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Discover key insights and strategies for UK startups to secure venture capital in 2025, leveraging lessons from 2024 to navigate an evolving funding landscape.

Raising Venture Capital in the UK: 2025 Strategies for Startups

Fundraising in 2025As we transition into 2025, the UK’s venture capital landscape presents a complex yet promising environment for startups seeking funding. Reflecting on the developments of 2024 offers valuable insights to navigate the forthcoming year effectively.Current State of the UK Venture Capital MarketIn 2024, ...
Paul Forrest London AI Consultant Ecaveo Discusses Agentic AI

Agentic AI in 2025

Agentic AI: Transformative Potential and Outlook for 2025Agentic AI, a field of artificial intelligence marked by systems capable of autonomous decision-making, stands poised to redefine numerous industries. Unlike task-specific AI models, agentic AI enables entities to operate with higher levels of independence, adapting to environments, ...

Achieving Sustainability; Towards Green AI

Can AI be truly sustainable?The rapid advancement of AI presents a dual-edged sword: while it offers innovative solutions to pressing global challenges, it also contributes to environmental concerns, particularly through substantial energy consumption. As AI becomes more integrated into various sectors, aligning its development with ...

RAG & Vector Databases for AI

Unveiling the Potential of RAG Architectures and Vector Databases in AIArtificial intelligence continues to evolve and researchers and practitioners alike are constantly pursuing more efficient and powerful approaches. Among recent innovations, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architectures and vector databases stand out as transformative technologies. Together, they ...

Crafting Your Go-to-Market Strategy

How Ventures Should Approach Their GTM Strategy Launching a startup or scaling a venture is a high-stakes endeavour where the go-to-market (GTM) strategy can determine success or failure. Too often, founders overcomplicate the process or rely on cookie-cutter approaches that fail to address their unique context. ...

Leveraging ISO/IEC 42001

Trustworthy AI in Business OperationsAs artificial intelligence and machine learning continue to revolutionise various sectors, organisations are facing increasing pressure to manage these technologies responsibly. The complexity of AI systems, characterised by their autonomy, adaptability, and the opaque nature of their decision-making processes, demands robust ...

Dependable Artificial Intelligence in Defence

Defence AI - Strategic ImperativeArtificial Intelligence (AI) is at the forefront of technological transformation across industries, with its potential to revolutionise operations, improve efficiency, and deliver unprecedented capabilities. Nowhere is this potential more critical than in the realm of national defence. Recognising the profound implications ...
Paul Forrest of Ecaveo discusses a primer on the new EU Ai Act

EU AI Act Primer

AI Privacy ComplianceA few days ago, I discussed the importance of Data Privacy in the context of the new EU AI Act.  Today, I have pulled together what I can to present a primer on why this is important and what you need to do ...
High Risk Ai Systems and the GDPR... EU AI regulations

Strengthening AI Data Privacy

The Impact of EU AI Act on High-Risk SystemsThe newly introduced EU Artificial Intelligence regulations mark a substantial step forward in safeguarding data privacy, building upon the robust framework established by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). As the digital world continues to evolve, AI ...
What can Groundhog Day teach entrepreneurs

The Entrepreneurial Groundhog Day

What “Groundhog Day” Can Teach Entrepreneurs  If you’ve been in business long enough, you’ll be familiar with the sense of déjà vu that comes with entrepreneurship. You wake up with grand plans, ready to make big moves, only to find yourself stuck in the same routine. ...
Ecaveo on What you can learn about Organisational Culture from Slow Horses

Organisational Culture: Slow Horses

Slow Horses - Lessons on Organisational CultureI recently revisited the captivating series Slow Horses on Apple TV. While the engrossing plot and compelling characters easily hold attention, I was struck by how the show portrays organisational culture. Beneath the MI5 intrigue and high-stakes drama lies a ...
The Rise of the Chief AI Officer

Rise of the Chief AI Officer

The Rise of the Chief AI OfficerSo... Despite AI bubbling away at pace for many years, it is the relatively recent emergence of GenAI or Generative AI onto the scene that has really captured the imagination of the public and business alike.And despite the promise ...