# Polaris Group | Where value is moving in applied AI

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# Where value is moving in applied AI

Polaris Group focuses on where value is moving in applied AI, carefully selects start ups for private angel investment and convenes the private and public sectors through the Polaris Council.

[Read the thesis](/theses/investing-in-the-harness/) [Polaris Fund](/fund/) 

Founded by [Marc Taverner](https://marctaverner.com/). London, working globally.

## The theses

* The investment thesis  
### [Investing in the Harness](/theses/investing-in-the-harness/)  
The model is not the asset. The durable value sits in the harness around it: the governance, evaluation and identity a business can prove to a regulator or an auditor. Own the harness, not the weights. Sell to an obligation, not a preference.
* The essay behind the public and private work  
### [Agents of Sovereignty](/theses/agents-of-sovereignty/)  
Who keeps the value when AI changes knowledge work. Sovereignty means what you can authorise, refuse, inspect and take with you, for people, for companies and for states.

## What we look for

* Own the harness, not the weights.
* Sell to an obligation, not a preference.
* Neutrality is the product.
* Proof is the product.
* Europe is the long dated opportunity.

Polaris selects a small number of start ups for private angel investment. If you are building in this territory,[tell us what you are working on](/fund/).

## The Polaris Council

The Council brings the private and public sectors into the same room to work through what applied AI means for people, companies and governments.

It convened on St George's Day, 23 April 2026, at Speaker's House, Westminster.

[About the Council](/council/)