# Barclays names Fractile and Isomorphic Labs among Britain's top AI companies.

*genai · news · 2026-05-17 · City A.M.*

## Key points

- Barclays' Eagle Labs has launched its first AI 100 ranking of UK AI companies.
- Fractile secured $220m in funding to develop faster, cheaper AI inference chips.
- Isomorphic Labs raised $2.1bn for its AI-driven drug discovery platform, one of Europe's largest rounds.
- Some UK AI datacentre investment announcements were expansions of existing sites, not new developments.

**Companies:** Fractile, Isomorphic Labs
**Countries:** United Kingdom

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