Faculty
Making AI real
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Company mission
To help organisations across the public and private sectors use AI to understand more deeply, make better decisions and act faster.
Employees
201-500
HQ Location
Old Street, London, UK
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35% female employees
60% employee growth in 12 months
Otta's take on Faculty
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.
Total funding - $49.8m
Last 2 fundraises
Nov 2019
$10.5m
SERIES A
May 2021
$37.4m
SERIES A
This company has top investors
Company benefits
- Genuinely flexible 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
- Breakfast & Lunch daily, 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
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Founders
Marc Warner
(CEO)Previously a Marie Curie Fellow in Physics at Harvard University, specialising in quantum sensing
Andrew Brookes
(CTO)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 (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!
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