Vigilant AI.ai, the Derby-headquartered tech platform that creates AI teammates designed for regulated businesses, has raised £585k in pre-seed funding led by early-stage VC Haatch.
The round combines funds from three Haatch-managed sources including funding from Haatch, the East Midlands Combined County Authority and British Business Bank.
Vigilant AI.ai delivers AI teammates that embed generative AI into enterprise workflows that are purpose-built for regulated teams like banks, fintechs insurance firms.
The pre-seed funding capital will be used to hire key engineering and go-to-market talent, and productise the platform for broad rollout by adding intuitive controls, enterprise-grade security certifications and self-service onboarding.
The investment will also allow the company to convert in-flight pilots into revenue in Q4 2025 and launch additional deployment with regulated businesses.
“We’re already finalising our first pilots, and it is clear that clients want to go live fast,” says Mike Anyfantakis, co-founder and CPO at Vigilant AI.ai. “They are keen to create and collaborate with their AI teammates in their everyday work, at speed.
“By making compliance an always-on, real-time feature, we give financial services and other regulated firms confidence to deploy AI agents in their team workflows.”
Last week, UKTN reported that as many as two-thirds of UK enterprises have seen significant productivity improvements following the introduction of AI technologies, according to research from IBM.
