Under the new AI Opportunities Action Plan, serial entrepreneur Matt Clifford has called for the creation of a group of âAI Growth Zonesâ dotted across the UK to attract clusters of AI expertise, in which normal planning processes would be overturned in favour of a fast-track approval system. The first of these zones has already ... Read more âș
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A new AI hub in London encouraging collaboration between thousands of AI businesses and workers is set to be launched by Tech Nation in a bid to bring together the capitalâs fast-growing AI cluster. The tech industry advocacy group, owned and operated by Brent Hobermanâs Founderâs Forum, announced the London AI Hub in collaboration with ... Read more âș
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Tens of thousands in the British tech sector gathered at Londonâs ExCel Centre in April for the opening of Amazonâs AWS Summit, the tech giantâs biggest event outside the US. As delegates took their seats in the vast main hall, AWSâs Europe chief, Tanuja Randery, arrived on stage to begin her introductory remarks. Or so ... Read more âș
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London-based Synthesia has raised $180m (ÂŁ145.5m) in a Series D round making it the UKâs most valuable generative AI company, worth $2.1bn. The company, which generates human-like digital avatars primarily for corporate communications and training, has been an early leader in the UKâs burgeoning generative AI sector. Founded in 2017, Synthesia secured a unicorn valuation ... Read more âș
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Sixty years ago, celebrated science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke predicted an âabsolutely fantasticâ future shaped by computers, intelligent machines, and interconnected systems. Many of his predictionsâlike the internet and remote workingâhave come to fruition, although not exactly as he imagined. AI, though undeniably advanced, is not yet sentient. Our government, quite rightly, believes that ... Read more âș
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London-based voice processing startup RocketPhone.ai has raised $10.5m to fund the continued development of its AI-powered platform. The startup hopes to commercialise its platform by launching a video analysis tool in the coming months. RocketPhone did not disclose the source of the funding, but said it did not include money from any venture capital firms. ... Read more âș
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The UKâs competition regulator is to begin an investigation of Googleâs search services under new powers afforded to it by the digital markets competition regime. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it will examine whether the tech giant is unfairly using its market dominance in the UK, including: Whether Google is able to shape ... Read more âș
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Data centres, public services and other critical national infrastructure will come under new ransomware protections launched by the Home Office as it seeks to crack down on rising online threats. Cyber crime, particularly ransomware, has been identified by the government as one of the most consistently damaging challenges to businesses and public services. The risk ... Read more âș
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The UKTN Podcast is back with the first episode of 2025. This weekâs podcast guest is Mark Pearson, a seasoned entrepreneur turned founder and managing partner of Fuel Ventures. Pearson discusses how working as a chef under Gordon Ramsay led him to life as an entrepreneur, why Chinese capital presents a massive opportunity for British ... Read more âș
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The UK technology sector has grown by 20% since 2023 and is now worth at least $1.2 trillion in enterprise value, a new report has found, cementing Britainâs status as the top tech ecosystem in Europe. This makes it nine times larger than it was a decade ago and means the UKâs ecosystem is larger ... Read more âș
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The number of planning applications for data centres rose as much as 40% in the UK in 2024 as cloud companies raced to catch up with ever-growing demand for compute in AI, UKTN can reveal. An analysis by UKTN tracked nearly 200 planning applications for data centres across more than 250 local authorities in England ... Read more âș
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Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has launched a flagship strategy laying out Britainâs approach to capitalising on AI, but what does it actually mean? The government-commissioned plan from tech entrepreneur and AI advisor Matt Clifford declared itself as âunapologetic in its ambitionâ, promising faster developments in infrastructure, a massive push for public and private sector adoption ... Read more âș
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Two new UK-based data centres have been launched by New York-based cloud provider CoreWeave as Britain announces its AI Opportunities Action Plan. CoreWeave announced that two new centres, part of the companyâs long-term UK-based AI and data infrastructure strategy, are now operational, one in Londonâs Docklands and the other in Crawley. The sites will host ... Read more âș
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Conventional wisdom tells us that if a new technology can be used to support the sex industry, it most certainly will be. In that spirit, Oh, a startup that allows users to âchatâ with AI-generated model characters, has announced a $4.5m (ÂŁ3.7m) seed funding round. The startup is not the first of its kind that ... Read more âș
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A ÂŁ1.5bn class action lawsuit against Apple goes to trial in the UK today over allegations that the tech giant has violated competition law by using its dominant market position to charge developers inflated fees. The trial, which kicks off in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) in London on Monday, marks the latest attempt to ... Read more âș
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Planning approval for the construction of data centres could be massively speeded up under new plans unveiled in the governmentâs AI Opportunities Action Plan. The Plan, which was spearheaded by serial entrepreneur Matt Clifford, has called for the creation of a series of âAI growth zonesâ dotted across the UK to attract clusters of AI ... Read more âș
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This weekâs UK tech funding deals include newly minted unicorn Verdiva Bio, smartphone maker Nothing and AI CCTV startup RoboK. UKTN tracked ÂŁ366.5m worth of UK tech investment this week (06 January to 10 January), in our first funding roundup of 2025. Hereâs your weekly roundup of UK tech startup funding deals. Verdiva Bio â ... Read more âș
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RoboK, a University of Cambridge AI spinout, has raised ÂŁ1m in funding to lead an AI safety and efficiency project for ports and warehouses in the UK. The scheme, named PALLETS, will use the firmâs platform to integrate AI with existing CCTV systems and use video monitoring as a tool for real-time hazard detection. This ... Read more âș
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Veteran entrepreneur Brent Hoberman has called out media scrutiny of the commercial interests of government business advisors. Posting on LinkedIn, Hoberman asked: âHow do we think talented people will want to join government if the media constantly insinuates negative motives?â The lastminute.com and Founders Forum creator was responding to a piece in the Financial Times reporting ... Read more âș
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Peter Garraghan is the founder and CEO of Mindgard, a university spinout that works with organisations to secure their AI systems against emerging threats. In this weekâs Founder in Five Q&A, Garraghan discusses using technology to address real needs, finding an organisational system that works for you and how founders often underestimate the value of time. ... Read more âș
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