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March 24, 2025

UK unicorn Builder.ai ‘relied on on auditor with links to founder’

Builder.ai used an accountant to sign off its UK accounts who was linked to founder Sachin Dev Duggal, the Financial Times reports

Freya Pratty

2 min read

London-based AI startup Builder.ai relied on an auditor with long-standing links to its founder, reports say.

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is a senior reporter and investigations lead at Sifted. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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