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Sovereign AI Unit
UK government AI equity vehicle; £500m mandate, three direct cheques written by May 2026.
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#1113 Jul
Mentioned in: £6.5bn guarantee targets the debt tier
UK Startups and Innovation#102 Jul
Mentioned in: CuspAI closes at $2.6bn, EU fund circles
UK Startups and Innovation#88 Jun
Mentioned in: UK pledges £1.1bn AI hardware plan
European Tech Sovereignty#88 Jun
Mentioned in: Cosine builds Britain's sovereign AI model
UK Startups and Innovation#75 Jun
Closed the second-wave Sovereign AI Strategic Assets competition at 14:00 BST on 5 June with contracts of up to GBP 5m expected from July
European Tech Sovereignty: UK picks champions as EU shares the bet#513 May
Mentioned in: Fractile lands NATO and CIA chip cash
UK Startups and Innovation#412 May
Made third direct equity investment into Isomorphic Labs Series B
UK Startups and Innovation: Sovereign AI unit backs Alphabet-owned lab#47 May
Onwurah: DSIT has no coherent strategy
European Tech Sovereignty#328 Apr
Mentioned in: Kendall names UK chip five at RUSI
UK Startups and Innovation#327 Apr
Made second direct equity investment into Ineffable Intelligence
UK Startups and Innovation: Ineffable lands $1.1bn seed, SAIU rides minority#220 Apr
Mentioned in: Slough saturates, AI datacentres head north
UK Startups and Innovation#220 Apr
Mentioned in: Rivan raises £25m for Europe's biggest SNG plant
UK Startups and Innovation#116 Apr
Launched with £500m mandate to invest in UK-owned AI infrastructure
UK Startups and Innovation: Sovereign AI Unit to launch with £500m#316 Apr
Mentioned in: Kendall names seven infrastructure bets for £500m Sovereign AI Unit
European Tech Sovereignty#116 Apr
#116 Apr
#216 Apr
Launched first cohort of seven AI companies
UK Startups and Innovation: SAIU names seven firms in first cohort#116 Apr
#215 Apr
Mentioned in: Wayve lands $60m from AMD, Arm and Qualcomm
UK Startups and Innovation#215 Apr
Mentioned in: EC clears €211m Italian aid for Cambridge spinout
UK Startups and Innovation#214 Apr
Mentioned in: VCTs hit £917.7m record, brace for 65% fall
UK Startups and Innovation#214 Apr
Mentioned in: UK Q1 VC hits $7.8bn, Nscale dwarfs rest
UK Startups and Innovation#313 Apr
Mentioned in: OpenAI takes 88,500 sq ft in London, pauses Stargate UK
European Tech Sovereignty#16 Apr
#11 Mar
Mentioned in: Nscale raises $2bn in record European round
UK Startups and Innovation#11 Jan