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DSIT
UK government department co-ordinating sovereign AI investment, compute infrastructure, and the cross-government AI and Future of Work Unit.
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#119 Jul
Co-published the Life Sciences Jobs Plan
UK Startups and Innovation: Jobs plan targets the lab-skills gap#113 Jul
Launched the second wave of Sovereign AI procurement
European Tech Sovereignty: UK launches £96m Sovereign AI wave#101 Jul
Mentioned in: London's equity share slips to 57%
UK Startups and Innovation#923 Jun
Mentioned in: EPSRC doubles AI-lab spend to £60m
UK Startups and Innovation#810 Jun
Co-backed Midlands Mindforge alongside UKRI
UK Startups and Innovation: Midlands fund writes its first cheques#810 Jun
Published Digital and Technologies Sector Plan Year One Update
UK Startups and Innovation: DSIT scorecard maps the funding barbell#710 Jun
Steered the CS&R Bill through its Commons stages without the ransomware-payment reporting regime
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences: UK cyber bill drops payment regime#88 Jun
Published AI Hardware Plan details
European Tech Sovereignty: UK pledges £1.1bn AI hardware plan#75 Jun
UK picks champions as EU shares the bet
European Tech Sovereignty#75 Jun
Mentioned in: 18 scientists move west to UK labs
UK Startups and Innovation#75 Jun
published 2024 UK participation statistics for Horizon Europe
UK Startups and Innovation: UK Horizon Europe share rebounds to 9.3%#72 Jun
Mentioned in: OQC raises £260m in Europe's biggest quantum round
UK Startups and Innovation#71 Jun
announced devolution of LIPF spending power to seven city-region mayors
UK Startups and Innovation: Mayors get the £500m grant pen#629 May
Mentioned in: UK and France sign science pact
UK Startups and Innovation#515 May
Mentioned in: Multiverse hits $2.1bn on first cash quarter
UK Startups and Innovation#513 May
Mentioned in: Fractile lands NATO and CIA chip cash
UK Startups and Innovation#412 May
Published Isomorphic Labs investment announcement without disclosing ownership eligibility criteria
UK Startups and Innovation: Sovereign AI unit backs Alphabet-owned lab#412 May
Announced TechFirst programme activating AI and digital skills for 30,000 children and 1,000 teachers in the North East
UK Startups and Innovation: TechFirst brings AI skills to 30,000 North East pupils#47 May
Defended sovereignty strategy through minister correspondence citing SAIU
European Tech Sovereignty: Onwurah: DSIT has no coherent strategy#45 May
Mentioned in: Cytospire's £61m oncology Series A oversubscribed
UK Startups and Innovation#51 May
Published annual cyber sector figures and announced the Cyber Resilience Pledge and £90m SME/NHS funding
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences: UK cyber sector clears 14.7bn pounds#329 Apr
Mentioned in: Innovate UK opens £3.5m cyber competition
UK Startups and Innovation#329 Apr
Mentioned in: All3 lands $25m for agentic defence factories
UK Startups and Innovation#328 Apr
Authorised announcement of AI Hardware Plan for London Tech Week
UK Startups and Innovation: Kendall names UK chip five at RUSI#327 Apr
Ineffable lands $1.1bn seed, SAIU rides minority
UK Startups and Innovation#323 Apr
Mentioned in: Brussels sovereignty summit opens without European AI builders
European Tech Sovereignty#323 Apr
Mentioned in: Japan takes a "beyond Europe" keynote slot in Brussels
European Tech Sovereignty#321 Apr
Mentioned in: Commission opens €63.2m Digital Europe calls on application AI
European Tech Sovereignty#216 Apr
Named first Sovereign AI Fund investees including equity stake in Callosum and compute for six firms
European Tech Sovereignty: UK names first Sovereign AI investees#316 Apr
Delivered the Sovereign AI Unit launch and investee selection
European Tech Sovereignty: Kendall names seven infrastructure bets for £500m Sovereign AI Unit#116 Apr
Confirmed and backed Sovereign AI Unit launch
UK Startups and Innovation: Sovereign AI Unit to launch with £500m#116 Apr
launched £500m Sovereign AI Unit on 16 April 2026
European Tech Sovereignty: UK launches £500m Sovereign AI Unit#216 Apr
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#216 Apr
Named seven-company first cohort and allocated equity and AIRR compute
UK Startups and Innovation: SAIU names seven firms in first cohort#215 Apr
Mentioned in: ORG brands UK tech dependency a risk
European Tech Sovereignty#116 Apr
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#215 Apr
Mentioned in: Wayve lands $60m from AMD, Arm and Qualcomm
UK Startups and Innovation#214 Apr
Disbursed LSIMF grants to four non-Golden Triangle sites
UK Startups and Innovation: LSIMF sends £80m+ to four regional sites#213 Apr
Launched Sovereign AI Fund backing domestic alternatives days after OpenAI's London expansion
European Tech Sovereignty: OpenAI takes first permanent London base#313 Apr
Mentioned in: OpenAI takes 88,500 sq ft in London, pauses Stargate UK
European Tech Sovereignty#11 Apr
Mentioned in: Innovate UK adopts DARPA-style portfolio model
UK Startups and Innovation#11 Apr
#131 Mar
Mentioned in: London VC hits £2.14bn, Nscale takes 70%
UK Startups and Innovation#12 Mar
Co-sponsored the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill with joint oversight of data centres alongside Ofcom
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences: UK 24-hour reporting bill at Report#12 Mar
“granted joint oversight of data centres”
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#11 Mar