Ripjar, a startup founded by former employees from Britain’s intelligence agency, has received £28m to build artificial intelligence that detects financial crime.
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September 24, 2020
British spies raise £28m for new startup
Ripjar have developed an AI platform to help detect financial crime — and it's not the first time intelligence workers have moved into private tech.
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