Applied Computing, a British AI company developing foundation models for energy operations, has raised $20 million in a funding round led by KBR, with participation from Databricks Ventures. Headquartered in London, with offices in Bengaluru and Houston, its flagship platform Orbital combines physics-informed AI with models for chemical engineering, time-series forecasting and language. Alongside the funding, Applied Computing and KBR have signed a multi-year agreement to develop exclusive AI products for the energy sector. The funding will support international expansion, including a new office in Houston, Texas, while accelerating Orbital’s commercial deployment, expanding research and engineering teams, and deepening deployments with major energy customers.