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Press Release: Culham, Oxfordshire – November 13, 2025
The Hybrid AI Challenge: Seeking Novelty When There’s No Data
Read the latest blog from Astut CEO – Peter Grindrod
(Please note the views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not reflect the official stance of Astut Limited)
AI needs to become creative and explorative, and to take on reasoning tasks at which humans naturally excel – yet with greater capacity for complexity, bandwidth, and background knowledge. In turn, this opens up or responds to (with both a “push” and “pull”), radical applications where there is little or no relevant data, yet inferences, decision options and hypotheticals are to be sought, valued, and put into action.
Read the full blog @ Digital Leaders
Press Release: Culham, Oxfordshire – November 06, 2025
Astut Wants to Solve Tricky Business Problems that are Blind Spots for AI
CEO Peter Grindrod talks about the business problems that inspired him to found start-up Astut
(Please note the views expressed in this interview are those of the author and do not reflect the official stance of Astut Limited)
AI needs to become creative and explorative, and to take on reasoning tasks at which humans naturally excel – yet with greater capacity for complexity, bandwidth, and background knowledge. In turn, this opens up or responds to (with both a “push” and “pull”), radical applications where there is little or no relevant data, yet inferences, decision options and hypotheticals are to be sought, valued, and put into action.
Read full interview @ Preseed Now
Press Release: Culham, Oxfordshire – October 22, 2025
Oxford AI Startup Astut Raises £1.6m to Solve “Never-Before-Seen” Business Crises Without Historical Data
Astut, an AI startup spun out of Oxford University mathematics research, today announces £1.6million in seed funding to commercialise its breakthrough technology that helps organisations navigate unprecedented crises where traditional AI systems fail due to lack of historical data.
The funding round was co-led by technology VC East X Ventures and specialist AI VC firm SVV (Sure Valley Ventures), with contribution from UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S), managed by Future Planet Capital.
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