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| 04.10.2025 | AI Breakthrough: UK Innovator PEAK:AIO Secures €5.7M to Power Global High-Performance Storage | PEAK:AIO, a Manchester-based AI infrastructure firm, secured €5.7 million in funding. This capital addresses a critical bottleneck: AI's slow data movement. The company's innovative, ultra-fast, and energy-efficient storage software revolut... |
| 03.10.2025 | PEAK:AIO Raises £3.7M in Funding | PEAK:AIO, a Manchester, UK-based software company building storage systems for AI workloads, raised £3.7M in funding.
The round was led by Pembroke, alongside NPIF II – Praetura Equity Finance which is managed by Praetura Ventures as part o... |
| 03.10.2025 | Manchester-based PEAK:AIO raises €5.7 million to scale high-performance AI infrastructure | Manchester-based PEAK:AIO has secured €5.7 million in funding to accelerate the global rollout of its high-performance storage platform for artificial intelligence. The round was led by Pembroke VCT, which invested €4.2 million, alongside N... |
| 01.10.2025 | Peak launches Agentic AI solutions to transform retail and manufacturing | Agentic inventory management
Agentic commercial pricing
With rollouts already underway at brands such as Hain Celestial and Speedy Hire, the new Agentic AI solutions are being deployed across multiple industries MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, ... |
| 25.08.2025 | The Power of 'Boring AI' In a world where artificial intelligence is increasingly defined by glitz - by talking avatars, deepfake dramas, and algorithmic hallucinations - Richard Potter is unapologeti... | "When we founded Peak back in 2015," he says, "the problem we saw was clear. Businesses were sitting on huge volumes of data, but very few had the tools or expertise to turn that data into real commercial outcomes." It's... |
| 20.03.2025 | Eye On AI: Dealmaking Takes Off | 2 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
This column is a look back at the week that was in AI. Read the previous one here.
For the past few years, venture capitalists have bemoaned a lack of liquidity in the industry as the IPO pipeline fr... |
| 13.03.2025 | UiPath Acquires Peak to Launch Vertically Specialized Agents within its Agentic Automation Platform | UiPath, a leading enterprise automation and AI software company, today announced the acquisition of Peak, an AI-native company based in Manchester, United Kingdom. The Peak AI platform optimizes product inventory and pricing for businesses ... |
| 13.03.2025 | UiPath acquires Peak to boost vertical AI solutions | - |
| 13.03.2025 | UiPath Buys Peak | UiPath (NYSE: PATH), a NYC-based enterprise automation and AI software company, acquired Peak, a Manchester, UK-based AI-native company.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
With the acquisition, Peak will further enhance the UiPath ag... |
| 13.03.2025 | UiPath Expands AI Capabilities with Peak Acquisition By integrating with UiPath, Peak's technology will now scale globally and reach new industries, allowing businesses to benefit from next-generation... | UiPath, an enterprise automation and AI software company, has announced the acquisition of Peak, an AI-native company based in Manchester, United Kingdom. Peak specialises in optimising product inventory and pricing for businesses of all si... |
| 27.11.2024 | Boden partners with Peak for AI to help merchandisers make real-time margin and value decisions | Peak’s actionable pricing recommendations deployed within a six-week timeframe MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, November 27, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As retailers continue to look for new revenue streams amid a challenging economic backdrop, P... |
| 19.11.2024 | Navigating UK Startup Growth Insights on Talent, Funding, and Economic Recovery | As the UK startup ecosystem looks toward 2025, Richard Potter, co-founder of Manchester-based artificial intelligence (AI) company Peak shares valuable insights on the evolving economic outlook, talent management challenges, and the future ... |
| 11.07.2024 | Peak announced the General Release of Agentic AI Assistant, Co:Driver | Artificial intelligence company Peak today announced the general availability of Co:Driver, its agentic AI assistant. Co:Driver combines the power of large language models (LLMs) with each business’ unique data and the outputs generated fro... |
| 11.10.2023 | Peak Launches New Generative AI Product, Co:Driver Powered by Google Cloud and Its Palm 2 Model | Artificial intelligence company Peak launched its new generative AI product, Co:Driver. Powered by Google Cloud’s Vertex AI and its PaLM 2 large language model (LLM), Co:Driver provides users with natural language question-answer capabiliti... |
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| 26.12.2022 | Top 5 VentureBeat Reports of 2022: Productivity, cloud and AI leadership head the list | Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here.
We’re thankful to the companies that submit their research to us so we can report on it. The mission of VentureBeat Reports is to provide a home for statistics ... |
| 07.12.2022 | 3 methods for investors assessing AI-readiness in portfolio companies | Richard Potter Contributor
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Richard Potter is the co-founding CEO of Peak, which provides the platform, applications and services to help businesses harness the potential of AI to grow revenues, increase profits and boost ef... |
| 06.12.2022 | Melon secures £1.2 million pre-seed for upskilling tailor made to social media natives | Melon, a London-based, Sweden-born microlearning startup that aims to provide upskilling tuition packaged as a social media-style feed that curates relevant content, has just raised £1.2 million in pre-seed funds led by early-stage VC Peak.... |
| 28.10.2022 | Report: U.S. loses AI leadership to India despite a 6-year head start | Register now for your free virtual pass to the Low-Code/No-Code Summit this November 9. Hear from executives from Service Now, Credit Karma, Stitch Fix, Appian, and more. Learn more.
Peak’s inaugural Decision Intelligence (DI) Maturity Inde... |
| 05.10.2022 | How AI can help companies beat inflation and avoid shrinkflation | Learn how your company can create applications to automate tasks and generate further efficiencies through low-code/no-code tools on November 9 at the virtual Low-Code/No-Code Summit. Register here.
The domino effect of COVID-19 and the war... |
| 04.10.2022 | UK sees boost in AI adoption | Use of AI technology in the UK has stepped up since 2016, with 41 percent of companies adopting AI, compared to just a fifth over six years ago.
A new study from Peak shows this puts the UK above the global average of 39 percent and represe... |
| 04.10.2022 | US loses global AI leadership to India weeks after it emerges India overtook UK as world’s fifth largest economy | Peak’s inaugural DI Maturity Index reveals the key trends shaping commercial applications of artificial intelligence
/EIN News/ -- LONDON, Oct. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Artificial intelligence (AI) company Peak released its Decision Int... |
| 04.10.2022 | US loses global AI leadership to India weeks after it emerges India overtook UK as world’s fifth largest economy | LONDON, Oct. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Artificial intelligence (AI) company Peak released its Decision Intelligence Maturity Index today, an extensive benchmarking report looking at the commercial AI readiness of firms in the US, UK and ... |
| 31.05.2022 | What Does It Take For Enterprises To Succeed In The Digital Age? | Mt Cook (Aoraki), Canterbury, New Zealand getty |
| 26.05.2022 | Commercial AI Adoption is Picking Up Pace But Only A Third of Businesses Recognise that Data Strategy Facilitates AI | MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, May 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Most businesses (90%) now use or plan to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) and even more (98%) have, or intend to, implement a data strategy. Yet new findings suggest that – while ... |
| 09.05.2022 | ‘Decision intelligence’ platform Pyramid Analytics raises $120M | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Pyramid Analytics, a so-called “decision intellig... |
| 13.01.2022 | Decision Intelligence company Peak announces Zoe Hillenmeyer as Chief Commercial Officer | NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Decision Intelligence company Peak today announced the appointment of Zoe Hillenmeyer as Chief Commercial Officer. Zoe joins from AWS, where she has led AI Business Development since 2018.
The Chi... |
| 13.01.2022 | Decision Intelligence company Peak announces Zoe Hillenmeyer as Chief Commercial Officer | NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Decision Intelligence company Peak today announced the appointment of Zoe Hillenmeyer as Chief Commercial Officer. Zoe joins from AWS, where she has led AI Business Development since 2018.
The Chi... |
| 14.12.2021 | Use AI to drive commercial growth at Peak | What is Peak?
Peak is a decision intelligence platform that enables customers to build and integrate AI-powered solutions that provide predictive insight and direct decision making, driving commercial outcomes across multiple business func... |
| 08.12.2021 | Bentley Incorporated : How decision intelligence could democratise analytics | Decisions, decisions, decisions. We make them every day: bad ones, good ones, seemingly inconsequential ones that have profound implications. It's no wonder "analysis paralysis" plagues so many of us, even if the stakes are as low... |
| 22.09.2021 | Datametrex AI Limited Receives CAD 900,000 AI Contract | Datametrex AI Limited announced that it received Purchase Orders for approximately CAD 900,000 from its clients in South Korea. Datametrex continues to grow its AI and software businesses globally. The Company focuses on working with a few ... |
| 14.09.2021 | Peak AI $75 million funding round complete | Peak AI $75 million funding round complete
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Taylor Wessing has advised Artificial Intelligence (AI) company Peak on its Series C funding, which raised $75 million.
This is the second round of funding for Peak in 2021, after comple... |
| 01.09.2021 | [Funding alert] AI startup Peak secures $75M in Series C round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 | UK-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Peak has raised $75 million in Series C round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with participation from existing investors, including MMC Ventures, Oxx, Praetura Ventures, Arete, and Octopus Ventur... |
| 01.09.2021 | Peak secures $75 million in Series C funding led by SoftBank | Peak’s software platform enables companies to embed AI into the core of their decision making and operations. This commercial application of AI to optimize business performance is known as Decision Intelligence; enabling companies to boost ... |
| 31.08.2021 | Peak, a managed AI platform for enterprise, nabs $75M | The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now!
Peak, a U.K.-headquartered company offering AI-powered enterprise decision support software, today announced that it close... |
| 31.08.2021 | Peak, a managed AI platform for enterprise, nabs $75M | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Peak, a U.K.-headquartered company offering AI-po... |
| 31.08.2021 | Databricks CEO on why Morgan Stanley is leading its new round of funding | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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| 31.08.2021 | Databricks CEO on why Morgan Stanley is leading its new round of funding | There’s plenty of talk at this time in fundraising about venture capitalists winning deals by offering ever larger checks, especially in the later stages of fundraising.
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| 31.08.2021 | SoftBank-backed AI startup Peak raises $75m in second funding round in six months | Manchester-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) provider Peak will expand into new global markets after raising $75m in its latest funding round, led by SoftBank’s $100bn Vision Fund Two. |
| 31.08.2021 | Peak raises $75M for a platform that helps non-tech companies build AI applications | As artificial intelligence continues to weave its way into more enterprise applications, a startup that has built a platform to help businesses, especially non-tech organizations, build more customized AI decision-making tools for themselve... |
| 31.08.2021 | Decision intelligence startup PeakAI raises $75M
Show your support for our mission by joining our Cube Club and Cube Event Community of experts. Join the community that includes Amazon Web Services a... | Investors have decided to back the “Decision Intelligence” startup Peak AI Ltd. with a new $75 million round of funding.
Announced this morning, the Series C round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and saw participation from all of the comp... |
| 27.04.2021 | CASTLE PEAK MINING LTD.
Castle Peak Mining Ltd. Announces a Loan of $425,000 from Allan Green and Candel & Partners SAS | Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 27, 2021) - Castle Peak Mining Ltd. (TSXV: CAP) ("Castle Peak" or the "Company") announced that Allan Green, a director of the Company, and Candel & Partners SAS, ... |
| 19.04.2021 | Introducing: The Future Fifty 9.0 cohort | We are delighted to introduce the next cohort of companies joining our prestigious programme for late-stage tech companies – Future Fifty 9.0.
Future Fifty is Europe’s leading late-stage growth programme, designed to bring together, empowe... |
| 17.02.2021 | From a napkin doodle to having KFC, PepsiCo as clients, Manchester-based Peak has come a long way; raises €17.4M | Richard Potter, Atul Sharma and David Leitch came up with the idea of creating Peak at a Manchester pub, or as Potter calls it “the original epicentre of communities, idea exchanges and attitude!” They had their pints and a napkin with dood... |
| 17.02.2021 | Peak AI nabs $21M for a platform to help non-tech companies make AI-based decisions | One of the biggest challenges for organizations in modern times is deciding where, when and how to use the advances of technology, when the organizations are not technology companies themselves. Today, a startup out of Manchester, England, ... |
| 17.02.2021 | Peak rasies $21m Series B funding to make AI accessible to all businesses | We're delighted to support Richard and the Peak team again alongside Praetura and new investors, Oxx. AI adoption in businesses saw a rapid acceleration in 2020 as companies looked for new ways to boost sales and maximize profits. This is ... |
| 17.02.2021 | Peak.AI raises $21 million to drive enterprise AI adoption | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Peak.AI, a startup developing AI solutions for en... |
| 17.02.2021 | Peak.AI raises $21 million to drive enterprise AI adoption | Peak.AI, a startup developing AI solutions for enterprise customers, today announced that it closed a $21 million series B round. The funds, which bring Peak’s total raised to date to $43 million, will drive the company’s R&D and commer... |
| 17.02.2021 | Manchester ‘decision intelligence’ software Peak raises $21 million Series B | Peak, a Manchester startup on a mission to make AI available (and usable) to all businesses, has raised $21 million in Series B funding to fuel further global expansion, namely to open offices in the US and India.
The round was led by ventu... |
| 17.08.2020 | These promising Manchester tech startups secured maximum funding in Q2 2020 | Manchester in the UK is carving out to become a major tech hub. There has been a technological revolution in the city leading to a surge in the number of tech startups out there. It is touted to be one of the cities in the UK to have the hi... |
| 29.07.2020 | AO partners with Peak, adopting its AI System to enhance customer experience | 29 July 2020, Manchester, UK – AO, the UK’s largest online electricals retailer, has today announced a new partnership with Peak, a fast-growing artificial intelligence (AI) company. AO will initially be utilising Peak’s pioneering AI Syste... |
| 15.06.2020 | Peak named a Cool Vendor in the Gartner May 2020 'Cool Vendors in AI for Retail' report | 15 June 2020, Manchester, UK – Peak, the pioneer of the AI System, has been named a Cool Vendor by Gartner in the Cool Vendors in AI for Retail report. The report recognizes interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services.
Th... |
| 23.04.2020 | Peak Secures $12M Extended Series A Investment to Power The Enterprise AI System | Peak’s enterprise Artificial Intelligence (AI) System helps businesses make the leap to become AI-driven companies.
Just as most organizations require workflow systems such as ERP and CRM, Peak believes that every organization requires an A... |
| 23.04.2020 | Peak raises €11.8 million to help businesses become AI savvy | Today Manchester-based startup Peak, which has built a first-of-its-kind enterprise AI System, has announced closing an €11.8 million extended series A funding round led by existing investors MMC Ventures and Praetura Ventures. This fresh i... |
| 23.04.2020 | Peak.AI raises $12 million to bolster enterprise AI adoption | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Peak.AI, a startup developing AI solutions for en... |
| 23.04.2020 | Peak Raises $12M in Extended Series A Funding | The Peak founders, L to R – David Leitch, CIO, Richard Potter, CEO, Atul Sharma, CTO
Peak, a Manchester, England, UK-based enterprise AI System provider, raised $12m in extended series A funding.
The round, which brought total amount to dat... |
| 23.04.2020 | Peak.AI raises $12 million to bolster enterprise AI adoption | Peak.AI, a startup developing AI solutions for enterprise customers, today announced that it has raised $12 million in extended series A funding. The fresh capital will fuel Peak’s growth, commercial expansion, and R&D, according to CEO... |
| 21.04.2020 | MMC leads $12m funding for Peak, the enterprise AI System provider | We're excited to announce that Peak, the AI-driven data analytics provider, has raised another $12m in a Series A extension round led by MMC and other existing investors. The new investment brings Peak's total funding to $18m. MMC first bac... |
| 24.02.2020 | Peak named in Sunday Times’ 100 Best Small Companies to Work For and achieves Best Companies 3-star accreditation | Peak achieves the highest standard of workplace engagement, representing organisations that truly excel
MANCHESTER, UK - 24 February 2020 - Peak, a pioneering AI company, announced today that it has been named as one of the Sunday Times’ To... |
| 29.05.2019 | Love being yu — our investment in yulife | yulife has a purpose-led founding team who share a passion for wellbeing and the need for companies to do more to help encourage active lifestyles and mental health. The team is led by Sammy who was the founding CEO of Pruprotect (now known... |
| 11.02.2019 | Preparing your business for Brexit | As we near 29th March, with no clearer vision as to what the UK’s exit from the European Union will look like, we wanted to direct tech entrepreneurs to the available government resources designed to assist businesses in the event of a no d... |
| 08.10.2018 | Building a digital dynasty: Manchester tech is showing no signs of slowing down | A city whose economic health is reflected in the number of cranes dotted around the city, Manchester and its tech sector is reaching for the sky.
That was a view shared by a panel of entrepreneurs who joined us for the penultimate leg of T... |
| 19.09.2018 | Rising Stars – seeking stellar startups for national pitch competition | Rising Stars is the UK’s newest and most exciting competition for innovative, early-stage tech startups, with a prize package designed to send your business into the stratosphere.
We’re scouring the country looking for the UK’s most ambiti... |
| 03.04.2018 | Scotland Cements its Place on The Global Data Stage | DataFest18 took place at a time when data was top of the news agenda. What the festival achieved was putting the potential positive power of data to the fore. A prominent theme throughout the week was the ethical use of data and development... |
| 25.01.2018 | 37 of the UK’s fastest growing Tech Companies join Upscale 2018 | This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website.
Today we’re announcing the new 37 companies joining Upscale for 2018. The Upscale Programme from Tech City UK, now in its third year, powers some of the fastest growing tech c... |
| 11.09.2017 | Data analytics business, Peak, announces £2.5m investment with MMC Ventures | Data analytics business, Peak, helps businesses use AI technologies to grow revenues and profits through subscription-based service. Peak’s model helps companies of all sizes use data, machine learning and AI technologies to drive growth.
... |
| - | Peak AI raises $21M to help non-tech companies with AI | Arsenal Innovation Lab Peak AI has closed a round of $21M after building technology that helps businesses, specifically retailers, consumer goods and manufacturing businesses make better, AI- based evaluations and decisions. Peak AI’s platf... |
| - | Lancashire’s Modern Milkman squeezes £2.25 million for sustainable grocery platform | Lancashire-based online grocery service Modern Milkman has milked £2.25 million in funding from Manchester-based venture capital investor Praetura Ventures. The investment will drive its ongoing scaling and sustainability efforts, which hav... |
