Entrepreneur UK’s London 100: TurinTech

TurinTech’s AI platform turns generated code into scalable, production-ready software—bridging research and real-world impact

By Patricia Cullen | Jun 05, 2025
TurinTech
TurinTech co- founder, Leslie Kanthan

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Industry: Artificial Intelligence
TurinTech is a deep-tech startup revolutionising code optimisation and validation with AI.

Founded in 2018 by Leslie Kanthan, Mike Basios, and Fan Wu, the company grew from research roots at University College London, where the trio explored real-world uses for machine learning – bridging the gap between academia and industry.

Their flagship platform, Artemis, transforms AI-generated code into scalable, production-ready software, tackling major issues like technical debt.

It’s the first AI system to combine proprietary Agentic AI with Evolutionary Algorithms in a fully automated workflow, seamlessly integrating with existing dev tools to make coding faster, smarter, and future-ready.

Industry: Artificial Intelligence
TurinTech is a deep-tech startup revolutionising code optimisation and validation with AI.

Founded in 2018 by Leslie Kanthan, Mike Basios, and Fan Wu, the company grew from research roots at University College London, where the trio explored real-world uses for machine learning – bridging the gap between academia and industry.

Their flagship platform, Artemis, transforms AI-generated code into scalable, production-ready software, tackling major issues like technical debt.

It’s the first AI system to combine proprietary Agentic AI with Evolutionary Algorithms in a fully automated workflow, seamlessly integrating with existing dev tools to make coding faster, smarter, and future-ready.

Patricia Cullen

Entrepreneur Staff

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