Adarga

AI company for unstructured data; Oxford-affiliated.

Epistemic Overview

About the Institute

AI company working with unstructured data and knowledge extraction; Oxford-affiliated origins.

Key Facts

Founded

2016

Director / President

Rob Bassett Cross (CEO)

Category

Company / Spinout

Research Domains

spinout
knowledge extraction

Timeline

2016

Adarga is founded by Rob Bassett Cross.

2017

Receives seed funding from Oxford Science Enterprises (OSE).

2019

Adarga raises its £5 million Series A funding round.

2020

The company's 'Knowledge Platform' for defence and national security gains significant traction.

2023

Adarga secures a major $20 million funding round to expand its AI platform for unstructured data analysis.

2024

The company is recognized as a key AI partner for the UK Ministry of Defence and other national security agencies.

Events

  • (Potential Industry Event) Eurosatory 2026 (June 2026, Paris, France)

  • (Potential Industry Event) Farnborough International Air Show (July 2026, Farnborough, UK)

  • (Note: As a private defence AI company, Adarga primarily attends industry and defence trade shows.)

Influential Papers / Notable Research

  • Core product: The Adarga 'Knowledge Platform' for defence, intelligence, and national security.

  • Specializes in Natural Language Processing (NLP) to analyze vast amounts of unstructured data (text, audio, video).

  • Develops AI for 'information extraction' and 'knowledge graphs' to identify hidden connections and threats.