Eight projects proposing ways in which AI can be incorporated into public sector work have been selected as semi-finalists in a government-sponsored competition. Run by digital business and technology service provider NTT DATA, the Civil Service AI and Data Challenge encouraged public sector workers to propose projects utilising the technology to improve services. Among the ... Read more ›
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US-headquartered law firm Perkins Coie is expanding its UK tech team with a new appointment to its London-based tech transaction and privacy (TTP) team. Arnav Joshi, who joins Perkins Coie as a partner, specialises in digital regulation, AI, privacy, data protection, cybersecurity and tech policy. Joshi, a former researcher at the London School of Economics ... Read more ›
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An AI system being developed at an NHS Trust aims to reduce waiting times and get patients discharged faster. The tool, in development at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust, is among a handful of projects backed by the UK government’s AI Exemplars programme. It will aim to help doctors draft discharge documents more quickly, pulling ... Read more ›
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Oxford Quantum Circuits has added former HSBC chief executive Colin Bell to its recent string of appointments, with the banking veteran joining the company’s board. Bell, a former British Army officer, has spent almost two decades as a senior executive in banking and finance, having held prominent roles at Barclays and UBS before joining HSBC ... Read more ›
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Meshed, self-described as the UK’s first AI-native insurance broker, has closed its pre-seed funding round, pulling in £950,000. Tackling the issue of underinsurance for UK SMEs, Meshed claims existing brokerage practices are outdated, inefficient and overly focused on manual operations. The group’s AI-powered platform deploys agents to support the broker experience, handling tasks such as ... Read more ›
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EvaluateLocate, a London-headquartered startup developing geospatial intelligence software, has secured a £300,000 seed investment as it launches its new app. The firm aims to use spatial reasoning technology to provide location analysis to clients to give a clear understanding of a region before launching a venture there. Whether building a new business, expanding an existing ... Read more ›
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This week’s UK tech funding deals include car repair BNPL service Bumper, cross-border payments fintech Riva Money and more. UKTN tracked £16.3m worth of UK tech investment this week (11 August to 15 August), an 89% week-on-week increase across six funding rounds. Here’s your weekly roundup of UK tech startup funding deals. Bumper – £8.1m ... Read more ›
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Jade Leung, a former employee of ChatGPT developer OpenAI, has been appointed as the AI advisor to Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Currently serving as the chief technology officer of the government-owned AI Security Institute, Leung will now report directly to Starmer, as well as Technology Secretary Peter Kyle, on AI policy. Leung will continue her ... Read more ›
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Harvey Lowe is the co-founder of Arcube, a passenger intelligence platform that aims to increase customer loyalty to airlines by converting unused miles into personalised rewards based on consumer data. Arcube is a resident startup at Sister, Manchester’s new innovation district. In this week’s Founder in Five Q&A, Lowe discusses staying productive by keeping things fresh, ... Read more ›
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Monzo has returned to the top spot of the banking customer satisfaction league table run by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), after being leapfrogged in February. The biannual publication from the CMA ranks UK banks in order of customer satisfaction based on surveys conducted by the regulator. Monzo over the past few years has ... Read more ›
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The government aims to use AI technology to launch a mapping system to predict where and when violent crime is expected to occur before it happens. In an announcement reminiscent of the dystopian science fiction thriller Minority Report, Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has called on tech developers to create a detailed, real time interactive crime ... Read more ›
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The British government is sticking by its pledge to move beyond a handful of major corporations to work closely with defence tech SMEs, according to a leading figure in the industry. This shift in approach has been on the cards for a while as the government has been urged over the years to make procurement ... Read more ›
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It is only right that the government’s recently published Industrial Strategy identified life sciences as one of eight priority sectors for UK growth. Britain’s research credentials are undisputed – Cambridge alone houses what the Global Innovation Index has described as the world’s most intensive science and technology cluster for the past three years. But ambition ... Read more ›
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Virgin Media O2 has launched a £1m talent fund aimed at helping small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) train tech apprentices. The initiative will cover the full cost of apprenticeship training, with a particular focus on supporting the early careers of women and people from diverse backgrounds in STEM-based roles. Despite a well documented digital skills ... Read more ›
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Bumper, a buy now pay later (BNPL) platform for car servicing and repairs, has secured an $11m (£8.1m) equity investment. Founded in 2013, the Sheffield-based fintech has raised the new funds to scale its BNPL service across Europe. Bumper offers garages and dealerships the option to spread the cost of repairs into multiple interest-free payments, ... Read more ›
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Archestra, a London-based startup connecting AI agents to company data, has secured a £2.5m funding round. An open-source platform, Archestra is designed to introduce security layers to allow companies to adopt new AI tools with access to their data. Businesses are increasingly attaching various AI agents to their existing systems including email and HR platforms ... Read more ›
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Biotech firm Relation is doubling its London footprint with a major expansion to its facilities in Regent’s Place. The company, a self-described “end-to-end” biotech that uses genomics and machine learning to develop medicines, is taking and additional 7,000 sq ft. of lab space at the Euston Road site, bringing its total to 13,000 sq ft. ... Read more ›
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Mission Zero Technologies, a London-based startup specialising in carbon removal technology, has opened its third direct air capture plant. Direct air capture is the process of taking carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere, as opposed to other forms of carbon capture, which are often placed at the source of emissions. The third deployment of direct ... Read more ›
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Consumers in the UK are among the least trusting of digital ID solutions in the world, according to new research. A new report studying perceptions of digital identification and biometric security across various countries from Checkout.com has found people in Britain are significantly less comfortable with the technology compared with other regions. While consumers in ... Read more ›
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More data has been created in the past three years than in the entirety of human history. This explosion of information offers organisations an unprecedented opportunity to understand their customers and operations in ways that were unimaginable just a decade ago. Yet, despite this promise, most of that data remains locked away, trapped in outdated ... Read more ›
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Oxford Ionics has provided a full stack quantum computer to the UK’s National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) as it tests and develops commercial use cases. The Oxford-based computing firm has in partnership with NQCC and Innovate UK launched a testbed programme to explore how quantum computers can provide commercial returns. The new quantum computer, called ... Read more ›
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