TransHumanity, a spinout from Loughborough University, has secured approximately £400,000 in pre-seed investment. The round was led by SFC Capital, the UK's most active seed-stage investor, with additional investment from Silicon Valley-based Plug and Play.
TransHumanity's vision is to empower faster, smarter human decisions by transforming data into accessible intelligence using large language model based agentic AI. Its first product, AptIq, is designed to help transport authorities quickly analyse data and models, turning days of analysis into seconds. By simply asking questions in plain English, users can gain instant insights to support key initiatives like congestion reduction, road safety, creation of business cases and net-zero targets.
Developed from rigorous research by Dr Haitao He, a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow in Transport AI at Loughborough University, AptIq, previously known as TraffEase, has already garnered significant recognition. The technology was named a Top 10 finalist for the 2024 Manchester Prize for AI innovation and was recently highlighted as one of the Top 40 UK tech start-ups at London Tech Week by the UK Department for Business and Trade.
AptIq is currently in a test deployment with Nottingham City Council and Transport for Greater Manchester, with plans to expand to other city, regional, and national authorities across the UK within the next 12 months. With a product roadmap that includes diverse data sources, advanced analytics and giving the user full control over the AI tool when required, interest from the transport sector is already high.
