Sovereign AI
@UKSovereignAI
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Backing Britain's AI Founders to start here, scale here, and win everywhere
United Kingdom
Joined March 2026
Introducing Sovereign AI, the Government’s new £500m venture fund. Sovereign AI will support founders from day one to start here, scale here and win everywhere. https://t.co/frsEPhSDie
sovereignai.gov.uk
The UK's £500 million artificial intelligence fund launches April 16th, 18:00 GMT. Building on Britain's legacy from Ada Lovelace to AlphaFold.
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Our chair @Jameswise joined @uktechwk for a panel discussion hosted by @StartupCltn. The panel focused on how government can back British startups from first idea through to winning on the global stage - and the role Sovereign AI will play in making that happen.
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Compute in the service of British AI startups - apply below 👇
Sovereign AI is opening the doors to the UK’s most powerful AI supercomputers. Through the AI Research Resource (AIRR), ambitious startups can now apply for access to national AI compute. Capital, compute and a country behind you.
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Sovereign AI is opening the doors to the UK’s most powerful AI supercomputers. Through the AI Research Resource (AIRR), ambitious startups can now apply for access to national AI compute. Capital, compute and a country behind you.
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Today, @RachelReevesMP announced that Sovereign AI will officially launch with @alexgkendall at @wayve_ai on 16 April... Lets get Britmaxxing 🚀 🇬🇧
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2020. AlphaFold cracked one of biology’s hardest problems. Decades of research condensed into weeks. British AI accelerated science worldwide. Sovereign AI🇬🇧
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1939. Alan Turing invented the very idea of the modern computer. A few years later, in Manchester, the world’s first stored-program computer ran. The Manchester Baby. Modern computing was born in Britain. Sovereign AI🇬🇧
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1843. Ada Lovelace wrote the first algorithm for Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine. She saw the potential for programmable machines - before computers were even real. From Ada to AlphaFold, Britain has shaped computing and AI. Today, Ada's legacy continues. Sovereign AI 🇬🇧
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Capital, compute, and a country behind you.
I hosted leading VCs at @10DowningStreet to discuss the new @UKSovereignAI unit. A £500m venture fund backing founders to start here, scale here, and win everywhere. The speed of venture, the strength of a nation.
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Today, we hosted a small group of exceptional British founders to discuss how Sovereign AI can support them on their journey to scale in the UK and win everywhere. We're building Sovereign AI for founders. Lets get Britmaxxing.
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Follow us here, on LinkedIn and YouTube to stay up to date and check out our new website to get a teaser of what's to come...
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Chaired by @Jameswise, Sovereign AI combines cash investment with unique levers including access to the UK’s largest AI computing capacity, unique data sets, procurement pathways, and more
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