Scottish AI sector report
Scotland's AI scene grew out of Edinburgh's long-standing informatics research and now spans university spin-outs, applied machine learning in finance and health, and a growing set of start-ups building on large models.
Key findings
- 47 Scottish-registered companies on record in AI, led by Edinburgh (18) and Glasgow (18).
- Of the 21 companies with accounts at Companies House, Aveni leads on both staff (53) and net assets (£6.2m).
- 21 funding rounds on record, £439.9m disclosed; the 11 rounds in the last twelve months brought in £376.2m.
- The largest disclosed round is DataVita gets £300m public support (18 Aug 2026).
- The most recent: Verifoxx wins £50k grant.
- 6 open roles at 2 employers; Aveni is hiring most (3).
Funding by month
Disclosed rounds, last twelve months; bar height is on a square-root scale so small rounds stay visible · Scottish AI funding this month
Top companies
| Company | Raised | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| DataVita | £300m | |
| Wordsmith | £73.8m | |
| Aveni | £34m | 3 |
| Leap AI | £7.9m | |
| Malted AI | £6m | |
| Entourage AI | £3.7m | |
| Valla | £2m | |
| TileBio | £1.6m | |
| Gigged.AI | £1m | |
| BuildBuddy | £1m | |
| Amplified Global | £50k | |
| Finspector | £50k | |
| NestEgg | £50k | |
| Verifoxx | £50k | |
| Expanse | 1 round | |
| Applied AGI | 1 round | |
| NSDesign |
Also on record, no figures yet: Hypercube, Blackford Analysis, Vidai, Sharktower AI, AI Scotland, ICS.AI, AI Applied.
24 of 47 Scottish AI companies, ranked by money raised on record.
Where they are
Who is hiring
6 open roles at 2 employers. All Scottish tech jobs.
People in the news
In the news
Free sample: the 24 companies above, with their rounds, roles and filed accounts. The full dataset is available: ask us.Download sample CSV
Cite this: ayeoh, “Scottish AI sector report”, data to 30 Oct 2026, https://ayeoh.io/sectors/ai. Free to quote with a link.
Sources: Companies House filings, funding announcements and company boards read by ayeoh, and the Scottish tech press. Money is the disclosed amount only; a round with no stated figure counts as a round, not as money. Data to 30 Oct 2026.
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