Convergence, the startup building personal AI agents for everyday use, has secured $12 million in pre-seed funding led by Balderton Capital, with participation from Salesforce Ventures and Shopify Ventures.

Despite significant progress in AI and large language models (LLMs), enterprise organisations have faced challenges in adopting chat-based tools for business intelligence that are accurate, secure, and tailored to their specific needs.

Owl Labs launches its annual State of Hybrid Work Report polling 2,000 full-time employees across the UK, as well as 8,000 respondents globally.*

Denmark's DeafTawk and the UK's Vochlea stood out as the winners of the Global MediaTech Pitch Day, selected from a pool of over 400 contenders. The event, part of the Annual Mediatech Investment Programme, was hosted by Raw Ventures on 26th September.

London-based startup Ambr, which leverages AI-driven insights to enhance workplace wellbeing, has secured new funding from Czech-based Look AI Ventures. This investment will fuel Ambr’s mission to address the root causes of workplace stress.

Business consultancy, Bula Partners, has gained momentum by supporting service-based brands in scaling their growth through specialised offerings.

Cyclic Materials, a startup specialising in advanced recycling of rare earth elements (REEs) and other critical materials, has announced the closure of a $53 million oversubscribed Series B funding round.

Two entrepreneurs from Northamptonshire, Marie Cox and Daniel Lister, have teamed up to launch a web design agency focused on delivering low-carbon WordPress websites.

Chris Buckley – founder of digital agency Pixel Kicks – shares his insights into starting an ecommerce business in the UK.

Being a founder or working as part of a startup is challenging – raising funds, hiring an unstoppable team, and launching a new product or service are all up there. But there’s one area that’s often like kryptonite, for even the most confident business leaders – external communications. The elevator pitch sounded great in your head but then you spoke to that important journalist and your message went up in smoke. 

Constructive Bio, a forerunner in synthetic genomics, has announced the successful first close of its Series A financing, raising $58 million and bringing its total funding to $75 million.

Challenger credit reference agency Infact has announced the completion of a £4 million seed funding round, following its recent authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to create the first real-time credit bureau tailored for the digital financial services sector.

Construction tech startup Automated Architecture (AUAR) is expanding into the US, shipping its first two robotic micro-factories across the Atlantic. These portable factories, the first of their kind, will be utilised by real estate developer Rival Holdings to construct thousands of sustainable, affordable homes in the Midwest.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most transformational technologies of our generation, tackling some of humanity’s most challenging problems, augmenting human performance, and maximising productivity. A research study from Strand Partners and commissioned by Amazon Web Services, showed that the number of UK companies adopting AI has increased by 31% from 2022 to 2023. Thanks to the acceleration in AI adoption, digital technology could add £520 billion to the UK economy by 2030, up from £413 billion in 2022.

New research from Towergate Health & Protection reveals that 44% of employers are not tailoring their benefits to meet the diverse demographics of their workforce, despite receiving requests for more targeted support.