Published: September 16, 2025 at 3:40 pm
“This latest investment in UK AI will no doubt come as a vote of confidence in the United Kingdom. AI is a key component of the present and future of our tech industry, where UK is well positioned as a global player given our strong ecosystem of successful, high growth technology companies.
“The latest data points to the number of new UK tech companies being incorporated reached a record high in Q2 2025, showing the industry is well placed to ride out the wave of ongoing economic uncertainty.
“The often cited headline is that AI is extremely powerful and has the potential to unlock massive economic growth in the UK. However, while the impacts we are seeing today around automation and efficiencies are important, they are unlikely to be the turnkey to once in a generation economic growth and change.
“As a country and as business leaders, we will need to ensure our focus moves away from efficiencies being the be-all and end-all, and instead focus on innovation, new markets and products that emerge in a world where AI technologies can be used with deep and lasting impacts.
“Our government will have a crucial role in establishing the regulation and regulatory environment that balances innovation against protecting the safety of users.
“It is the deeper investments outside physical infrastructure that will have a lasting impact and unlock the UK’s potential.
“Large corporate inbound investment and global venture funding will have a crucial role in backing the groundbreaking, innovative research projects that lead to the next phase of companies.
“Funding for facilities and education programmes in key tech skills will upskill our workforce of the future.”