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ARX is a defense technology company that specializes in the development of autonomous unmanned systems for dual-use applications.

CamGraPhIC is a integrated photonics platform supports the ever-increasing data traffic demand with low-cost, and low-power consumption electro-optical engines.They provides compatible with many photonic materials, such as silicon and silicon nitride, and can be synthetised and integrated through scalable wafer-level processes. They supports the ever-increasing data traffic demand with low-cost, and low-power consumption electro-optical engines.

TEKEVER is a manufacturer of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) that specializes in surveillance-as-a-service solutions, providing actionable data and intelligence. The company offers three primary product lines: AR3, a modular and transformable system designed for long-distance operations, particularly in challenging terrains; AR4, optimized for close-range intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance tasks; and AR5, which operates over water with advanced satellite communications and the capability to transport maritime radar payloads. By integrating unmanned systems, satellite technology, and artificial intelligence, TEKEVER enhances its offerings to adapt to the evolving intelligence landscape. This approach enables organizations to access tailored information that improves decision-making and operational efficiency.

Aquark Technologies develops atom systems to develop quantum applications, including atomic clocks, sensors, and navigation systems. Aquark develops a technique to miniaturize cold atom systems using unique laser geometry that is based on more than 10 years of proprietary research at the University of Southampton.

Space Forge Limited, founded in 2018 and based in Bristol, United Kingdom, focuses on developing reusable satellites for manufacturing unique materials in space. The company's innovative approach allows for the production of super materials that cannot be created on Earth, utilizing the advantages of the space environment. Space Forge manufactures alloys, metals, and crystals used across various industries, including computing, telecommunications, and pharmaceuticals. By leveraging space-based manufacturing, the company aims to contribute to a cleaner industrial revolution, helping clients reduce energy loss and carbon emissions while producing lighter vehicles and improving material properties. The company operates laboratories in Bristol and Wales to support its research and development efforts.

Fractile is building chips to run large language models two orders of magnitude faster. Existing hardware is good for training LLMs, but very poorly suited to subsequent inference of the trained model, which is increasingly the dominant workload. A network’s weights need to be moved onto a chip once per word generated, and this movement takes a few hundred times longer than the subsequent computations themselves. Fractile’s revolutionary approach to fusing computation with memory eliminates this bottleneck, and can scale to allow running the world’s largest models at a global scale.