28 Nov Tech Nation Names sees.ai a Top 25 UK Climate Tech Startup to Watch in 2026

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London, November 2025 – We are pleased to share that sees.ai has been named by Tech Nation as one of the 25 UK Climate Tech Startups to Watch in 2026, as published in the UK Climate Tech 2026 report. This flagship assessment of the state of climate innovation in the UK serves as a barometer for where investment, policy and industrial demand are heading.

A signal at an inflection point for UK climate innovation

This year’s report lands at a critical moment. Tech Nation highlights both the UK’s leadership, with a $75.3bn climate tech ecosystem and over 2,200 companies, and structural challenges slowing progress, from a 67% drop in investment since 2023 to a widening gap in support for hardware-led innovation.

Against this backdrop, the “25 to Watch” list is designed to spotlight early-stage companies with the potential to move the needle on some of the UK’s hardest problems: resilient infrastructure, clean energy systems, industrial efficiency, and the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Being selected therefore carries significance as a growing recognition that the UK’s climate transition will rely on technologies capable of delivering real-world, system-level impact, not just software-only solutions.

While hardware represents ~70% of the UK climate tech sector’s value, it is underfunded relative to its importance. Tech Nation’s inclusion of sees.ai, alongside innovations in energy systems, materials, next-gen mobility and nature infrastructure, signals an increasing acknowledgement that the transition depends on technologies embedded in the physical world, backed by AI, automation and advanced data systems.

Inclusion in this group affirms that autonomous aerial inspection is increasingly viewed as a foundational technology for decarbonising, strengthening and scaling the UK’s critical infrastructure, which are the report’s central themes.

Looking forward

Tech Nation’s analysis provides one of the clearest pictures yet of the UK climate landscape: world-class innovation, accelerating industrial need, and a policy environment with the opportunity to position the UK as a global leader.. Being named in this report marks sees.ai out as part of the cohort expected to shape the next phase of this journey.

We are grateful and thrilled to be included among such strong innovators at a moment when the UK is redefining how climate technologies will be built, deployed and scaled in the years ahead.

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