
Unitary automates high-volume customer and back-office operations by combining AI with human oversight to deliver human-level accuracy and immediate cost savings. It deploys AI-powered Virtual Agents…

Unitary automates high-volume customer and back-office operations by combining AI with human oversight to deliver human-level accuracy and immediate cost savings. It deploys AI-powered Virtual Agents…
What they do: AI-powered Virtual Agents that automate customer and back-office workflows and content moderation inside customers' existing tools
Founders: Sasha Haco (CEO) and James Thewlis (Co‑founder & Chief Scientist)
Founded: 2019
Funding highlights: Seed (≈£1.35M, 2020) and $15M Series A (Oct 2023); reported total funding ≈ $24–25M
Customers / focus: Marketplaces, social platforms, dating platforms, and insurance
Operations automation and content moderation for enterprises (marketplaces, social/dating platforms, insurers).
2019
Software Development
£1.35M
Seed round reported March 2020
USD 15,000,000
Series A announced October 2023 with participation from Paladin Capital Group and Plural
“Creandum led Series A; investors include Paladin Capital Group, Plural, Entrepreneurs First and a mix of institutional and angel backers”
The Company We are a rapidly growing startup developing solutions that blend human expertise and AI agents to handle manual customer and marketplace operations tasks. Our unique approach combines the strengths of human expertise (high accuracy and nuanced decision-making) with the advantages of AI automation (speed and cost efficiency). This cutting-edge technology helps businesses solve real-world challenges in trust & safety and beyond without complex technical integration. We believe in an online world free from harm, where we can trust AI to make safe and fair decisions.
We have raised about $25M in VC funding from top tier funds including Creandum and Plural, and operate at significant scale - analysing millions of daily images and videos. But we are just at the beginning of our journey - and we are very excited about our plans for growth over the coming year and beyond!
We are now looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to build and deliver innovative AI products to our customers. Your software expertise and machine learning knowledge will help transform our customers' manual processes into AI automated solutions.
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Your mission will be to ensure our customers receive the most effective AI solutions for their specific needs. You will apply your technical and analytical skills to understand customer challenges and collaborate with them to leverage our AI in the automation of their work. Initially, you will provide hands-on support for our machine learning models as they come to market but then will gradually develop self-service tools that empower customers to achieve value independently.
As part of this role, you will:
Requirements We are looking for someone who is as excited about Unitary's mission as we are, who wants to have a large impact at an early-stage startup, and be a key part of defining Unitary's future as one of our early employees. We need versatile people who are happy to get stuck into whatever needs doing, and are ready to learn and grow with the company.
For this particular role, we need a proactive Machine Learning Engineer who is comfortable engaging with customers and exploring and presenting new ideas. Strong communication skills are essential, as you'll lead technical deliveries and bring others along on the journey. You embrace a product mindset in everything you do and should demonstrate a genuine curiosity for solving current and future customer challenges.
We would love to hear from you if you:
It would be even better, but not essential, if you have:
Benefits The team Unitary is a remote-first team of c. 20 people spread across Europe and North America who are fiercely passionate about making the internet a safer place, and deeply motivated to become a force for good. We have an ambition to create a company filled with happy, kind and collaborative people who achieve extraordinary things together. Our culture is built around the power of trust, transparency and self-leadership.
Working at Unitary We are committed to creating a positive and inclusive culture built on genuine interest for each other's well-being. We offer progressive and market-leading benefits, including: