Ellie Horvath
London is an epicentre of innovation for the entire world. This creativity extends into the world of art where startups are utilising technology to revolutionise trends and disrupt the norm. An increasing number of these startups are incorporating artificial intelligence, machine learning, and software solutions to expand the boundaries of what can be accomplished in the art sector. This article will explore one such category of startups, namely those which have sprung up in the heart of London since 2020.
From data-based platforms for curating art to security solutions aimed at curbing cyber threats, a remarkable range of creativity and intelligence is being deployed in the pursuit of groundbreaking solutions. The rapidly evolving art landscape, more than ever before, is shaped by technology, with startups at the forefront of these changes. All these companies are part of the art industry, utilising state-of-the-art technology and are headquartered in London, England.
While the challenges inherent in the art industry can make it a difficult sector to break into, these startups are not daunted. Instead, they are using their innovations to meet these challenges head on, redefining the art industry in the process and leading the way for the future of the trade. Let’s dive in and take a look at some of these innovative startups:
Humanloop
Humanloop, a product of the collective genius of David Barber, Emine Yilmaz, Jordan Burgess, and Peter Hayes, is a London-based startup that allows developers to build intelligence into their apps and workflows. Their specialty lies in the rapid building of NLP models that continuously improve. The innovative startup offers tools for building and integrating artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, machine learning, and software solutions.
Bitfount
Bitfount, founded by Blaise Thomson and Naaman Tammuz, is a startup specialising in making intractable data safely interactable. It offers a distributed data science platform enabling collaboration on privacy-preserving data analysis and AI/ML.
Actable AI
Actable AI enables advanced analytics to extract highly accurate, unbiased, and actionable insights from data. Founded by Armen Poghosyan and Trung Huynh, their machine learning technologies leverage the best and latest AutoML, Explainable AI, and Causal AI to extract the most of your data.
Mindset AI
Founded by Barrie Hadfield and Christine Davies, Mindset AI uses AI and automation to help human-capital businesses scale. End users are provided with a connected customer experience via mobile, web, tablets, and even wearables via a single platform.
Dyad
Dyad focuses on building trust in data and the next generation of AI-powered tools for healthcare operations. Incorporated in 2020 and headquartered in London, Dyad provides solutions for artificial intelligence, healthcare, machine learning, payments, and software sectors.
Sylvera
Founded by Allister Furey and Samuel Gill, Sylvera develops machine learning-based tools designed to track the performance of carbon offsets. The company was incorporated and headquartered in London, UK, in 2020.
Encord
Founded by Eric Landau, Leeho Lim, and Ulrik Stig Hansen, Encord is a comprehensive AI-assisted platform for annotating data, orchestrating active learning pipelines, fixing dataset errors, and diagnosing model errors & biases.
OwlGaze
OwlGaze offers Blacklight, a proprietary predictive AI-based threat detection software providing first-in-class security. The company, backed by investment portfolio firm IMS Digital Ventures and Integrated Management Systems, specialises in cybersecurity software and advisory services.
Captur
Captur is an AI image data platform. The company offers image quality detection, instant decision making, template workflows, and asset and workflow-specific detection solutions.
Boltzbit
Boltzbit is a London-based startup that assists data scientists to dramatically speed up the prototyping of various neural network frameworks. The company’s offering in artificial intelligence, and software solutions, sets it apart in the IT sector.
Limna
Founded by Marek Claassen, Limna is the world’s first AI-powered art advisor. With a focus on supporting the interconnected visual arts community, Limna analyses millions of art world data points to provide users with precision valuation details about paintings and photographs that inspire them.
