1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (621+ words) Smaller startups’ ability to move quickly makes them hotbeds of innovation and presents a strong case for more funding than current investment patterns suggest. Venture capital investment in California has reached an astonishing 366 billion USD this year alone. The funding…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (431+ words) deepmirror said it has been awarded a 70 per cent grant rate on the project. The company, which describes itself as building the foundation model for drug design, said the grant forms part of Innovate UK’s support for British businesses building…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1004+ words) Brussels legislated, and the EU AI Act follows UK firms across the Channel whenever their systems reach EU users. Alongside both sits the ICO, which treats most corporate AI as personal-data processing under UK GDPR. A credible list of the…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (529+ words) The round, announced on 8 September, was led by Samsung. PSG Equity, an existing investor, and the European Union’s Scaleup Europe Fund also took part. Mistral said the money would be used to scale its computing capacity and frontier research as…...

6+ day, 36+ min ago   (1168+ words) The latest UK Business Data Survey found that 41 per cent of businesses handling digital data now use AI for at least one purpose. Among large companies, that figure rises to 82 per cent. Separate research from the Office for National Statistics…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (654+ words) A further 13 per cent of owners plan to start using AI within the next six to 12 months, meaning 61 per cent are either using the technology already or expect to be soon, according to the company’s 2026 SME Insights Report. The report…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (395+ words) The fundraising for the Molten Ventures Growth Fund was led by the British Business Bank, the government’s economic development agency, which made a cornerstone investment of £75m. The fund is aimed at high-growth technology companies across the UK and Europe, in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (699+ words) The problem isn’t necessarily the software. Often, it’s the way employees are trained to use it. When technology projects fail or stall, organisations may blame complicated software or resistance to change. But in many cases, employees simply don’t have the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (668+ words) Announced on Monday by Chancellor John Healey at the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in North Carolina, the scheme will pay AI companies to develop demonstrator-stage technology for named government departments, starting with the NHS, the Ministry of…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (513+ words) For the average business owner, the practical question has gone unanswered. What does this actually do for me? The honest answer is more useful than the hype suggests. The most valuable AI for a typical business right now is not…...