Etiq AI secures £766k in seed funding led by GapMinder to scale its machine learning debugging platform.
The seed round was led by GapMinder to support product development and team expansion.
Etiq AI is a London-based startup that builds developer tooling for machine learning models, with a focus on testing and debugging pipelines. The company offers a Data Science Copilot designed to accelerate model evaluation and fairness checks.
London-based Etiq AI has secured £766k in seed funding led by GapMinder. The capital will be deployed to expand the team, advance product features for automated testing and debugging, enhance large language model capabilities, and drive commercial marketing through the remainder of the year.
The freshly injected funds follow previous grant backing of £1m from InnovateUK. Etiq recently launched its Data Science Copilot in March 2025, aiming to reduce the time spent debugging machine learning pipelines from weeks to minutes.
From the founder
"We’re thrilled to announce the successful completion of our latest funding round and to officially welcome GapMinder VC on board as a key partner in our journey. This milestone marks a significant step forward for our team and product, and we’re incredibly excited about the road ahead. With GapMinder’s support and shared vision, we’re ready to accelerate growth, scale innovation, and deliver even more value to our users. The future is bright and this is just the beginning."
Iris Anson
CEO at Etiq AI
Investor perspective
"We’re incredibly excited to back the team at Etiq as they build a foundational layer for responsible and scalable AI. With the surge in AI agent usage and machine learning-driven applications, there’s an urgent need for robust tools that help developers monitor, debug, and improve model behavior in real time. Etiq’s technology does exactly that—empowering teams to surface hidden biases, identify edge cases, and continuously improve ML performance. The founders bring a rare combination of technical depth and product vision, and we have strong conviction in their vision to become a category-defining company in the AI tooling space."
Robert Herscovici
Investment Director, GapMinder
Use of funds
- 01Continue product development
- 02Grow the team
- 03Invest in sales and marketing