Applied Computing Funding News – London-Based Applied Computing Raises €10.7M In Seed Round

The round was led by Stride.VC, along with Repeat.vc. It’s said to be one of the largest seed rounds ever for a UK AI startup.

“Refining is where complexity, scale, and impact converge. It’s not just hard – it’s the apex of validation. If you can build intelligence that works here, it will work anywhere,” said Callum Adamson, CEO of Applied Computing. “Orbital is already delivering at production scale in some of the most complex industrial environments on the planet. It’s improving margins, reducing emissions and laying the groundwork for a fundamentally more intelligent energy system. I couldn’t be prouder of the team, and this is just the beginning.”

Orbital is powered by multi-foundation AI—a mix of language, time series, physics, and chemical engineering models designed to optimise real-world systems. Applied Computing says this makes Orbital more accurate, reliable, and explainable in industrial use.

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Unlike traditional systems that use only about 8% of available data, Orbital taps into 100% of the data from downstream energy facilities. It’s also said to outperform existing top-tier software by 90% on key metrics.

Applied Computing is building this advanced AI for critical heavy industries like oil, gas, and petrochemicals.

“There is a comforting fiction that we can simply swap out the old for the new,” said Dr Sam Tukra, Chief AI Officer. “But the scale of the transition is immense. The infrastructure of heavy industry cannot be erased – it must be transformed. That’s why we built Orbital. Without the energy industry, life as we know it is impossible. Refiners and petrochemical firms are the lifeblood of civilisations, yet their existence is frozen in time as many of the facilities that power our world are nearly 50 years old. As energy and chemical demand rises steeply at a global level, it is crucial that these essential industries transform themselves. Artificial intelligence can deliver significant financial and environmental improvements to benefit everyone on the planet.”

Applied Computing is using AI to boost efficiency, security, and climate alignment in existing energy infrastructure.

In real-world use, its platform Orbital has delivered up to 75% cost savings compared to traditional cloud-based systems, with payback in under 10 weeks. Orbital runs fully on-edge, combining models from language, physics, chemical engineering, and time series forecasting to deliver real-time insights—without sending sensitive data offsite.

The company has doubled in size since January and is planning a Series A round in the second half of 2025.

Fred Destin, founder of Stride.VC, commented: “Beyond LLM hype, companies such as Applied Computing are trailblasing a profound transformation in the efficiency with which our most critical industries are run, starting with fossil fuels, and demonstrating the promise of responsible Artificial Intelligence in driving profound positive change for humans and the planet. Small bands of highly competent rebels like Sam, Callum and the Applied Computing team show what is possible in transforming huge industries like Energy and Petrochemicals at speed. What is more, this is proudly Built in Britain“.

About Applied Computing

Founded in 2023 by Callum Adamson (CEO) and Dr. Sam Tukra (Chief AI Officer), Applied Computing is already working with complex industrial sites and major oil refineries through its main product, Orbital.