# AI has a problem. We've fixed it logically. Literal Labs makes it possible to deploy powerful AI without GPUs, without data centres, and without sacrificing accuracy. Our training platform, ModelMill, produces Logic-Based Networks: a fundamentally different class of AI that is fast, energy-efficient, explainable, and deterministic. Today's AI is expensive, power-hungry, and difficult to trust. Deploying it at the edge — in an industrial sensor, a vehicle, a water network — demands hardware most operators don't have. And when a model does make a decision, it frequently cannot say why. In regulated industries, that is not a footnote. It is a barrier. Literal Labs was founded to solve all three problems at once. Not by optimising existing AI, but by replacing the algorithm entirely. The result is [Logic-Based Networks](https://www.literal-labs.ai/logical-ai/). Trained through [ModelMill](https://www.literal-labs.ai/modelmill/), LBNs run on any 32-bit processor without GPUs, without data centres, and without compromise on accuracy. They are fast, energy-efficient, inherently explainable, and fully deterministic. The same input always yields the same output. Spun out of Newcastle University in 2023, Literal Labs is on a mission to be the world leader in compute and energy-efficient AI. Behind Literal Labs ## Our leadership team Literal Labs brings together world-class expertise across AI research, semiconductor design, and enterprise technology. Every member of our leadership team has built, shipped, or scaled technology at the frontier of their field. And all are united by a single conviction: that AI must work for everyone and every industry, not just for those with the infrastructure to support it. If you share that conviction, explore our [careers page](https://www.literal-labs.ai/careers/). [![Noel Hurley portrait](https://www.literal-labs.ai/images/staff/noel-hurley-2026-306.webp)](https://www.literal-labs.ai/about/noel-hurley.html) [Noel Hurley](https://www.literal-labs.ai/about/noel-hurley.html) Chief Executive Officer [![Leon Fedden portrait](https://www.literal-labs.ai/images/staff/leon-fedden-2026-306.webp)](https://www.literal-labs.ai/about/leon-fedden.html) [Leon Fedden](https://www.literal-labs.ai/about/leon-fedden.html) Chief Technology Officer [![Alex Yakovlev portrait](https://www.literal-labs.ai/images/staff/alex-yakovlev-2026-306.webp)](https://www.literal-labs.ai/about/alex-yakovlev.html) [Professor Alex Yakovlev](https://www.literal-labs.ai/about/alex-yakovlev.html) Co-founder [![Rishad Shafik portrait](https://www.literal-labs.ai/images/staff/rishad-shafik-306.webp)](https://www.literal-labs.ai/about/rishad-shafik.html) [Professor Rishad Shafik](https://www.literal-labs.ai/about/rishad-shafik.html) Co-founder ![Mike Park portrait](https://www.literal-labs.ai/images/staff/mike-park-306.webp) Mike Park Chief Financial Officer ![Daniel P Dykes portrait](https://www.literal-labs.ai/images/staff/daniel-p-dykes-2026-306.webp) Daniel P Dykes Head of Product ## Our advisors & board members Behind Literal Labs stands a group of advisors and board members whose experience spans the world's leading semiconductor companies and the frontier of Tsetlin Machine research. Their guidance shapes both our technology roadmap and our commercial strategy. ![Jim Darragh portrait](https://www.literal-labs.ai/images/staff/jim-darragh-2026-306.webp) Jim Darragh Non-Executive Chairman [![Ole-Christoffer Granmo portrait](https://www.literal-labs.ai/images/staff/ole-christoffer-granmo-2026-306.webp)](https://www.literal-labs.ai/about/ole-christoffer-granmo.html) [Professor Ole-Christoffer Granmo](https://www.literal-labs.ai/about/ole-christoffer-granmo.html) Technical Steering Committee, Chair [![Jem Davies portrait](https://www.literal-labs.ai/images/staff/jem-davies-2026-306.webp)](https://www.literal-labs.ai/about/jem-davies.html) [Jem Davies](https://www.literal-labs.ai/about/jem-davies.html) Non-Executive Director [![Kelvin Harrison portrait](https://www.literal-labs.ai/images/staff/kelvin-harrison-2026-306.webp)](https://www.literal-labs.ai/about/kelvin-harrison.html) [Kelvin Harrison](https://www.literal-labs.ai/about/kelvin-harrison.html) Board Observer ![Esha Vatsa portrait](https://www.literal-labs.ai/images/staff/esha-vatsa-2026-306.webp) Esha Vatsa Partner, Mercuri ![George Mensah portrait](https://www.literal-labs.ai/images/staff/george-menash-2026-306.webp) George Mensah Principal, SVV ![Khadija Ashfaq portrait](https://www.literal-labs.ai/images/staff/khadija-ashfaq-2026-306.webp) Khadija Ashfaq Partner, Northern Gritstone ## Our supporters Building a new class of AI takes more than research. It takes [visionary backers](https://www.literal-labs.ai/news/literal-labs-funding.html) who understand what is at stake. We are grateful to the investors and collaborators whose support makes ModelMill and Logic-Based Networks possible. ![Cambridge Future Tech have invested in Literal Labs](https://www.literal-labs.ai/images/logos/cambridge-future-tech.svg) ![Mercuri has invested in Literal Labs](https://www.literal-labs.ai/images/logos/mercuri-black.svg) ![Literal Labs is supported by Newcastle University in the United Kingdom](https://www.literal-labs.ai/images/logos/newcastle-university-logo.svg) ![Literal Labs is supported by Northern Gritstone](https://www.literal-labs.ai/images/logos/northern-gritstone-logo.svg) ![SVV, formerly Sure Valley Ventures, has invested in Literal Labs](https://www.literal-labs.ai/images/logos/svv.svg) ## Additional information Literal Labs Duns / D-U-N-S number: 230470826 Companies House number: 14746541