Not a bad way to come back from a LinkedIn break! Last night, NVIDIA invited me to join their celebration of the UK AI ecosystem, where CEO Jensen Huang announced £2bn of funding for UK AI startups alongside Prime Minister Keir Starmer. This followed NVIDIA's commitment alongside their partners Nscale and CoreWeave to invest £11bn in UK AI infrastructure, including OpenAI's Stargate UK. With this investment, Huang's overview of the UK's AI positioning is compelling: world leading universities and research, a mature startup ecosystem and well distributed AI infrastructure. At a time where public sentiment about the UK's future is rather mixed, it was great to hear a more bullish perspective. This isn't to say it's 'smooth sailing' from now on, but it's another critical piece falling into place to give us the best shot at ensuring AI's benefits are felt by everyone throughout the country. Thanks to Hayley Grossman, Melissa Mines, Tracey Nugent and David Hogan for being such gracious hosts and to Maria Luciana A., Azeem Azhar, Tom Westgarth, and Tee Ganbold 🌏 for great company throughout the night.
Henry Ajder thanks for sharing the info. Great to see such strong investment into the UK AI landscape. The combination of research excellence and growing infrastructure makes this an exciting moment — now it’s about turning that potential into global impact.
Henry Ajder What an honor to have you join us last night. Great fun and such palpable optimism about the UK's potential. Looking forward to learning more from you.
Thank you for coming 🙂 exciting things ahead for sure!
Looks a cracking event Henry! Nice way to round off such an inspiring week of announcements for the UK Tech Sector too 🚀🚀
Exciting times for the UK AI ecosystem , investments like this create real momentum for startups and research to scale globally. Henry Ajder
Great to have you there, I really enjoyed the conversation!
What a night! Delight to have been part of the awesome team with you mate. More to come for sure
Technology Impact Leader at PwC UK | Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow at Bayes Business School | TEDx Speaker
1dLooks like you and Maria had an epic time, Henry!