Company details

HEADCOUNT

25-99

ORG TYPE

Startup

SECTOR

Technology & Digital

WEBSITE

https://www.unlikely.ai

About the company

UnlikelyAI builds AI for decisions that are too high-stakes to get wrong, with a product pitch focused on accuracy, explainability, and trust. The company talks publicly about a “neuro-symbolic” approach that blends language models with more structured reasoning methods. UnlikelyAI markets solutions into regulated workflows across accounting, financial services, and insurance. UnlikelyAI also says the company raised a $20m seed round and plans to grow the team as the product scales.

Locations and presence

UnlikelyAI is London-based, with an office near Holborn and a hybrid model that includes one day a week in the office. The company says UnlikelyAI hires internationally and supports UK Skilled Worker visa sponsorship and relocation.

Palpable Score

62.0

/ 100

UnlikelyAI looks candidate-friendly for early-career applicants on process and support, with a clearly explained hiring flow, feedback intent, and a real benefits package. The main constraint is volume and level: the publicly visible roles skew senior, so graduates have fewer “first job” entry points than at startups that repeatedly hire 0–2 year roles.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

7.0

/ 20

The company’s publicly listed openings include roles like Principal Product Manager, which are not accessible to most new grads.
UnlikelyAI advertises a Customer Success and Sales Executive role that appears under “entry level” on LinkedIn, giving at least one non-technical entry route.
The company does not show recurring “Junior”, “Associate”, internship, or 0–2 years engineering/applied science roles in the current visible job mix.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

17.0

/ 20

The company publishes a four-stage process (recruiter screen, take-home challenge, technical full loop, final chat) so candidates know what they’re signing up for.
UnlikelyAI says successful applicants receive a preparation email outlining each stage, which reduces guesswork for early-career candidates.
The company states an aim to provide interview feedback to all candidates, but does not publish time expectations for the take-home task or salary ranges in the public materials.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

15.0

/ 20

The company states UnlikelyAI runs regular knowledge-sharing sessions and supports continuous learning as part of written culture.
UnlikelyAI lists a dedicated L&D budget and also describes reading groups and encouragement to attend industry events.
The company includes a founder final-stage chat and highlights close interaction with senior technical leaders, but does not publish a structured onboarding plan or early-career progression framework.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

13.0

/ 20

The company offers 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and the option to purchase additional days, which is a strong stability signal for a startup.
UnlikelyAI lists an EMI share option scheme, private medical insurance, pension, and enhanced parental or maternity leave.
The company does not publish salary bands or leveling guidance, so pay fairness is harder to judge upfront for early-career applicants.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

10.0

/ 20

The company publishes employee testimonials that include multi-year tenure (for example, a software engineer describing over two and a half years at UnlikelyAI).
UnlikelyAI’s team spotlights describe people joining and quickly making visible impact (for example, a front-end-focused engineer highlighted as joining three months prior and shipping initiatives).
The company has limited public, measurable early-career outcome data like promotion timelines, intern-to-full-time conversion, or repeat junior hiring over time, which caps confidence in progression outcomes.