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title: "Newsroom — Aventail™"
url: https://aventail.co.uk/newsroom
description: "Company news, product announcements and press releases from Aventail™."
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Locai is now Aventail™ Learn about the rebrand: https://aventail.co.uk/newsroom/locai-rebrands-as-aventail

# Newsroom

Company news, product announcements and press releases from Aventail™.

2 November 2026In the press

## Cardiff AI start-up secures Welsh Government funding for data security technology

Nation.Cymru reports on Aventail™ 's Welsh Government SMART Flexible Innovation Support funding to develop data security technology for businesses using AI.
https://aventail.co.uk/newsroom/nation-cymru-cardiff-ai-start-up-welsh-government-funding

2 November 2026In the press

## Cardiff AI start-up backed by Welsh Government funding - “AI is going to become fundamental to how organisations operate”

Insider Media reports on Welsh Government funding for Aventail™ ’s AI security and governance technology through the SMART Flexible Innovation Support programme.
https://aventail.co.uk/newsroom/insider-media-cardiff-ai-start-up-welsh-government-funding

22 October 2026Press release

## Aventail™ helps shape Project SAIL’s roadmap for the UK’s sovereign AI future

Joseph Ward contributed to the policy discussions informing Mobilising the Nation, a new report calling for coordinated action on AI infrastructure, sovereignty and adoption.
https://aventail.co.uk/newsroom/aventail-project-sail-sovereign-ai

12 October 2026In the press

## Taking control of AI with Aventail™

Eve Goode interviews Aventail™ 's CEO Joseph Ward for Security Journal UK about external AI dependency and organisational control.
https://aventail.co.uk/newsroom/security-journal-uk-taking-control-of-ai

5 October 2026Press release

## Locai rebrands as Aventail™ to give businesses control over their AI inference

The company relaunches in October with a platform that gives businesses control over AI inference
https://aventail.co.uk/newsroom/locai-rebrands-as-aventail

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