At Best Startup Scotland we track over 100,000 Scottish startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 25 Machine Learning companies in Edinburgh. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Machine Learning Companies & Startups (Edinburgh)
Sharktower AI
Sharktower AI is a data and AI software company aimed to transform how businesses deliver change using our AI project management platform
Founder(s): Craig Mackay, Lynsey Taylor
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Project Management, SaaS, Software
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Net AI
Net AI is a network intelligence company that specializes in AI-driven mobile traffic analytics.
Founder(s): Marco Fiore, Mark Chapman, Paul Patras
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Telecommunications
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NCTech
NCTech is a big data and analytics provider. Pioneering edge-to-cloud big data capture & provision with ML/AI for Google, government & AEC
Founder(s): Cameron Ure, Neil Tocher
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: 3D Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Machine Learning, Open Source, Service Industry, Smart Cities, Virtual Reality
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Brainnwave
Brainnwave provides the platform and expertise that enables you to enrich and analyse your data, making it usable and profitable.
Founder(s): Graham Jones, Steven Coates
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Business Intelligence, Data Mining, Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics
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Aveni
Aveni is a driving automation and insight direct from the voice across regulated industries.
Founder(s): Alexandra Birch, Barry Haddow, Jamie Hunter, Joseph Twigg, Mark Caulfield
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Call Center, Financial Services, Information Technology, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Software, Speech Recognition
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Aveni
Aveni is a driving automation and insight direct from the voice across regulated industries.
Founder(s): Alexandra Birch, Barry Haddow, Jamie Hunter, Joseph Twigg, Mark Caulfield
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Call Center, Financial Services, Information Technology, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Software, Speech Recognition
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Continuum Industries
Developers of an AI-powered tool for engineers to design better infrastructure. Accelerates design by 40% and reduces total cost by 10%.
Founder(s): Emil Hansen, Grzegorz Marecki, Matt Blythe
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software
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Cogbooks
CogBooks is an adaptive web-based learning platform.
Founder(s): Jim Thompson, Vivek Sambaiah
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Education, Internet, Machine Learning, Software
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Global Surface Intelligence Ltd.
Global Surface Intelligence is an Edinburgh-based earth observation and artificial-intelligence-as-a-service provider
Founder(s): Matt Tyburski, Nigel Douglas
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Geospatial, Information Services, Information Technology, Machine Learning, Natural Resources
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Codeplay Software
Enabling AI to be Open, Safe and Accessible to All
Founder(s): Andrew Richards
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Information Technology, Machine Learning, Software
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Machine Labs
Big company machine learning for marketing at a small company price.
Founder(s): Andrew Veitch, Kevin Dorren
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Machine Learning
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Level E Research
Level E Research is a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) investment solutions.
Founder(s): Sonia Schulenburg
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services, FinTech, Machine Learning
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BackHug
A smart robot that fixes bad backs
Founder(s): Chongsu Lee
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Machine Learning, Robotics
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Cytomos Ltd.
We help biopharma reduce their time to market through integrated, predictive analytics for intelligent bioprocessing
Founder(s): Keith Muir
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biopharma, Biotechnology, Machine Learning, Medical
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Dayshape
Dayshape stays abreast of the latest technological trends in offering AI-based management software solutions to its diverse clientele.
Founder(s): Alastair Andrew, Andrew Bone
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Machine Learning, Software
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Anomalous
Artificial intelligence for manufacturing quality control
Founder(s): Euan Wielewski, Matt Davies
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance
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UrbanTide Limited
Our USMART software delivers Rapid Artificial Intelligence for Smart Cities. We are on a mission to dominate the Smart Cities AI Market.
Founder(s): Steven Revill
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Machine Learning, Software
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The European Chatbot & Conversational AI Summit
The European Chatbot and Conversational AI Summit helps in Acceleration Conversational AI in European Market. #chatbot #conversationalai
Founder(s): Sydney Eneremadu
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Events, Information Technology, Machine Learning
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Wallscope
Wallscope uses Machine Learning and Semantic Technologies to build Knowledge Graphs and Linked Data applications.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Education, Information Technology, Machine Learning, Robotics, Software
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Wallscope
Wallscope uses Machine Learning and Semantic Technologies to build Knowledge Graphs and Linked Data applications.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Education, Information Technology, Machine Learning, Robotics, Software
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Dhiyantra Limited
Dhiyantra a conversational & commerce company developing products & services intersection messenger apps, chatbots, artficial intelligence.
Founder(s): Diwakar Thakore, Srini Janarthanam
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Information Technology, Internet, Machine Learning
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Jointly.ai
Jointly.ai is a SaaS solution that supports companies to align teams across all levels of the business to enable rapid pivots.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Information Technology, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, SaaS, Software
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Amazon Development Centre Scotland
Amazon Development Centre Scotland is responsible for devising and growing innovations for Amazon around the world
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Delivery, Machine Learning
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Epistemy
Epistemy is start up company looking to revolutionise assisted history matching and uncertainty quantification in the oil industry.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Software, Machine Learning, Oil and Gas, Software
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Auraventi
Auraventi develop and deploy state-of-the-art machine learning and artificial intelligence technology to deliver very accurate forecasts.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
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