# Chris Parsonson

> Chris Parsonson is the co-founder and CEO of Solve Intelligence, an AI platform for patent professionals that he started in 2023 after finishing a machine learning PhD at UCL. He built the company alongside his brother Angus and fellow UCL researcher Sanj Ahilan, ran it profitably to $10M+ in revenue with a single salesperson, and raised over $55M from Thomson Reuters, Microsoft, Y Combinator and 20VC. His work turns deep optimisation research into software that drafts and analyses patents for 400+ IP teams across six continents.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Solve Intelligence
- **Organizations:** Solve Intelligence, University College London, The Alan Turing Institute, InstaDeep, Dyson, Conception X, Y Combinator
- **Nationality:** British
- **Education:** PhD, Machine Learning / Communication Networks, AI and Optimisation, University College London (UCL), MRes, University of Cambridge, MEng, Imperial College London
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled Solve Intelligence to 400+ IP teams across six continents, Grew the company to $10M+ in annual revenue with a single sales representative while staying profitable, Raised over $55M from Thomson Reuters, Microsoft, Y Combinator, 20VC, Operator Collective and Visionaries Club

## Career timeline

- **pre-2023** — Research and engineering roles at Dyson, The Alan Turing Institute, and InstaDeep (acquired by BioNTech)
- **2023** — Completes machine learning PhD at UCL; co-founds Solve Intelligence with brother Angus Parsonson and Sanj Ahilan
- **2023** — Solve Intelligence joins Y Combinator's Summer 2023 batch
- **2025-04** — Raises $12M Series A from 20VC, Microsoft, Thomson Reuters and Y Combinator
- **2025-12** — Raises $40M Series B; total funding passes $55M; launches 'Charts' IP analysis product

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled Solve Intelligence to 400+ IP teams across six continents
- Grew the company to $10M+ in annual revenue with a single sales representative while staying profitable
- Raised over $55M from Thomson Reuters, Microsoft, Y Combinator, 20VC, Operator Collective and Visionaries Club
- PhD research published at top venues including AAAI, NeurIPS, ICML, JLT and OFC
- Award-winning machine learning researcher and peer reviewer with 10+ publications
- Built open-source benchmarking tools for combinatorial optimisation and optical networks

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Closed a $40M Series B, bringing total funding past $55M, and launched 'Charts', a high-volume IP analysis tool.
- **2025-04** — Announced a $12M Series A with Microsoft and Thomson Reuters joining alongside 20VC and Y Combinator.

## Links

- Website: https://cwfparsonson.github.io/
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-parsonson
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/chrisparsonson
- GitHub: https://github.com/cwfparsonson

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Last updated: 2026-06-14