# David King

> David King is the London-based co-founder and co-CEO of Artificial Labs, which builds digital broking and underwriting technology for specialty and commercial insurance. He co-founded the business with Johnny Bridges in 2013 after work in digital media, insurance and software services, and has helped develop its partnerships and international expansion.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Artificial Labs
- **Organizations:** Artificial Labs, Data Stripes, Sure Insurance Services, Carat, British Army
- **Education:** Industrial Economics, Nottingham University Business School, Scale Up Programme (executive programme), Cambridge Judge Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded Artificial Labs with Johnny Bridges in 2013., Helped develop commercial relationships supporting digital broking and underwriting, including work with Apollo, Lockton and PPL., Artificial raised a $45 million Series B in February 2026.

## Career timeline

- **2005** — Graduated from Nottingham University Business School with a degree in Industrial Economics.
- **Before 2009** — Worked as a digital planner at Carat.
- **2009** — Became a director at Sure Insurance Services.
- **2011** — Founded digital services business Data Stripes.
- **2013** — Data Stripes joined with Johnny Bridges’ ConceptMill to form Artificial Labs.
- **2016** — Artificial concentrated on insurance.
- **2021** — Publicly interviewed as co-founder and chief commercial officer of Artificial Labs.
- **2024** — As co-CEO, helped lead a business that raised an £8 million Series A+ and appointed Ed Howkins as chief growth officer.
- **2026** — Artificial raised a $45 million Series B and expanded into the US and Germany.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Artificial Labs with Johnny Bridges in 2013.
- Helped develop commercial relationships supporting digital broking and underwriting, including work with Apollo, Lockton and PPL.
- Artificial raised a $45 million Series B in February 2026.
- Artificial was included in the 2026 CB Insights Insurtech 50.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Spoke at Artificial’s 14 October client and partner event, introducing its new brand and thanking early supporters.
- **2026-09** — Artificial named to CB Insights’ 2026 Insurtech 50; its Apollo Smart Follow collaboration won Smart-Follow Initiative of the Year at Insurance Insider Honours.
- **2026-06** — Artificial appointed Christopher Lohmann as Head of Europe, based in Germany.
- **2026-05** — Artificial appointed Eric Joost as President leading US expansion.
- **2026-02** — Artificial announced a $45 million Series B led by CommerzVentures.

## Links

- Website: https://artificial.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/malarkeyking/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/malarkeyking

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Last updated: 2026-10-21