Shoreditch & Old Street is home to 152 of London's best tech companies, led by AI (44).

Physics AI platform that helps engineers in aerospace, auto and energy design and test products faster.

AI workforce platform helping large enterprises hire, redeploy and reskill staff using skills intelligence.

Data platform AI teams use to curate, label and evaluate training data, especially for physical AI.

Two AI agents: Jack coaches job seekers, Jill recruits for companies, and they match each other.

Generative AI lab designing new proteins and antibodies, founded by AlphaFold co-developer Simon Kohl.

Origin is a platform that uses AI to consolidate and analyse employee benefits data for multinational companies.

Agentic AI platform that automates insurance operations across underwriting, claims, finance and broking.

Security data fabric that builds a knowledge graph of enterprise assets and identities for security teams.

Industrial AI that monitors, forecasts and optimises refineries, oil and gas and petrochemical plants.

Go-to-market data platform that helps sales and marketing teams find, rank and target the right accounts.

Buys and grows Salesforce-native apps for sales, service, workflow automation and CRM data protection.

AI study app that turns learning material into flashcards and quizzes for students.

Scope gives testing, inspection and certification inspectors an AI workflow that captures site data by voice, video and forms and generates structured reports.

AI platform that monitors global media and risk signals for reputation and risk teams at large enterprises.

Agentic video intelligence platform that lets field workers and customers capture guided video to speed up jobs.

Agentic AI research platform and biomedical knowledge graph that helps pharma R&D teams find targets and biomarkers.

Browser-based AI video creation and editing platform for generating, subtitling and branding videos without production skills.

Platform supplying vetted human participants for research and for AI model training and evaluation.

AI platform that analyses compiled software binaries for malware detection, decompilation and supply chain security.

AI-native studio making films, music videos and branded content with generative tools.

AI platform that generates, edits and publishes 3D models and interactive 3D product experiences for brands and creators.

Matta sells camera and sensor based AI agents and on-site hardware that detect defects, measure and trace parts on factory lines.

AI-assisted writing tool that helps writers develop their ideas and work from first idea to final draft, built to write with the writer rather than for them.

Developer API and platform for real-time, photorealistic interactive AI avatars used in support, sales, tutoring and training.

Imperial College spinout using AI to analyse and design advanced materials such as EV battery electrodes.

Builds brain-inspired AI that lets robots and drones adapt in real time on the device.

AI transcription and editing software that turns audio and video into searchable, quotable text for newsrooms and media teams.

AI forecasting and user acquisition agents that help mobile game studios grow profitably.

AI plus human outbound sales service that books meetings for companies selling into traditional industries.

AI spreadsheet modelling agent that builds financial models, valuations and due diligence analysis for finance and consulting teams.

Advai builds a platform that tests AI systems for robustness, manipulation and compliance risks before and after deployment.

AI safety company researching model scheming and selling Watcher, a monitoring tool for coding agents.

AI inventory planning software that helps fashion, beauty and home retailers buy, allocate and replenish stock.

Federated AI platform that lets clinical trial sponsors, hospitals and AI developers analyse patient data without moving it.

UK cloud provider offering Kubernetes, GPU compute and sovereign AI services from its own data centres.

AI video platform that turns scripts and documents into avatar-led training videos for companies, with offices in Budapest and London.

UK sovereign AI lab training Lumen coding models and agents that run in secure or air-gapped environments.

AI agents that answer calls, book jobs and handle customer operations for plumbers, electricians and HVAC firms.

Virtual AI lab that post-trains biology foundation models on pharma companies' own data for target and biomarker discovery.

Meticulous records how an app is used during development and uses AI to generate and maintain end-to-end tests.

Builds PRISM, a pure photonic switching network that speeds up AI data centres and cuts energy use.

Sprout.ai uses AI to automate insurance claims handling, from document reading to policy checks and fraud detection.

AI platform that generates privacy-safe, production-like test data for software testing, migrations and AI agents.

AI computer-vision sensors and signal control that give cities live multimodal traffic data and smarter junctions.

Online payment processing for large merchants and enterprises around the world.

AI money app and chatbot that helps people budget, save and manage their spending.

Digital bank for established small and medium-sized businesses, offering accounts, savings and lending.

Business credit cards and spend management for small businesses in the UK and US.

Payment service provider that lets businesses accept card and local payment methods worldwide through its own gateway, acquiring and processing platform.

Commission-free investing app for UK retail investors, offering shares, ETFs, ISAs and SIPPs.

Online consumer lender offering personal loans, credit cards and car finance using automated underwriting.

Car and home insurance built for people overlooked by traditional insurers, including migrants to the UK.

Banking-as-a-service platform for accounts, payments, FX and stablecoin money movement for businesses.

Merchant-of-record payments platform that handles billing, tax and compliance for software companies.

Business current accounts and admin tools for small businesses in the UK, India and Germany.

Open banking payments network letting merchants take pay-by-bank payments across the UK and Europe.

Low-cost international money transfers and multi-currency accounts for people and businesses.

Group life insurance and employee benefits that reward staff for healthy habits through a gamified wellbeing app.

Lets B2B merchants and marketplaces offer buyers trade credit and pay-later terms at checkout, online and in store.

Bank-owned payment system that settles wholesale payments on a blockchain, backed 1:1 by central bank money.

Money transfer and banking app for the Indian diaspora, mainly used to send money home to India.

Investing app for stocks, ETFs and money market funds, available in 25 countries across the UK and Europe.

Cross-border payments platform helping importers in emerging markets pay their overseas suppliers.

Payments and finance automation that helps small businesses get paid on time, moving into AI credit control.

Instant bank payments and identity verification for gaming and other regulated merchants.

App for saving and investing, offering savings accounts, cash ISAs and investment funds.

One API and contract for global payouts and collections across 200+ countries for international businesses.

AI platform for accounts payable teams that catches duplicate payments, fraud and supplier statement errors.

Payments infrastructure that automates payroll, supplier payments and collections for businesses and software platforms.

Software layer that lets banks and insurers design and launch financial products without replacing their core systems.

Open banking API that lets companies pull bank data and start payments across thousands of European banks.

Embedded finance platform that lets B2B SaaS companies add accounts, digital wallets and payment cards inside their products.

AI-first third party administrator that handles insurance claims for carriers and MGAs.

Treasury, payments and finance automation platform that helps businesses manage and earn on their cash.

AI-powered platform that helps hardware and climate companies raise and manage debt financing.

Budgeting and money management app that tracks spending, subscriptions and savings across bank accounts.

UK residential mortgage lender focused on helping first-time buyers get onto the property ladder.

24/7 exchange offering perpetual futures on US equities, commodities and FX without a broker.

Payouts platform that lets businesses send gift cards, prepaid cards and bank transfers to recipients in 190 countries through one API.

Online platform that lets startups run funding rounds, manage cap tables and set up share option schemes.

Mobile app for sending money internationally to friends and family in emerging markets.

App for sending money abroad, offering international transfers, multi-currency accounts and business payments in 160 countries.

Investing app for younger investors with saving, investing and automation tools in one place.

Xceptor sells a no-code data automation platform that banks and asset managers use to process and reconcile operational data.

Rewards credit card focused on travel, dining and going out, with points redeemable for flights and hotels.

Booking marketplace and business software for salons, spas and wellness businesses.

Colt runs a global fibre network and sells connectivity, voice and data centre services to businesses and carriers.

Farfetch runs an online luxury fashion marketplace selling products from over 1,400 brands, boutiques and department stores.

ITRS sells real-time IT monitoring and observability software, mainly to financial services firms.

Advertising platform that targets and measures campaigns using anonymised audience personas instead of tracking individual users.

YouGov is an internet based market research and data analytics group that runs online panels with about 29 million members.

Commerce operating system for brands covering cross-border shipping, returns, tax, checkout and inventory.

Incident management, on-call and status page platform with AI agents that help teams resolve outages.

Runs a hyperlocal last-mile parcel delivery network for e-commerce retailers such as ASOS and Vinted.

Network and compliance platform connecting estate agents, conveyancers and lenders to speed up UK property transactions.

Deploys and manages security canaries, decoy resources that detect attackers inside cloud and enterprise infrastructure.

Network where suppliers share one live security assessment with all their customers to manage supply chain cyber risk.

Attest is a consumer research platform that lets brands run surveys and AI-moderated interviews with real consumers.

Realtime pub/sub messaging platform that lets developers add live features to apps, used by HubSpot and Webflow.

APIs that let businesses search, book and manage flights and hotel stays inside their own products.

Behavioural data platform that collects and streams customer event data for analytics and AI agents.

Harbr provides a platform that lets organisations run governed data marketplaces, data exchanges and data distribution deployed in their own cloud.

Blink is a mobile app for frontline workers that combines company news, chat, forms, shift tools and an intranet in one place.

Seatfrog is an app for buying train tickets, bidding on first class upgrades and changing train times with partner rail operators.

Hiring marketplace that matches companies with vetted software engineers and other tech professionals.

Cloud vulnerability management platform that continuously scans internet-facing systems and prioritises the security weaknesses teams should fix first.

LandInsight software that pulls together land registry, planning and other property data so developers can find and assess development sites.

Developer platform that deploys apps, databases and AI sandboxes on Kubernetes in any cloud.

Ticketing, marketing, fundraising and CRM software for theatres, venues and other arts organisations.

Infinite canvas SDK for React that lets developers build whiteboards, diagramming and canvas apps with multiplayer sync built in.

Independent ratings agency that scores the quality and risk of carbon credits for buyers and investors.

All-electric last-mile parcel delivery company serving online retailers, run on its own logistics software.

Software that connects EV chargers, batteries and heat pumps to energy markets so they earn money supporting the grid.

Develops, builds and runs large battery storage sites across the UK and Europe.

AI and satellite data platform that tracks the origin and risk of commodities like timber, cocoa and soy.

Software that orchestrates home EV charging, solar and batteries so utilities can run flexibility programmes.

Grows real animal fat from cells in modular cultivators for use in meat and meat-alternative products.

Uses AI-designed enzymes to break down plastic and textile waste into recycled nylon polymers.

Procurement, advisory and market intelligence platform for companies buying carbon credits and other environmental assets.

Beryl designs its own bikes, e-bikes and e-scooters and runs shared hire schemes for UK towns and cities.

Carbon removal platform that builds removal portfolios for companies and finances carbon removal projects.

Software platform that helps electricity utilities find, value and procure flexibility from distributed energy resources through local flexibility markets.

Runs an online marketplace where grid operators buy energy flexibility from owners of batteries, EV chargers and other distributed assets.

Builds onboard carbon capture systems that trap CO2 from ship exhausts and turn it into limestone.

Runs a marketplace where companies buy vetted permanent carbon removal credits such as biochar and BECCS.

Ratings and data that show buyers and investors how good carbon credits and climate projects really are.

Removes CO2 by spreading crushed silicate rock on farmland through enhanced rock weathering.

Messaging and communication software used by NHS GP practices and hospital trusts to talk to patients.

Workforce platform for care providers covering rotas, payroll, compliance training, agency spend and access to vetted temporary care staff.

HelloSelf matches people with accredited therapists and coaches for online sessions, with an AI companion tool used between sessions.

Workforce scheduling platform that helps NHS GP practices and trusts roster staff and book locum clinicians.

Clinical platform for specialist dental care, running the 32Co orthodontics and Aerox sleep medicine brands.

Patient engagement platform for NHS trusts that handles appointment communications, self-booking, voice agents and missed-appointment prediction, integrated with hospital patient record systems.

AI that turns unstructured clinical documents into coded, structured data for GP practices, payers and providers.

Clinical AI for mental health services, handling patient intake, assessment and between-session support.

MHRA-registered software that searches GP electronic health records to flag patients who may have rare diseases.

Workforce software for NHS trusts covering staff banks, rotas, agency management and job planning, built by NHS doctors.

At-home blood testing service covering 75+ health markers, with doctor-led insights on results and a dashboard that combines biomarkers with wearable data.

Builds Axiom, a mobile platform for verified identity, encrypted communications, task tracking and payments for defence, humanitarian and security teams.

Simulation and digital-twin software for defence, government and infrastructure decision-making.

Software that uses a site's existing cameras and sensors to flag abnormal behaviour in near real time at transport hubs, energy sites and large venues.

Autonomy software that installs on existing military drones without redesigning them, adding autonomous detection, tracking and targeting to mass-produced FPV drones.

AI and simulation software for military training, mission planning, wargaming and command and control.

AI software (CAM Assist) that automates CNC machining programming, toolpath generation and quoting for machine shops.

Sensat builds a geospatial digital twin platform that lets infrastructure teams plan and manage large construction and utility projects.

Planning and scheduling software that helps semiconductor fabs decide which wafers run on which tools and when.

Uses AI and quantum-mechanics simulation to design new materials, starting with magnets free of rare earths.

Runs its own small science satellites and sells the data to universities by subscription.

Crypto investment platform owned by Digital Currency Group, serving 16 million users across Africa and Asia-Pacific.

Provides fiat to crypto on-ramp and off-ramp infrastructure that apps and wallets embed to let users buy, sell and swap crypto.

Web3 and AI developer community running programmes, bootcamps and hackathons from a Shoreditch innovation hub.

London company behind Overledger and Quant Flow, software that lets banks program money and connect to blockchains.