
Encord
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The data layer for physical AI
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
This list has 45 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 12 of them are hiring right now. Largest teams: Encord, autone, and CircuitHub. Latest round: Cori Clinical raised €3.8M (Oct 7, 2026).

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The data layer for physical AI
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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On-Demand Electronics Manufacturing
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
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$25.5M · Equity · May 2026

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Inventory management SaaS for Retail & Consumer brands
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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Cori Clinical, a London-based startup that acts as the intelligence layer to accelerate clinical trials, has closed a €3.8 million Seed round led by Breega, with participation from Enzo, Heartfelt, Together Ventures,…
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
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€3.8M · Seed · Oct 2026

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The complete toolkit to sell travel.
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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Carbon markets platform and solutions
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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Robotic human cell manufacturing
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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Delivering RNA therapies.
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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We help companies automate the accounting of their carbon emissions
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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Automated e2e screenshot testing without writing or maintaining tests
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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The global mobile network for business.
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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Carbon capture equipment for ships
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AI property manager for landlords and estate agents
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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Marketplace for private chefs
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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Automated factory to produce insect protein for farm animals.
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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Modular AI-Commanded Drones for Defence
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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In-store analytics AI assistant to fix your retail stores
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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No-code Browser RPA
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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AI control layer for welding robots
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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Voice AI for Automotive
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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Helping corporates achieve Net Zero through tech solutions.
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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Deliver genes to any cell with AI
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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Humanoid robots that do your chores for the price of an iPhone!
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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AI Report Generation for Engineering & Environmental Review
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Building lunar landers
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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AI agents for power grid planning 🦑
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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The decision-support layer for aviation ops teams to know what to do…
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AI Scheduling for Short Haul Trucks
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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The fastest way to launch product catalogs.
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Frontier grows scalable biological brains as an ML training substrate
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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Technology to detect and track small drones
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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Distributed energy infrastructure unlocking grid power to data centers
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We produce & sell stainless steel water bottles that enables people…
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The Future of Supply Chain Data Tracking and Visibility
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
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Funding:
$6.41M · Equity · Apr 2026

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Essentials delivered in 30 minutes.
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
There are 45 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
12 of them are hiring right now, including Encord, CircuitHub, and Duffel.
By team size: Encord (150 employees), autone (70 employees), and CircuitHub (58 employees).
Latest rounds: Cori Clinical — €3.8M Seed (Oct 2026), CircuitHub — $25.5M Equity (May 2026), and Blue Spark Energy Systems — $6.41M Equity (Apr 2026).