Faculty co-founder

Angie Ma and the story of Faculty

She co-founded Faculty in 2014 and started the Fellowship that gave the company its first talent.

Angie Ma is a co-founder of Faculty, the London applied AI company. She founded it in 2014 with Marc Warner and Andy Brookes. Ma has a PhD in physics and applied optics from University College London.

Faculty did not start as an AI company. It launched as the Advanced Skills Initiative, a two-month fellowship that helped PhD graduates get the commercial experience employers wanted. Ma started the Fellowship, which now has more than 250 alumni.

The company raised £1.5m in 2016 from LocalGlobe and £30m from Apax Digital in 2021. It was renamed Faculty in 2019. During 2020 it did data work for the NHS and the UK government.

In January 2026 Faculty agreed to be acquired by Accenture. Faculty has faced scrutiny over its work for Vote Leave in 2016. It has said it stopped political work in 2019.

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What is Angie Ma's role at Faculty?

Angie Ma co-founded Faculty in 2014 with Marc Warner and Andy Brookes. The company was first called the Advanced Skills Initiative, then ASI Data Science, and became Faculty in 2019.

What did Angie Ma study?

Ma has a PhD in physics and applied optics from University College London.

How did Faculty start?

Faculty began in 2014 as a fellowship that helped PhD graduates gain commercial experience as data scientists. Ma started the Fellowship programme, which has more than 250 alumni.