What Analytics Engines does

Analytics Engines is a Belfast-based AI and data consultancy founded in 2008, serving UK and Irish public-sector bodies, healthcare organisations, and regulated enterprises. It operates a hybrid model combining professional services (data science, data engineering, AI strategy, delivery enablement) with a portfolio of proprietary products including Panoramic AI, the COBALT suite (BSafe, Rates Revenue, Grant Manager), WOW, PERSPECTIVE, PRECISION, PipelineArchitect, ORP, Xamine and NDVR. The firm's stated technical stack spans generative AI built on third-party LLMs (GPT-4-turbo, Claude, Llama), retrieval-augmented generation, autonomous agents, computer vision for document classification, knowledge graphs and predictive analytics.

The commercial model is project-based consulting supplemented by licensed modules, sold primarily through direct enterprise engagement and via UK public-sector procurement frameworks (G-Cloud 14, Spark DPS, Digital Outcomes 6). Named customers span Northern Ireland departments (Invest NI, Education Authority NI, AFBI), UK and Irish councils (Belfast City Council, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Limerick), central government (Innovate UK, BEIS), healthcare (Western Health and Social Care Trust), and regulated enterprises (Almac Group, Dale Farm, National Gallery London, Coriolis Technologies). The firm also operates the annual Big Data Belfast conference as a community and brand asset (11th edition, 800+ delegates, 300+ companies) and partners with Microsoft, Dell, PwC UK, AMD, Informatica and Timescale.

The company has raised only $1.67M (Crescent Capital, 2014) across its 17-year history, indicating a largely bootstrapped growth profile. Reported headcount is in the 11–50 range. Senior leadership includes CEO Scott Fischaber, MD Aislinn Rice, Co-founder/CSO Professor Roger Woods (Queen’s University Belfast), and Commercial Director Ciaran Duffy. Geographic reach referenced spans Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Great Britain, Australia and the United States. The firm was recognised at the 2024 Digital DNA awards and has been cited in the Gartner Hype Cycle for analytics.

Name

Analytics Engines

Legal name

Analytics Engines Limited

Website

https://analyticsengines.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Analytics Engines is a Belfast-based AI and data consultancy, founded in 2008, that delivers generative AI, data engineering and analytics products to UK and Irish public-sector bodies, healthcare organisations and regulated enterprises.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Consulting & Data Analytics

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

AI/ML Engineering & Model Development Services (BPAEAHAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Data, Analytics & AI Consulting (BPAHACAI), AI/ML Solution Integration & MLOps Enablement (BPAEAAAJ), Enterprise AI Data & Knowledge Platforms (Vector Databases, Knowledge Graphs) (HDAEANAH)

Keywords

• AI consulting services
• Data engineering
• Data science services
• LLM implementation
• AI strategy consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Belfast

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. AI Consulting and Professional Services: Analytics Engines operates as an AI consultancy providing custom development, AI strategy consulting, data science, data engineering, and delivery enablement services to help organizations transition from AI education and pilot projects to actual implementation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Analytics Engines is an AI consultancy that helps organisations transition from AI education and pilot projects to actual implementation through AI strategy, data science, data engineering, and delivery enablement services. The company builds and deploys custom and reusable AI agents, sector-specific platforms (COBALT, NDVR, WOW, PERSPECTIVE, Panoramic AI), and operates Big Data Belfast, Northern Ireland's largest AI conference.

Product overview

Analytics Engines is a Belfast-based AI consultancy founded in 2008 offering a portfolio of AI and data services and products. Their core platform is Panoramic AI, which provides data enrichment, hybrid search, and AI-processed output. The company offers specialized modules including the COBALT suite (BSafe for transport, Rates Revenue Tool for local authorities, Grant Manager), NDVR for business rates collection, WOW for fraud detection, PERSPECTIVE for analytics, PRECISION for healthcare, and PipelineArchitect for bioinformatics. Their service offerings span Data Science, Data Engineering, AI Strategy, Delivery Enablement, and TimescaleDB expertise. The company also organizes Big Data Belfast, the premier AI and tech conference in Northern Ireland. Over 60% of their projects are innovation-driven, helping organizations transition from AI education and pilot projects to actual implementation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Panoramic AI: AI platform that adds better context and deeper meaning to data through AI-enhanced search and discovery.
• COBALT
• PipelineArchitect
• NDVR
• WOW Platform

Products and services

• Panoramic AI An AI platform that adds better context and deeper meaning to data through data enrichment, hybrid search, and AI-processed output for enterprise and government clients.
• Non-Domestic Valuations Revenue (NDVR) Tool AI-powered tool that automates identification of properties that should be paying business rates, scoring likelihood of commercial operation using real-time data analysis for UK local authorities.
• WOW (Who Owns What) Platform Platform utilizing knowledge graphs and large language models to detect and prevent fraudulent activity such as money laundering and company phoenix-ing for financial investigators.
• COBALT BSafe Combined hardware and software solution using RFID-enabled devices, telematics and accelerometer data to improve safety and efficiency of local authority transport services serving school children.
• COBALT Rates Revenue Tool Tool using multiple data points and advanced analytics to identify businesses not paying rates or the correct amount, providing real-time reporting and analytics for council systems and increasing inspector efficiency by up to 250%.
• PipelineArchitect Cloud-based solution for automated data pipeline workflows enabling users to bring multiple technologies into a single tool, achieving 98% reduction in bioinformatics pipeline runtime.
• PERSPECTIVE Analytics Platform Intuitive analytics platform unifying multiple data sources within a single platform, providing insights on attendance, ticket sales, exhibition management, and visitor flow for cultural venues.
• Cobalt Grant Manager Solution utilizing text analytics to automate grant application checking and assessor matching, reducing assessment time from 4 days to minutes with 96-97% matching accuracy.
• PRECISION for Pharmacy Data-driven task management system for clinical pharmacy providing real-time performance review and increasing clinical pharmacy team capacity by 22%.
• Open Regulatory Platform (ORP) Cloud-hosted platform providing machine-readable library of UK legislation and regulation using AI and NLP to simplify interpretation and enable compliance tools for regulators.
• Reusable AI Agents Custom AI agents combining custom development with off-the-shelf capabilities, achieving approximately 40% reduction in processing time for public consultation response summarization.
• Xamine Audit Platform Automated audit platform ingesting, normalizing, processing and visualising financial accounting data using time series anomaly detection for audit offices.
• LLM Innovation Workshop Accelerated program to help organizations evaluate and implement LLM technology, identifying opportunities, risks, and use cases with a market-tested approach.
• Data Science Services Expertise in data science techniques including machine learning, predictive analytics, and advanced analytics for solving complex business problems for enterprise and public sector clients.
• Data Engineering Services Building and maintaining data infrastructure, ETL processes, and database solutions to enable effective data analysis for organisations.
• AI Strategy Consulting Consulting services to help organizations develop and implement AI roadmaps and transformation strategies.
• Delivery Enablement Services Support services to help organizations execute and deliver on their data and AI initiatives.
• Big Data Belfast Conference Northern Ireland's largest AI and tech conference, the 11th annual event bringing together over 800 delegates and 300 companies to showcase AI applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40% reduction in processing time for public consultation responses
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability12 records

Feature12 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• ICC BelfastminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 October 2025Venue partner for Big Data Belfast 2025 conference held at ICC Belfast on October 22nd, Northern Ireland's largest AI and tech event
• PwC UKcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 October 2025PwC UK's Data & AI practice speakers presenting at Big Data Belfast 2025 on AI transformation, exploring how organisations can navigate opportunities and challenges
• Allstate NIminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 October 2025Hosting Big Data Belfast breakfast events at Allstate Northern Ireland's Belfast offices, including fireside chat on digital excellence
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or Integration · 22 October 2025Microsoft featured as speaker at Big Data Belfast 2025, with Analytics Engines presenting the event
• MicrosoftcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 June 2024Joint breakfast briefing event at Microsoft Belfast offices exploring the future of AI, featuring Analytics Engines CTO and Microsoft speakers
• Dell TechnologiescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 April 2024Joint 'Bring AI to your Data' event delivered at Teeling Whiskey Company in Dublin, showcasing how organisations can implement AI solutions with Dell and Analytics Engines expertise
• Northern Ireland Software AllianceminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 21 March 2024Analytics Engines joined the Northern Ireland Software Alliance, acting as the voice of Northern Ireland's £1.7 billion software sector

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Faculty AI: UK-based applied AI consultancy offering custom AI/ML engineering and decision intelligence for enterprises and government — closely comparable to Analytics Engines' custom + off-the-shelf AI consultancy model and UK public-sector focus.
• Peak AI: UK-headquartered AI company combining decision intelligence software with services for retail, manufacturing, and public sector — a comparable AI-services-and-product hybrid serving enterprise/government customers.
• Datatonic: London-based AI and data analytics consultancy delivering ML engineering, data platforms, and applied AI to enterprises — directly comparable on services, customer mix, and UK-headquartered positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Cambridge Consultants: UK-based technology and innovation consultancy with applied AI capabilities across sectors including healthcare, transport, and government — overlaps with Analytics Engines' sector breadth and custom AI engineering.
• Accenture Applied Intelligence: Global SI's AI and data practice delivering large-scale AI consulting and implementations to enterprise and public-sector clients — competes for the same UK government AI engagements from a vastly deeper bench.
• Capgemini Invent: Capgemini's digital innovation arm offering data, analytics, and AI consulting across industries — a major UK and European competitor on enterprise and public-sector AI transformations.
• Thoughtworks: Global technology consultancy with a deep data, AI, and engineering practice serving enterprise and public-sector clients — comparable custom delivery model but at much larger scale.
• Cognizant AI & Analytics: Global IT services firm with substantial AI consulting and data engineering practices serving financial services, healthcare, and public sector — competes for similar enterprise AI mandates.

Emerging players

• Mind Foundry: Oxford-based AI platform company focused on trusted AI for high-stakes sectors — comparable as a UK-headquartered AI specialist serving regulated industries, though product-platform rather than services-led.
• Diffblue: UK-headquartered AI company applying AI to software engineering — comparable as a UK AI specialist with strong enterprise/government DNA, though focused on code generation rather than broader AI consulting.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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