least Series A funding (median of $8.6mil), one of the companies is publicly traded, and all of the companies have innovative technologies ready for the US market. For more information about this trade mission or to set up an appointment with any of the companies listed, please contact: Ashley Stearns Vice Consul, Technology British Consulate New York Ashley.Stearns@mobile.trade.gov.uk
11. Tessian 12. Velocity Black 13. Volume.ai Notes
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Kainos
Meet the company:
Dr. Austin Tanney Head of Artifical Intelligence a.tanney@kainos.com
Kainos provides digital technology services and platforms that help people work smarter, better and faster. We empower our teams to think big, be bold and do great things, whether that’s transforming healthcare delivery, becoming a leading Workday partner in Europe, or spearheading large-scale digital transformation across the commercial and public sectors. We have been researching and developing AI-powered solutions for over three years and are prioritising Artificial Intelligence as a core part of how we work, embedding it as a key component of our solutions to ensure optimal outcomes and customer value. Clients include Netflix, Airbus, Booking.com, NHS and many UK Government departments.
Objective of the visit: Our core objectives for this mission are to raise market awareness around our AI capability and to generate new business with US companies. As a secondary objective we have an interest in building relationships with other UK companies on the trade mission.
Contact Information: www.kainos.com a.tanney@kainos.com
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Luminance
Meet the company:
Emily Foges Chief Executive Officer emily@luminance.com OR elliot.kamely@luminance.com
Luminance is the leading artificial intelligence platform for lawyers, which uses machine learning to read and analyse document sets much like a human does. Deploying the latest breakthroughs in pattern recognition and machine learning from the University of Cambridge, and trained by legal experts, Luminance is transforming processes such as due diligence, compliance reviews and eDiscovery around the world. The platform is currently in use by 14 of The Global 100 law firms and three of the 'Big Four' accountancy firms. Luminance has offices in Chicago, Singapore, London and Cambridge. Clients include Bird & Bird, Holland & Knight and Eversheds Sutherland.
Objective of the visit: By attending this mission, Luminance aims to continue to expand its presence in the US moving into 2019. With an office in Chicago and another opening in NYC, the company is attuned to the needs of its US customers and aims to continue to penetrate this market.
Contact Information: www.luminance.com emily@luminance.com OR elliot.kamely@luminance.com
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Peak
Meet the company: We are Peak, the pioneers of the first enterprise AI System.
Robert Bainbridge Head of Professional Servies Robert.bainbridge@peak.ai
In an age when becoming AI and datadriven is one of the most important things businesses must do, it can also be one of the most challenging. That’s where Peak comes in; our AI System sits at the heart of our client’s businesses, enabling the rapid unification, modelling and - most importantly - use of data. We work with enterprise clients across sectors such as retail, manufacturing & media, delivering impressive and measurable returns for FTSE businesses including Speedy Hire, Footasylum & Global Media. Peak is an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner and holds Machine Learning Competency status.
Objective of the visit: To promote the Peak AI System, meet potential clients, partners and investors, explore the wider AI scene and network with other businesses.
More Information: www.peak.ai HQ: Manchester Funding: £5mil
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Ravelin
Meet the company: The combination of machine learning, behavioural analytics and highly effective graph database approaches is Ravelin's true innovative USP. We detect fraud across 93 countries for some of the world's leading businesses and their subsidiaries.
Leonard Austin Chief Technology Officer leonard.austin@ravelin.com
Clients include Deliveroo, MyTaxi, and Curb.
Objective of the visit: To Showcase Ravelin's Fraud Detection product to large online retails & payment gateways.
More Information: www.ravelin.com HQ: London US Office: New York Funding: ÂŁ12.3mil
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re:infer
Meet the company: re:infer’s Deep Learning platform converts unstructured communications (emails, calls, chats, notes) into structured data in real-time allowing for analytics and automation.
Stephen Makintosh Chief Commercial Officer stephen@reinfer.io
In the Pre-Trade environment, re:infer is automatically discovering market information, client intents, sentiments, trends and hidden relationships that translate into trading signals for frontoffice teams. In Post-Trade Operations, re:infer is discovering manual processes, quantifying failures, highlighting root-cause errors, detecting incorrect reference data and providing a bridge to downstream automation. Clients include UBS, Hiscox, RBS Farfetch, and Orange.
Objective of the visit: To acquire US customers in Capital Markets, Asset Management and Insurance and to increase brand awareness of re:infer in US.
More Information: www.reinfer.io HQ: London Funding: $3.5mil
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Smartology
Meet the company: Smartology have developed a proprietary machine learning and natural language processing platform which semantically profiles the world's most premium news as well as all branded content from across over 120 of the world's largest B2B brands. Our SmartMatch solution allows brands to match their thought leadership with pin point precision alongside contextually relevant premium publisher articles resulting in record engagement.
Mark Bembridge Chief Executive Officer
Top clients include PWC, Blackrock, Morgan Stanley and Microsoft
mark.bembridge@smartology.net
Objective of the visit: Smartology is opening its first New York presence in Q4 2018 and therefore we are looking to hear more on setting up a US business as well as meeting potential US clients and partners.
More Information: www.smartology.net HQ: London Funding: ÂŁ5mil
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Speechmatics
Meet the company: Speechmatics has used its decades of machine learning and research expertise to develop Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), available in private or public clouds and securely onpremises. The technology can be used for real-time or pre-recorded audio and video files, pushing the boundaries of speech recognition innovation and supporting an industry-leading number of languages and dialects. Key clients include, Red Bee Media, Deloitte UK and Adobe. Nick Wood Vice President of Sales sales@speechmatics.com
Objective of the visit: To meet potential clients & partners, learn how to open a US office, and grow our US business.
More Information: www.speechmatics.com HQ: Cambridge
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StatusToday
Meet the company: StatusToday is the world’s fastest growing employee insights platform. Powered by artificial intelligence, the platform eliminates the need for surveys, helping companies measure collaboration, wellbeing and engagement objectively.
Andrea Grande Director of Business Development
Patented Artificial Intelligence in StatusToday analyses metadata to compare companies and creates actionable insights without extensive monitoring. You can understand how your employee behaviour compares to others in your industry, their email responsiveness or if they are overworked outside office hours.
andrea.grande@statustoday.com
Clients include Cisco and Hiscox.
Objective of the visit: To grow current US business and meet with clients.
More Information: www.statustoday.com HQ: London Funding: $3.9mil
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Tessian
Meet the company:
Alexander Winterton Commerical Manager, US alexander.winterton@tessian.com
Tessian is a machine intelligent email security platform that automatically prevents cybersecurity threats like spear phishing, misaddressed emails, unauthorized emails (data loss) & noncompliance. Tessian uses machine learning to understand normal email communication patterns to automatically identify email security threats in real time, without the need for end user behaviour change or pre-defined rules and policies. Tessian makes email safe at some of the world’s largest enterprises across the financial, legal & technology sectors, including Schroders, Clifford Chance, & Investec.
Objective of the visit: Tessian opened their new office in New York in October 2018 for their rapidly growing American customer base. Tessian's main objective for the Mission is to meet with potential US clients, ultimately establishing a strong North American presence.
More Information: www.tessian.com HQ: London US Office: New York Funding: $16.8mil
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Velocity Black
Meet the company: Velocity Black is the ultimate lifestyle management company that harnesses technology and human expertise to empower our members to live extraordinary lives. Our members live and travel all over the world and have a combined net worth of more than $300bn. We use AI and machine learning to deliver on our mission to delight customers, offer a truly personalised service and the ultimate convenience. Oliver Joyce Director, Velocity for Business
oliver@velocity.black
Objective of the visit: To meet strategic enterprise customers and find key partners to help us further deliver on our mission via AI and machine learning.
More Information: www.velocity.black HQ: London US Offices: New York, LA, Miami Funding: $39.9mil
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Volume.ai
Meet the company:
Hannah Evans Experiential AI Consultant Hannah.Evans@volume.ai
Volume AI specialises in the end-to-end build, deployment and scaling of AIpowered chatbots. Through the implementation of this technology, Volume AI aims to prepare companies to accommodate the evolving needs of the consumer – moving from the ‘search’ generation to the ‘ask’ generation, creating a superior customer experience. Volume AI is a Gartnerrecognised vendor of AI consulting services and offers two AI centric services: The Big Brain Chatbot & QBox. Clients include AT&T, Castrol, Dell Technologies, Intuit, Oracle, Plantronics & Virgin Media Business
Objective of the visit: To understand the AI ecosystem in NYC and to get a feel for the east coast market.
More Information: www.volume.ai www.qbox.ai HQ: Wokingham US Office: San Jose
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