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Sovereign AI Unit
UK government AI equity vehicle; £500m mandate, four direct investments by July 2026.
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#15 21 Sept
Sovereign AI Unit conflicts still unpublished
UK Startups and Innovation#15 8 Sept
Mentioned in: Luxembourg takes equity in Mistral round
European Tech Sovereignty#14 21 Aug
Mentioned in: UKRI's £6bn sponsor is two departments
UK Startups and Innovation#14 3 Aug
Mentioned in: Chip firm OLIX prints $312m at $3.3bn
UK Startups and Innovation#14 30 Jul
Mentioned in: EuroHPC opens tender for seven AI gigafactories
European Tech Sovereignty#14 30 Jul
Took a nine-figure equity stake in OLIX
European Tech Sovereignty: Britain buys into a chip startup#14 27 Jul
Mentioned in: Whitehall's AI brief has no named owner
European Tech Sovereignty#12 20 Jul
Joined CuspAI's Series B as a new investor
UK Startups and Innovation: State fund surfaces on CuspAI cap table#13 19 Jul
Mentioned in: Britain abolishes DSIT, splits its remit three ways
European Tech Sovereignty#12 15 Jul
Mentioned in: Narayan and Harms split on sovereignty
UK Startups and Innovation#12 15 Jul
Mentioned in: Risk Ledger raises £24m, no state money
UK Startups and Innovation#11 13 Jul
Mentioned in: £6.5bn guarantee targets the debt tier
UK Startups and Innovation#10 2 Jul
Mentioned in: CuspAI closes at $2.6bn, EU fund circles
UK Startups and Innovation#8 8 Jun
Mentioned in: UK pledges £1.1bn AI hardware plan
European Tech Sovereignty#8 8 Jun
Mentioned in: Cosine builds Britain's sovereign AI model
UK Startups and Innovation#7 5 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#5 13 May
Mentioned in: Fractile lands NATO and CIA chip cash
UK Startups and Innovation#4 12 May
Made third direct equity investment into Isomorphic Labs Series B
UK Startups and Innovation: Sovereign AI unit backs Alphabet-owned lab#4 7 May
Onwurah: DSIT has no coherent strategy
European Tech Sovereignty#3 28 Apr
Mentioned in: Kendall names UK chip five at RUSI
UK Startups and Innovation#3 27 Apr
Made second direct equity investment into Ineffable Intelligence
UK Startups and Innovation: Ineffable lands $1.1bn seed, SAIU rides minority#2 20 Apr
Mentioned in: Rivan raises £25m for Europe's biggest SNG plant
UK Startups and Innovation#2 20 Apr
Mentioned in: Slough saturates, AI datacentres head north
UK Startups and Innovation#3 16 Apr
Mentioned in: Kendall names seven infrastructure bets for £500m Sovereign AI Unit
European Tech Sovereignty#1 16 Apr
Launched with £500m mandate to invest in UK-owned AI infrastructure
UK Startups and Innovation: Sovereign AI Unit to launch with £500m#1 16 Apr
Mentioned in: UK launches £500m Sovereign AI Unit
European Tech Sovereignty#1 16 Apr
#1 16 Apr
#2 16 Apr
Launched first cohort of seven AI companies
UK Startups and Innovation: SAIU names seven firms in first cohort#1 16 Apr
#2 15 Apr
Mentioned in: Wayve lands $60m from AMD, Arm and Qualcomm
UK Startups and Innovation#2 15 Apr
Mentioned in: EC clears €211m Italian aid for Cambridge spinout
UK Startups and Innovation#2 14 Apr
Mentioned in: VCTs hit £917.7m record, brace for 65% fall
UK Startups and Innovation#2 14 Apr
Mentioned in: UK Q1 VC hits $7.8bn, Nscale dwarfs rest
UK Startups and Innovation#3 13 Apr
Mentioned in: OpenAI takes 88,500 sq ft in London, pauses Stargate UK
European Tech Sovereignty#1 6 Apr
Mentioned in: VCT tax relief cut to 20% for first time
UK Startups and Innovation#1 6 Apr
#1 1 Mar
Mentioned in: Nscale raises $2bn in record European round
UK Startups and Innovation#1 1 Jan