--- title: Luffy AI raises £8.1M to put self-tuning AI inside the... description: Luffy AI, a UK startup spun out of the Culham nuclear research campus, has raised £8.1M in a Series A led by BGF. The company builds sparse neural networks... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/luffy-ai-raises-8-1m-to-put-self-tuning-ai-inside-the-world-s-electric-motors-h5jahjqy5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Luffy AI raises £8.1M to put self-tuning AI inside the world’s electric motors | daily.dev og:description: Luffy AI, a UK startup spun out of the Culham nuclear research campus, has raised £8.1M in a Series A led by BGF. The company builds sparse neural networks... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/luffy-ai-raises-8-1m-to-put-self-tuning-ai-inside-the-world-s-electric-motors-h5jahjqy5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/h5JAhJQY5.png og:image:alt: Luffy AI raises £8.1M to put self-tuning AI inside the world’s electric motors og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Luffy AI raises £8.1M to put self-tuning AI inside the world’s electric motors **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Luffy AI, a UK startup spun out of the Culham nuclear research campus, has raised £8.1M in a Series A led by BGF. The company builds sparse neural networks trained in simulation that self-tune in real time on edge hardware — no cloud connectivity required. Its first application is electric motor control for industrial pumps, fans, and conveyors, targeting the roughly half of global electricity consumed by motors. The approach claims up to 400x efficiency over traditional deep learning, enabling plug-and-play adaptive motor control without specialist engineers on site. Future targets include robotics, drones, and thermal process control. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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