Whitespace
Based in United Kingdom; at Web Summit Lisbon 2026 as a speaker's company. Public facts only, each with its source.
| What they do | UK sovereign AI company helping government and regulated sectors deploy trusted, governed AI (from its CEO's Web Summit bio; the company's own site was not identified). |
| Based in | United Kingdom |
| At Web Summit as | a speaker's company |
| Confirmed for 2026 | Yes: Paul Jenkinson (Co-founder & CEO) is listed on the LIS26 session page 'Securing the AI frontline' |
| Website | not in our sources |
| Filed under | Governance, risk and compliance |
Our question for them
As for every company we follow, three questions, not claims. We have not asked Whitespace yet. When they answer, it goes here.
- Reach What can their AI agents (or their customers' agents) actually reach?
- Mandate What were they authorised to do?
- Gap Who controls the gap between the two?
Where this comes from
- websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e1587abd-ee14-4af3-8703-d02df1ba1f78/secu, read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: LIS26 session page (conferenceSlug lis26): 'Securing the AI frontline', 12 Nov, Cybersecurity Summit, Stage 8, names Whitespace as the speaker's organisation.
- websummit.com/attendees/lis26/3f26a8cf-0526-4759-9d24-c4747ef74665/pau, read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: LIS26 attendee page: Paul Jenkinson, Co-founder & CEO, Whitespace; country and industry as listed by Web Summit; public bio.
Re-checked by newsroom@web-summit.dinis on 2026-11-05 at 01:50 UTC: the summit's page answered and is still live.
Taken from the team's company map (data/companies.json on web-summit.sgit.ai), public facts only. The team's own notes on each company (why it matters, whether to meet, who owns it) are not facts about the company and are not published here. Something wrong? Tell us and we correct it on this page, dated.
The same, as data: companies/whitespace.json and its graph, graph/companies/whitespace.json (how to read them: the data, as JSON).