UK-based AI startup Builder.ai is entering insolvency proceedings months after replacing its CEO and restating financial accounts, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
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May 20, 2025
Microsoft-backed AI startup Builder.ai enters insolvency proceedings
The FT reports that the once-hyped AI company plans to appoint an administrator
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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