Plural is an early-stage investment fund for the most ambitious founders on a mission to change the world through technology.
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"In a recent series of 50 engagements against professional pilots, Centaur won 49 times."
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Never been a better time to build in Europe, never seen so many so serious founders tackling major missions in Europe! LOOOONG EURO
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I did an interview with Amol Rajan on AI and the UK amongst other things. Has been a while since I did one of these longer form interviews so let me know if you find it useful!
I believe Ian Hogarth - @soundboy - deserves much wider and deeper credit and recognition for voluntarily forfeiting shares in Anthropic so that he could set up and run the AI Security Institute (@AISecurityInst) - where he, and Britain, are generally acclaimed to be doing an outstanding job. (Something else he deserves greater credit for).
This noble decision was *very* expensive.
I also believe, and hope, that for our fast-growing audience this may be one of the most useful conversations they hear about Technology this year. We go deep on:
> What is AI?
> The real rate at which it is developing
> The race dynamic in global innovation
> Humanity’s fork in the road
> The significant chance of a huge market crash
> The exhilarating case Quantum Computing
> The exhilarating case for Fusion
> The exhilarating potential for Robotics
> Why outstanding British companies sometimes struggle to scale
> How Britain, and Europe, can lead
> The Future of jobs
> How Founders succeed
> His noble decision to do a public service role
> His fantasy for Battersea Power station
Ian is co-Founder and Partner at Plural, and co-Founder and Chair of the UK's AI Security Institute (@AISecurityInst).
This was a great, immensely useful conversation and I'd be honoured if you lent an ear to The Amol Rajan Connection.
Out now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and YouTube.
Thanks for your time and attention to this matter.
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1/ In February, I traveled to the artic circle to watch Hypersonica successfully conduct the first privately funded hypersonic test flight in Europe. The company has now raised a €100M Series B. @pluralplatform is doubling down as they move to delivery.
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This might be the first factory in America that can build any PCB, at any volume, in days.
How did @CircuitHub pull it off?
Find out in Episode 82 of S3.
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Our CTO @achterbrain joined @nvidia on stage at the start-up day of GTC Berlin, alongside Clara Cornu, @talfanevans, @nouralhassan and Matteo Sarcinella.
He discussed how Callosum runs heterogeneous workloads efficiently across every generation and type of NVIDIA hardware, and what it takes to scale new technology companies fast in Europe.
Thanks for having us @nvidia
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1/ Today we’re launching an open letter calling on the government to end unfair restrictions that stop Britain’s best switching jobs or starting companies.
UK AI companies that have raised $5bn agree: our best should be free to start and scale. 🧵
@downingstreet @biztradegovuk
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Interesting to see who is backing the most ambitious hardware startups in Europe -- @pluralplatform @PartnersVenture @eqtventures @vsquareventures @HV_Capital @generalcatalyst @VisionariesClub
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It's a year since I moved to NYC, so we're on Times Square for today's launch of @arcjet's new agent runtime security:
Three new capabilities, available now:
1. Observe: discover all your agents, wherever they're running, with no code changes and nothing to deploy
2. Enforce: apply controls before and after every action. Apply deterministic policies to tools, APIs, database calls, and other inputs/outputs. Detect prompt injection, wrap tools in safety guardrails, limit API access, and protect PII
3. Audit: collect the evidence for security reviews and compliance audits
Sign up for a free trial or reach out to schedule a demo!
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I love how uncompromising Hélène Huby is. One of the most hardcore founders in Europe.
"we will not be relevant without a massive rocket at a massive cadence."
arstechnica.com/space/2026/0…
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Plural, is by far, one of the most impressive and most interesting VC firms in Europe.
Their mission has always been to back companies that could have a genuine GDP impact in Europe.
If you look at their portfolio they really do back insanely unconventional founders building things that could have a transformational impact for the continent.
Non-obvious bets that they made a few years ago are now doing insanely well.
Across 2026 alone the portfolio has gone on to raise $3.3 billion.
Some of the highlights include:
- @HelsingAI raised $1.8bn
- @ExplorationTEC raised $450m
- @proximafusion raised $468m
- @OLIXComputing raised $220m
- @CallosumAI raised $100m
- @Rivanindustries raised $34m
These companies are leading the way in European defence, space exploration, nuclear fusion, chip design etc... industries which most investors weren't looking at a few years ago but have since become mainstream.
The team have a remarkable knack for predicting future trends.
NICE
@pluralplatform team is made of @soundboy, @seikatsu, @taavet, @carinanamih, @KHelioui, @pierre_dimitri
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Today we're announcing our $100m seed round to change how humanity computes 🚀
AI must be far cheaper, faster and more performant than it is today. Co-evolving heterogeneous compute and intelligence is how we do it.
With our round, today we are announcing global partnerships, new technical advances, and the launch of Tailored Inference to optimise tasks, models and hardware simultaneously.
A future of heterogeneous intelligence, built on principles we see in nature, is coming fast. And we're just getting started!
Today we announce our $100M seed round to redefine how humanity computes in AI's next chapter.
The future of compute and AI is heterogeneous. Callosum is building it:
callosum.com/blog/seed-round
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1/ Very happy to share that @pluralplatform has doubled down on @CallosumAI as part of its $100M Seed round, led by @Atomico with participation from @DCVC and @UKSovereignAI - one of the largest seed rounds ever raised in Europe.
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Europe wastes around 72 TWh of renewable electricity every year - equivalent to Austria’s annual electricity needs.
This is because we are unable to store wind and solar energy effectively.
However, a European startup now built a battery that can store renewable energy for up to 100 hours, and it has just raised a $43m Series A to roll it out.
The round has been led by @pluralplatform (@soundboy) and @HV_Capital.
The startup - Ore energy, has already signed a 1GWh deal with Budget Thuis, a challenger Dutch-based energy and telecoms utility supplier.
Its pilot projects with EDF have already demonstrated how its technology performs in real-world utility settings.
This could be GAME CHANGING for the European energy market.
Not only is a huge amount of electricity wasted because of our inability to store renewable energy but it is a frequent reason used against investing in more renewables.
Hopefully this will change that.
CONGRATS ALL
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1/ Europe throws away enough renewable electricity every year to power a country the size of Austria. We therefore spend billions every year shutting off cheap, clean power, then pay to burn gas that fills the gap. That's why @pluralplatform is backing Ore Energy.
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The increasing gap between compute and interconnect is the investment thesis behind Oriole Networks. Recommend @LawrenceLundy's excellent blog!
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Monumental’s robots have now built the brickwork for a 100 (!) homes, a school, a hotel, a community center, and hundreds of meters of Amsterdam's canal walls. Our pace is compounding: half of everything we've ever delivered went up in the last three months (!!!)
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See our robots in action and join us: monumental.co
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Today, we’re announcing an oversubscribed $32 million round at @BuildMonumental led by @khoslaventures, with participation from @pluralplatform and @HummingbirdVC.