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Raj Khaira and the things we learn to question
A classroom debate, a box of pink sweets, a shelf of children’s books. Before and during her years building AutogenAI, Raj Khaira kept finding practical ways to challenge the stories people inherit.
GovData
GovData is a Warrington-based public sector procurement consultancy that helps UK businesses - especially SMEs - win and manage places on government frameworks and contracts. Its team of bid strategists finds the right frameworks, builds winning strategies, and manages bids from conception to submission across pillars including IT, professional services, people and buildings. GovData reports a 97% framework success rate and says it has helped clients access more than £120 billion in government contract value, drawing on over 30 years of combined experience working inside and alongside bodies such as Crown Commercial Service and NHS Shared Business Services.
Sean Williams
Sean Williams is the British founder and CEO of AutogenAI, a generative-AI platform that drafts winning bids and proposals up to eight times faster than humans. A Cambridge philosophy graduate who studied logic and feminist philosophy, he spent a decade designing large-scale public employment programs before building and selling the training company Corndel for a reported 47 million pounds. He launched AutogenAI in late 2021, shipped its first product in September 2022, and raised more than 60 million dollars across Series A and B rounds backed by Salesforce Ventures, Spark Capital and Blossom Capital. Off the clock he is a serious open-level backgammon player and a collector of rare guitars.
AutogenAI
AutogenAI builds custom AI language engines that help enterprises and government bodies write bids, tenders, proposals and grant applications faster and more persuasively. Founded in late 2021 by former bid writer Sean Williams, the company applies generative natural-language technology to a slow, manual process, claiming roughly 30% higher win rates and up to 85% lower writing costs for clients. Backed by Salesforce Ventures, Spark Capital and Blossom Capital, it has raised $65.3M and serves Fortune 500 companies, consultancies, construction firms, government agencies and nonprofits from offices in New York, London and Brisbane.