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UA92, Fujitsu boost funds to support women in tech
EduTech

UA92, Fujitsu boost funds to support women in tech

UA92 and Fujitsu launch GBP £101,000 package of bursaries and apprenticeships to help more women and non-binary people build tech careers.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026
Mindgard appoints industry veterans to lead AI security expansion
Software-as-a-Service

Mindgard appoints industry veterans to lead AI security expansion

Mindgard appoints cybersecurity veteran Aaron Portnoy and SaaS leader Tom Axbey to spearhead its AI security expansion and offensive testing efforts.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 3 min read • Wed, 23rd Jul 2025
Mindgard wins UK's Most Innovative Cyber SME award for 2024
DevOps

Mindgard wins UK's Most Innovative Cyber SME award for 2024

Mindgard, an AI-focused cyber security startup, wins UK's Most Innovative Cyber SME 2024 at Infosecurity Europe for its groundbreaking AI Security Labs platform.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Thu, 6th Jun 2024
UK releases new reports to enhance AI cyber security measures
Artificial Intelligence

UK releases new reports to enhance AI cyber security measures

The UK government launches a new set of AI cyber security reports, featuring major contributions from startup Mindgard, to address emerging cyber threats.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 21st May 2024
Lancaster varsity to commercialise computer memory Ultraram
Storage

Lancaster varsity to commercialise computer memory Ultraram

Invented by Professor Manus Hayne, who teaches Physics at Lancaster University, Ultraram is a novel type of memory with extraordinary properties.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Tue, 11th Apr 2023

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Mindgard secures $8m to expand AI security solutions and market reach
Application Security

Mindgard secures $8m to expand AI security solutions and market reach

Mindgard, a UK startup focused on AI security, has raised $8 million in seed funding to boost R&D and expand into the US market.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Sun, 5th Jan 2025
Mindgard reveals vulnerabilities in Azure AI content safety
AI Security

Mindgard reveals vulnerabilities in Azure AI content safety

Mindgard has uncovered serious security flaws in Microsoft's Azure AI Content Safety Service, enabling potential attacks to undermine its security measures.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 31st Oct 2024
Purple Transform secures GBP £4.5m to expand AI analytics reach
Unified Communications

Purple Transform secures GBP £4.5m to expand AI analytics reach

Purple Transform raises GBP £4.5 million to expand AI data analytics in the West Midlands, led by Mercia Ventures. The funding will support new sectors and job creation.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Sep 2024
Cisco bolsters Project SAIVE to prevent railway suicides
Cloud Services

Cisco bolsters Project SAIVE to prevent railway suicides

Tech giant Cisco is uniting with Purple Transform to advance Project SAIVE, an initiative employing AI tech to identify and aid individuals at risk of suicide on railways.

By Kaleah Salmon • 2 min read • Fri, 29th Mar 2024
Mindgard unveils tool to assess cyber risk in AI systems
Hyperscale

Mindgard unveils tool to assess cyber risk in AI systems

AI cybersecurity leader Mindgard debuts free tool, AI Security Labs, to aid engineers in assessing cyber risks to AI systems.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 9th Feb 2024