Could AI firm become Manchester's unicorn?

The boss of a Manchester-based data analytics and artificial intelligence firm believes it has the potential to become a tech unicorn. Richard Potter is the chief executive of Peak, which secured £2.5 million in a Series A funding round led by London-based venture capital firm MMC Ventures in September. The firm has since unveiled a new website and brand identity which places a stronger focus on its AI and machine learning offering. In an interview with BusinessCloud, Potter said the company's ambition is to be a global technology champion in the AI and data analytics-as-a-service space. "Specifically for what we do, we think it's a nascent market with no other operators in this space because we're offering a service powered by our own technology platform," he said.