Why Bidx.ai?
Not because the money isn’t there. Because the system was never built for founders. Applications are slow, complex, and full of hidden scoring criteria. One weak answer can quietly kill an otherwise fundable business. Meanwhile, competitors secure funding, hire faster, build faster, and scale faster.
We built BidX to change that. BidX is a funding intelligence platform that helps founders identify the right grants, uncover their strongest fundable angle, and create high-scoring applications using the same signals real assessors are trained to look for. Because grant funding doesn’t go to the best idea.
It goes to the best engineered idea. That’s the game we reverse-engineered.
For over 20 years, we’ve worked across software, AI, aerospace, engineering, public sector and deep tech bids and funding applications.
Between us, we’ve helped secure:
But we kept seeing the same thing: Strong founders losing out because they didn’t understand how grants are actually scored behind the scenes. So we built the system we wished founders had access to years ago.
BidX combines:
The result:
Meet the founders

Simon Dutta, MBA, FCIM — Co-Founder, Growth & GTM
Simon has helped teams secure over $1B in public and private contracts with organisations including Boeing, Airbus, Barclays, HMRC and the FCA. He works directly with founders to sharpen positioning, strengthen commercial narratives, and shape applications around what assessors actually score for. Third startup. One previous exit.
Aaron Mason, PhD — Co-Founder, Product & AI
With a PhD in Computer Science and AI, Aaron has helped founders secure more than £125M in grant funding and personally led 40+ successful grant applications across his own startups and client projects. He has founded multiple technology startups, achieved two exits, and directly leads BidX’s AI and funding systems.