Evidence-backed European AI register
Aveni
Reviewed identity, roles, model listings, pricing and evidence for Aveni.
Dataset compiled 2026-08-27 · evidence over inference
Reviewed identity
- Headquarters scope
- European non-EU headquarters
- Headquarters record
- Edinburgh
- Legal entity
- Ltd (UK private limited company); University of Edinburgh-linked
- Ownership
- VC-backed private, with strategic bank investors
- Founded
- 2018
- Confidence
- medium
- Last verified
- 2026-08-22
Evidence boundaries
Organisation listings identify a reviewed canonical record. Model listings show an association in the source register; they do not by themselves establish model creation, current API availability, hosting location or infrastructure ownership.
Model listings
- FinLLM
- Type
- text
- Parameters
- unknown
- Context
- unknown
- Languages
- English (UK financial services domain)
- Licence
- proprietary
- Release
- 2025-05-19
Profile note
The UK's first domain-specific LLM for financial services, co-created with Lloyds Banking Group and Nationwide (both also investors) over six months in Aveni Labs, released 19 May 2025. Notable for the directory because it is a rare European vertical foundation model built with, and governed for, a regulated sector — designed against FCA guidance and the EU AI Act simultaneously. Raised a further £12M in June 2026 to extend into consumer agentic AI. Parameter count, base model and context window are all unpublished. No public pricing.
Record sources
- https://aveni.ai/blog/introducing-finllm/
- https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/media/press-releases/2025/lloyds-banking-group-2025/uk-first-gen-ai-financ…
- https://aveni.ai/blog/aveni-extends-market-leading-wealth-and-compliance-platform-into-consumer-agentic-ai-fo…
- https://www.scottishfinancialnews.com/articles/aveni-launches-uk-focused-financial-services-ai-model-with-bac…
- https://aveni.ai/