Jen Lothian
Co-founder | CEO
Formerly
Octopus, Bank of America, British Army
About Onteric
Innovators shaping the future of AI for data.
With deep sector expertise, we have spent decades designing and delivering ground-breaking data and AI solutions across government and private sectors.
Deep experienceRegulated environments
Why we built Onteric
Precision needs a different kind of AI.
"AI does not work if it's not grounded in data"
We built Onteric to unlock data so that the potential of AI can be fully realised.
The team
Decades of experience across data, AI, and high-stakes systems.
Luke Hope
Co-founder | CTO
Formerly
Newcastle University, UK Parliament
Engineering, research, and operations
Staff Engineer
Formerly
Newcastle University, De La Rue PLC, Monash University, UC Berkeley
Senior Engineer
Formerly
De La Rue PLC, Sage PLC
Team Coordinator
Formerly
Octopus, Hodge
Ollie Fox
MCompResearch Engineer
Formerly
Newcastle University
Hugh Garner
PhDSenior Engineer
Formerly
National Innovation Centre for Ageing, University of Bristol
Board advisers
Experience around the table.
Charlotte Sadd
Board Adviser
CIFAS, Natwest
Sarah Williams-Gardener OBE
Board Adviser
Starling, IBM
Ben Lloyd
Board Adviser
1818 VC
Research translated into reliable systems
Academic depth. Operational experience. Serious backing.
Built by a team of PhD Data and AI experts shaped by experience inside regulated, public-sector, defence and enterprise organisations.
Founders of three UK unicorns
1818 VC
Development Bank of Wales
UK Research & Innovation funding
Trust and regulation
Built for firms that answer to a regulator
UK AI Champions programme
Backed by the UK's AI Champions programme (Frontier AI), with the aim of building the world's first fully neuro-symbolic AI agent.
NeSy 2026
Research selected for and presented at NeSy 2026, the International Conference on Neurosymbolic Learning and Reasoning.
Your data stays yours
Processed in line with UK GDPR.
Every decision on the record
Full decision traces show what triggered an action, which rules applied and what was decided, ready for audit.
"A useful answer is not enough if the basis for it cannot be reconstructed."
Company facts
The details should be as clear as the technology.
Onteric is the new name for DataWollet. Same team. Same technology. A sharper focus on explainable AI.
- Registered company
- Obon Life Ltd trading as Onteric
- Company number
- 13971920Registered in England and Wales
- FCA register
- FRN 1016894
- Regulatory basis
- Open banking under the Payment Services Regulations 2017
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