Northern Ireland AI & Data Economy R&D Companies Directory

Stora provides an online management platform for small self-storage businesses, automating bookings, payments, and operations. The company is now developing AI-driven dynamic pricing to help SME providers optimise revenue. Their work targets a traditionally manual sector, using software and AI to improve efficiency.

X10NI is a Northern Ireland-based micro enterprise specialising in AI- and machine learning-driven solutions for sustainable agriculture. The company has developed a Measuring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) system that optimises livestock slurry management by converting manure into biofertiliser and renewable energy via anaerobic digestion, reducing emissions and promoting a circular economy.

Humain specialises in facial animation and 3D facial reconstruction for media production. The company began with a Knowledge Transfer Partnership to develop software for generating facial animation from existing models, and later led an immersive technology project to create a 2D-to-3D facial reconstruction tool using machine learning, aiming to replace costly multi-camera arrays.

NetZero AMS is a Northern Ireland-based start-up developing AI and machine learning solutions for sustainable agriculture. Their technology integrates a Measuring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) system with anaerobic digestion to convert livestock manure into biofertilizer and renewable energy. The company aims to reduce agricultural emissions while enhancing farm productivity through circular economy principles.

Arralis Technologies Limited is a Northern Ireland-based micro enterprise specialising in the design and development of compact, low-profile antennas for GNSS applications. The company has developed a meandered spiral antenna using a High Impedance Surface (HIS) to achieve thin (<8 mm) and lightweight designs suitable for wearable or mountable military use. Their technology focuses on maintaining high gain and radiation efficiency across GPS L5 to L1 frequency bands while minimising interactions with mounting surfaces.

Broadband NI is a Northern Ireland-based micro enterprise specialising in precise time transfer technology for critical infrastructure synchronization. Their work focuses on developing trustworthy traceable terrestrial time dissemination methods to support applications in smart grids and telecommunications networks. The company's only known grant activity involves a feasibility study in collaboration with Queen's University of Belfast.

Lynns Country Foods is a large-scale food manufacturing enterprise that leverages digital innovation to enhance supply chain transparency and operational efficiency. The company has evolved from developing blockchain-based environmental traceability platforms to integrating generative AI solutions for data-driven decision-making in the agri-food sector. Their work focuses on digitising complex food supply chains to improve sustainability and productivity.

Pytilia is a Northern Ireland-based micro/small enterprise focusing on the application of Digital Security by Design (DSbD) technologies to enhance the security of IT infrastructure components. Their work centres on demonstrating pointer protection and memory compartmentalisation within performance-sensitive data path processing applications.

Cambium is a micro/small enterprise based in Northern Ireland that specialises in evaluating the environmental impact of next-generation telecommunications networks and services. The company has developed a roadmap for lifecycle assessment of 5G and 6G networks, aiming to support decarbonisation efforts. Their work focuses on creating methodologies to quantify the full environmental cost of telecommunications infrastructure.

Big Ideas Company delivers educational programmes to inspire young people towards careers in cyber security. They partner with government and industry to run digital workshops and challenges in schools across Northern Ireland, targeting under-represented communities. Their single Innovate UK grant focused on the CyberSuper programme for 7-14 year olds.

Andor Technology is a specialist manufacturer of high-performance scientific imaging systems, including EMCCD and sCMOS cameras for demanding research and industrial applications. The company focuses on developing ultra-low-noise, high-sensitivity sensors that enable precise measurement and characterisation in fields such as quantum science and advanced microscopy. Their work leverages long-standing partnerships with sensor manufacturers to maintain a market-leading position in scientific instrumentation.

Cupboard Games is a narrative game developer based in Northern Ireland. Their sole grant-funded project, 'Checkpoint', blends documentary practices with interactive gameplay to explore historical events at border checkpoints. The company specialises in creating experiential, thought-provoking games that use interactive mechanics to foster understanding of difficult historical moments.

Ibrand Everything is a manufacturing business based in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, that acquired a family sign business established in 1981. The company specialises in providing garments, merchandise, and signage to brand marketing departments, and has identified a gap in the market for sustainable signage solutions. Their innovation focuses on replacing traditional plastic signage with recycled fibreboard, developing a custom CNC machine to cut and shape this material, and offering post-use recycling services to reduce landfill waste.

Bounce Culture is developing Solab Access, an online digital platform that uses music as an art form to connect Black artists from Northern Ireland and mainland UK. The platform enables artists to collaborate on creating recorded and live works, fostering cultural expression and building a diverse workforce in the creative industries. The company focuses on providing an intuitive digital space tailored to Black creatives through culturally relevant language, sounds, and imagery.

The Weatherbies is a children's educational brand that uses weather-themed characters to teach children about climate awareness, recycling, healthy living, and sustainability. The company creates stories and interactive content to help children connect with the weather and promote environmental consciousness. Their work involves developing digital tools, such as an interactive app, to extend their educational reach.

Team UiQ is a software design agency that develops 3D applications and web-based digital interfaces. They are creating Helix, a platform that integrates interactive 3D models to improve staff engagement with safety practices and enable real-time compliance, alongside a global online marketplace for freelance designers and architects.

Jetpack Learning is a Northern Ireland-based micro enterprise that develops an AI-powered platform to generate personalised educational games for teachers. The platform uses language model APIs such as GPT-3 to create individualised adaptive learning content, which is then integrated into a games authoring tool and published via a web portal. Their work focuses on leveraging generative AI to streamline the creation of engaging, customised educational resources.

Athena Blue Innovation is a Northern Ireland-based startup founded by experienced engineers, developing a proprietary flax decortication technology to process flax into long fibre linen. Their work aims to revive local linen processing capabilities for the creative industries, particularly film and fashion, while offering a carbon-sequestering natural alternative to synthetic materials. The initial project focuses on creating an affordable, scalable small-scale processing unit for commercialisation.

Ulster Touring Opera is a Northern Irish opera company that combines classical music performance with cutting-edge digital technology. Their work focuses on creating immersive, holographic experiences for home audiences using volumetric video and XR headsets, aiming to make opera and classical music accessible to a new generation of fans.

Armchair and Rocket is a creative content production company exploring generative artificial intelligence for filmmaking. They produce moving image content using AI tools and are developing an AI-generated feature film for exhibition in 2024.