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Faculty

Making AI real

501-1000 employees
  • B2B
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Big data
  • Machine Learning
160 Old Street, London, EC1V 9BP

Company mission

To help organisations across the public and private sectors use AI to understand more deeply, make better decisions and act faster.

Top investors

Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

35% female employees

19% employee growth in 12 months

Otta's take

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Xav Kearney

CTO of Otta

Faculty work with companies such as Samsung, the BBC, and Just Eat to figure out what they could do with AI, and then help them to do it through implementing the right skills, strategy and software.

The team have developed a platform with large cloud computing space for accessing large amounts of data usable to design and test AI models. As businesses realise the importance of using data to drive growth and stay competitive, Faculty have focused on making AI real through real world deployments and aim provide data to organisations so that they can make better decisions.

Faculty has worked with clients in a range of different industries, including healthcare, retail, government and energy. They are just one of the many companies utilising AI, but it’s their ability to work alongside organisations and apply the findings that will really help them to succeed.

Benefits

  • Hybrid working: We believe people have needs, responsibilities and interests that require something different to a strict working day. We trust people to organise and take accountability for their own work and do our best to support their lives outside Faculty. We provide you with all you need to work from home, including a laptop, keyboard, chair…even Sony headphones!
  • Equity, we want you to benefit from Faculty’s growth and success
  • Unlimited holidays: We encourage each other to use this time to take a break, work on personal projects, or to spend time with their friends and family
  • Fantastic private health, optical and dental cover, for you & your family - including 24/7 unlimited virtual private GP appointments and covering pre-existing medical conditions
  • Access to mental health coaching with Sanctus
  • Lunch weekly, and more fruit, drinks and snacks than you could ever eat (for office-based employees)
  • We work hard and make sure we enjoy what we do. So we have frequent socials and informal get-togethers to help make sure you enjoy your time with us. You’ll make friends and professional connections that will last a lifetime

Company values

  • Seeking truth - We ask ourselves and each other the difficult questions, and make sure the best idea always wins
  • Execute pragmatically - We focus on what’s important, make decisions fast, and adapt as needed
  • Foster talent - At its core, Faculty is about fostering talent. It’s deeply ingrained in our DNA and we give our people the support and time they need to be the best they can be
  • Invert, always invert - We treat nothing as set in stone, and constant seek new ways to do things better

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

May 2021

$37.6m

SERIES A

Nov 2019

$10.5m

SERIES A

$50m

Total funding

This company has top investors

Founders

Previously a Marie Curie Fellow in Physics at Harvard University, specialising in quantum sensing

Previously a CTO at Hillgate and Vice President at BlackRock

Angie Ma

(Co-Founder)

Previously a Scientific Consultant at Bio Nano Consulting

People progressing

Oana joined Faculty 3 years ago, swapping investment banking for tech. She initially joined as a Senior Product Designer, progressing to Product Manager and most recently to Director of Product.

After completing her Phd in Mathematics and working in research, Kim was introduced to Faculty through our Fellowship Programme. Starting as a Data Scientist, and recently being promoted.

Diversity & Inclusion at Faculty

Angie Ma headshot

Angie Ma (Co-Founder)

  • AI changes everything, and so must we to make sure our people reflect the real diversity of society. We believe that recruiting talent with diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds encourages people to think differently and be more creative
  • We welcome difference whether it’s ethnicity, religion, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability so please be yourself!

Endorsements

All

Autonomy (3)

Challenging work (2)

Opportunities to learn (2)

Intelligent people (2)

Hard working team (2)

Flexible working (2)

Tech & tools (1)

My opinions are valued (1)

Open and honest communication (1)

People of all backgrounds are welcomed (1)

I'd say Faculty isn't for you if you like having train track set out, and your job is to go down them. But if you like the challenge of figuring out how to solve problems as you go, working with some seriously smart people as you do, then it's a lot of fun.

Sales & Account Management

Challenging work

Oct 2021

People here get a lot of trust to figure things out. They also get the chance to earn a lot of responsibility at a relatively early stage in their career. If you're smart enough, then you're good enough.

Sales & Account Management

Autonomy

Oct 2021

Clue is in the name I guess. More PhDs than you can shake a stick at. Easily the smartest group of people I have ever worked with. (And friendly and humble with it too).

Sales & Account Management

Intelligent people

Oct 2021

At Faculty there is an emphasis on output rather than simply being at your desk. People are trusted to work when are where they are most productive.

People, HR, Recruitment

Flexible working

Sep 2021

Faculty is constantly evolving, bringing new challenges every day

People, HR, Recruitment

Growing fast

Sep 2021

Everyone is dedicated to the shared goal of helping transform businesses with the power of AI. Across the teams everyone is really passionate about what they do.

People, HR, Recruitment

Hard working team

Sep 2021

I have learnt so much since joining Faculty. I've had the chance to work on a real mix of different projects, across different clients, and tech. I've been challenged to do my best work (in a good way), but also had the opportunity to work with others, and learn from their experience. The environment is supportive and fun, where we can work on some pretty amazing projects, but also have fun while doing it.

Data

Opportunities to learn

Sep 2021

We work with a real mix of technologies, often adjusting depending on what a client is looking for. Getting exposure to the Faculty Platform has been really exciting.

Data

Tech & tools

Sep 2021

Faculty has a supportive environment, but also gives me the space to work in the way I want. My manager is on hand to help when I need it, but not breathing down my neck. It's been a really refreshing change for me.

Data

Autonomy

Sep 2021

We are working on solving some of the worlds hardest problems and breaking new ground within AI. Internally, we are one of the fastest growing companies in the UK and beyond and this brings opportunities to solve difficult and rewarding problems every day.

People, HR, Recruitment

Challenging work

Sep 2021

There are very clear communications channels to the senior leadership team and people are encouraged to contribute. I have been able to make my own calls on projects I'm passionate about without a fear of failure.

People, HR, Recruitment

My opinions are valued

Sep 2021

This is something that is articulated as very important to our leadership team. We work with outside organisations like 01Founders to learn more about how we can build a diverse tech community for the future.

People, HR, Recruitment

People of all backgrounds are welcomed

Sep 2021

Faculty is at the forefront of AI. Since the field is changing quickly, that means having new challenges all the time, ranging from using the latest open source packages to have access to cutting edge algorithms, or figuring out how to deploy complex ML pipelines.

Software Engineering

Opportunities to learn

Sep 2021

I joined Faculty just shy of 6 years ago. I think what makes me excited to come to work every morning is really the people I work with. I've never encountered so many driven, smart, caring, kind people in my career.

Software Engineering

Intelligent people

Sep 2021

Everyone works really hard, making sure we all feel supported!

Software Engineering

Hard working team

Sep 2021

We are given autonomy to push ideas and projects forward

People, HR, Recruitment

Autonomy

Sep 2021

We encourage transparency and want honest feedback

People, HR, Recruitment

Open and honest communication

Sep 2021

We have many things to do in life and want to work around these to make sure we have a healthy work/life balance

People, HR, Recruitment

Flexible working

Sep 2021

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