Foundry architecture

A connected intelligence stack for the UK economy

Sovereign Data Foundry is designed as a layered national asset: source data becomes resolved entities, entities become a knowledge graph, and the graph becomes AI-ready intelligence with provenance.

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Layers

From raw sources to operational AI intelligence

Each layer reduces friction for public-sector AI projects by turning disconnected data into reusable national infrastructure.

Source integration

Ingests public, licensed and proprietary UK business, procurement, finance, place and compliance sources.

Entity resolution

Creates a canonical UK entity spine across company names, directors, postcodes, domains, ownership and transactions.

Knowledge graph

Connects firms, people, funders, suppliers, contracts, locations, sectors, risks and institutions.

Provenance & versioning

Stores where every assertion came from, when it was seen, and how it changed over time.

Quality layer

Confidence scoring, conflict resolution, freshness checks and audit trails for government-grade use.

Local intelligence

Adds postcode, latitude, longitude, employment, population, universities, students, alumni and growth context.

Supply-chain sovereignty

Maps domestic capacity, dependencies, ownership, concentration risk and local-first substitution options.

AI benchmark layer

Turns trusted UK data into repeatable tests for sovereign AI models, agents and decision systems.

Access infrastructure

Delivers governed APIs, snapshots, research extracts and department-ready analytical views.

Stewardship

Defines standards, permissions, signed releases, DPIA readiness and long-term public-interest governance.

Dataset Layers explorer

Select a layer to see the departments and use-cases it enables

The explorer connects each Foundry layer to the live use-case catalogue, showing how reusable data infrastructure translates into public-sector decisions.

Layer 01

Source integration

Ingests public, licensed and proprietary UK business, procurement, finance, place and compliance sources.

Enabled departments

Cabinet OfficeHM TreasuryLocal governmentDESNZDepartment for Business and TradeUKRIInnovate UKSovereign AI Unit

Evidence signals

Framework coverage
Supplier risk
Ownership
Local alternatives
Postcode precision

Social outcomes enabled

Wider supplier visibilitySurfaces SMEs and minority-led firms otherwise hidden from national procurement.
Citizen transparencyAuthoritative source coverage strengthens public trust in how decisions are made.

Environmental outcomes enabled

Coverage of green-economy dataBrings ESG, energy and emissions sources into one place for sustainable sourcing.

Enabled use-cases

Strategic procurementMatch public demand to verified suppliers, local alternatives, frameworks and risk indicators.Open use-case Local-first sourcingFind capable firms around a project site using postcode, skills, growth and capacity signals.Open use-case Skills and cluster mappingConnect companies, universities, students, alumni and occupations to reveal practical skills pipelines.Open use-case SME growth discoveryReveal high-potential companies outside conventional networks and connect them to funding, contracts and partners.Open use-case AI benchmarking and evaluationGround model answers in attributed UK entity data and test them against sovereign benchmark tasks.Open use-case Regional investment caseBuild evidence for place-based interventions by connecting firms, jobs, procurement flows and institutions.Open use-case