Valent

Valent is a London-based artificial intelligence company building tools to predict, detect, and counter disinformation and other information environment threats. Founded in 2020, the company has developed Ariadne — a multi-agent AI system that maps how bad actors seek to manipulate information flows, identifies patterns of inauthentic behaviour, and provides users with actionable response options.

The problem Valent addresses has grown substantially in scale and sophistication. Organisations historically relied on communications and marketing software to monitor narratives online, but tools designed for consumer engagement were never built to contend with coordinated state actors or bot-driven influence operations. Traditional software identifies what is being said; Ariadne is designed to identify how information is being weaponised — distinguishing authentic from inauthentic behaviour at scale and providing recommended responses rather than simply flagging content.

Valent’s current customer base spans financial institutions concerned about stock market manipulation and government clients worried about hostile state interference in public discourse. The company’s approach distinguishes between disinformation as individual false content and the broader manipulation of information flows — focusing on the infrastructure of influence operations rather than fact-checking individual claims. This framework positions Ariadne as a proactive tool for institutional resilience rather than a reactive one.

Valent was founded by Amil Khan, a former Reuters foreign correspondent and BBC investigative journalist who subsequently served as a Senior Advisor to the UK Government’s Stabilisation Unit, and Faisal Ansari, a former Director at HSBC with a background in M&A and strategy. The company raised £1.1 million in January 2026, led by the Bayes Entrepreneurship Fund, with angel participation including Carsten Kraus, German Angel Investor of the Year 2024.