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UK GCHQ Selects Indian Company As One of First Seven Startups To Join Cyber Accelerator

Thursday, January 26th, 2017

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UK GCHQ Selects Indian Company As One of First Seven Startups To Join Cyber Accelerator

GCHQ at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.

The United Kingdom (UK) GCHQ selected Spherical Defence, an artificial intelligence (AI) security company started in Pune, India as one of the first seven tech startups to join the agency’s Cyber Accelerator, the company said on Thursday.The GCHQ is a UK government intelligence agency focusing on cyber and signals intelligence, akin to the United States National Security Agency.The accelerator is a collaboration between the GCHQ; the Department of Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS); and corporate accelerator Wayra UK. The program…

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