With BAE Systems, we have pushed forward the frontier of mass drone swarm behaviour. Stanhope AI’s recent trial success was featured in the latest ‘Innovators Report’ from the UK defence company.

Stanhope AI has been named in the Barclays Eagle Labs 'Ones to Watch AI:100', highlighting the UK deep tech companies building the next generation of AI.

Our frontier model for physical AI, Petra, applies the principles of ‘Active Inference’, a computational neuroscience framework that empowers machines to think.

A significant milestone for Stanhope AI as we announce our $8M Seed raise.

More than fresh capital, this marks a clear point of technology maturity. Over the past two years in London, we’ve progressed from foundational research and early prototypes to production-grade systems operating in real customer environments — engineered for explainability and scalability. The round is also a validation of that journey and evidence that our technology performs beyond the lab.

Presenting the first Active Inference-controlled AI agent

The mission of Stanhope AI is to build a Generative AI for the physical world, based on a first principles account of human brain function. We aim to tackle the most important problems in AI to enable the next generation of autonomous machines.

Following Stanhope AI’s recent £2.3m seed funding round with investment from Moonfire Ventures, Creator Fund and MMC Ventures, led by the UCL Technology Fund, CEO Prof. Rosalyn Moran was interviewed about her journey so far and her transition from academia to launching a deep tech startup.

Stanhope AI is delighted to announce the closure of its seed funding round, raising £2.3m to support the company’s research and development of AI inspired by neuroscience that teaches machines to make truly human-like decisions for the first time ever.