Data discovery and financial outcomes: Mott MacDonald and iKVA

One of the biggest challenges facing organisations today is the volume of information being created on a daily basis, in different formats and repositories. Accessing, and using, the data to make efficient business decisions is essential and iKVA’s solution uses vector mapping technology to index highly unstructured data from multiple systems, in multiple formats, and […]

Shaping the future of investment: Mott MacDonald and iKVA

How can we seek out the new technology that will address the changing demands in infrastructure? This was the question that global engineering, management and development consultancy Mott MacDonald Ventures asked when it partnered with iKVA to create the infrastructure industry’s first ever AI web-tool. Since 2021, Mott MacDonald Ventures has used iKVA’s AI-powered solution to […]

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: preventing financial fraud

Data from UK Finance shows that a total of £753.9 million was lost through fraudulent activity in the first half of 2021 alone, an increase of 30% compared to the same period in 2020. Fraud represents a real hazard for the financial sector and has only escalated during the pandemic as  criminals have sought to […]

iKVA’s Founder on AI and Fraud Detection for Finance Derivative

Money laundering costs the UK economy £24bn each year, according to The National Crime Agency,  whilst the UN estimates that up to $2tn is moved illegally each year via large, multinational banks. The surge in financial crime, triggered by the pandemic, has huge implications for the finance industry, as areas such as Anti-Money Laundering (AML) come under […]

Professor Jon Crowcroft on AI in Legal Sector

Law firms are facing a number of challenges in a modern, globalised world. There is a huge amount of data, and collective wisdom, in the sector that law firms are unable to utilise without embarking on costly, labour-intensive processes. There is also a burgeoning demand for tools that have been developed with cognizance of the […]

Conscious Communications appointed as iKVA’s new PR agency

Conscious Communications, an award-winning PR and Marketing agency dedicated to social impact, has been announced as iKVA’s new public relations partner. Leveraging iKVA’s position as one of the leading innovators in AI-enabled data discovery, the Cambridge-based agency will provide PR and strategic communications support. Alison Taylor, Managing Director of Conscious Communications, said: “The innovative data […]

iKVA announces the appointment of Tim Bittleston as the new Chairman

Tim Bittleston

Tim Bittleston, an experienced tech entrepreneur and former iKVA’s non-exec director, has been announced as the company’s new Chairman. Bittleston succeeds Chris Doran who will continue to act as iKVA’s Non-Executive Director.   Tim held several senior positions in the tech sector before working with Natwest Ventures in 1998 to acquire four companies forming the Pennine […]

Mott MacDonald launches industry first Venture Capital AI tool in partnership with iKVA

Mott MacDonald Ventures, the strategic corporate venture arm of Mott MacDonald has launched the infrastructure industry’s first AI-based web-tool which enables entrepreneurs to instantly assess the relevance of their business for future investment. As well as indicating the alignment of a company to the Mott MacDonald Ventures ecosystem, the tool also considers crucial industry targets […]

The Taxonomy is Dead Webinar: Recording now available

Knowledge management must mean more than managing ontologies and taxonomies to structure document collections for better keyword search.  To address these challenges, we were delighted to bring the second online event in our FREE webinar series entitled ‘The Taxonomy is Dead: Data Discovery. Re-Envisioned’.  Professor Richard Mortier, Cambridge University Computer Lab and Founder & CTO of iKVA, […]

iKVA Product Testing Sessions: Call for undergrads, postgrads, postdocs & researchers

iKVA, innovative AI technology start-up, is inviting undergraduates, postgraduates, postdocs and researchers to participate in product testing sessions at the company’s Cambridge office. iKVA’s product testing sessions are aimed at students from various academic majors who would like to find out more about iKVA’s innovative technology, test it and provide feedback as end users on […]