Newcastle-based Rightbrain AI has raised £3m to help SMEs and mid-market firms overcome the barriers preventing them from deploying AI.
The platform helps B2B services businesses, such as marketing agencies, recruitment firms and professional services firms, build and deploy AI agents without the overhead of full-scale digital transformation.
Rightbrain acts as a software bridge, enabling access to AI models like OpenAI, Anthropic and Google within their existing combination of tools, such as CRMs or Google Workspace.
The investment round was led by Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II (NPIFII) – PXN Equity Finance, which provide investments in the NPIF II area with a primary focus on the North West regions of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.
Existing investors Salica and NYDIG also participated, alongside four new angel investors.
Rightbrain will use the funding to make strategic hires that will support customer demand and scale the partner programme in the UK and internationally. The business will also deploy its own tool to identify, qualify and convert new customers.
“Businesses are under pressure to adopt AI, but many are finding that the real challenge isn’t accessing the technology but actually deploying it safely and effectively,” says Peter Cheyne, co-founder at Rightbrain AI.
“We’re helping traditional B2B services evolve into AI-native businesses by embedding agents into their core workflows. This removes friction, giving teams a single platform to build, deploy and govern intelligent tools without needing to rebuild their infrastructure or hire specialist developers.”
