Yesterday was a pinch me kind of day. We launched Brunel AI. Four months ago, I made the difficult decision to leave my role as a strategy consultant at Eden McCallum. Now, I'm excited to be building this new venture with my close friend and Chief of Product, Montgomery Binns. Together, we’ve been hard at work developing our first product, FundFit. Last week we kicked off a trial with our very first customer. She puts it best: “𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘍𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵” – Emilia Mackenzie, 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥. I’m incredibly grateful to Imperial College London, and my professor Ramana Nanda, who first sparked my interested in entrepreneurship. The Imperial Enterprise Lab and Sarah Ranchev-Hale have also provided incredible support. I also want to acknowledge Maryliz Ivan and Chris Tchen for encouraging me to explore AI in my consulting work. Emile van Hoof, I trust you’re carrying the torch. Thanks also to Hilary (Meyrick) Corroon Coroon for those chats over coffee – the next round is on me. Finally, a special thanks to Dave Norris and Paul McCafferty, for their invaluable tech / strategy / everything guidance over the past few months. P.S. Please reach out if you’re interested in learning more or just want to connect! Find out more at www.brunelai.co.uk #startup #AI #entrepreneurship
We’re excited to announce that we are now live! But who are we, and why should you care? 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭. There are over five million startups in the UK alone, but more than 300,000 of them fail each year. We’re changing the game by putting the power of AI into the hands of founders. Startups shouldn’t have to miss out on the advantages that AI brings just because it is too expensive. We believe it's time for that to change. Here's how we plan to do it: 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐈: We’re developing a platform that offers the right AI tools at a fair price. 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬: We want to work with you. Let us know what AI solutions your business needs so we can shape the future together. 𝐀 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤: We want to help founders find the right people, fast. We’re building a platform to connect startups, investors, and advisors together in one place. Brunel AI’s founding team has known each other for over a decade. CEO Scott Matthews, an Imperial College London graduate, worked on AI product development for clients at Faculty where he saw firsthand the transformative impact AI had on his clients. Chief Product Officer Montgomery Binns, a UCL Physics graduate, brings deep machine learning expertise to the team. We’re excited about solving this problem together and can’t wait to see where this goes. 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬. Get in touch with us by dropping us an email at [email protected]. Check out our website brunelai.co.uk and follow our LinkedIn page to stay tuned for the latest developments. Let’s democratise AI together. #startups #innovation #technology #ai
Best of luck to you both, and I'll look forward to that coffee!
Wishing you all success!
M&A Associate
3moWell done Scott and Montgomery. I wish you every success. I’ll be watching with interest!