Optalysys, a company enabling the future of secure computing, has launched the world’s first dedicated enterprise-grade server for blockchain – LightLocker Node, designed to enable Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) and ensure complete confidentiality on any transaction.
Newcastle upon Tyne is ranked the best city to work for a small business in Britain, according to new research released today by iwoca, one of Europe’s largest SME lenders.
Dan Thomson, Founder and CEO of AI startup Sensay, has urged governments worldwide to deploy AI in their policymaking, as the firm launches the world’s first AI-powered government to experiment with new cutting-edge ways of developing policy.
Amos Miller is the CEO and Co-Founder of Glidance, a startup that has developed Glide, the world’s first autonomous, self-guided mobility aid designed for people who are blind or visually impaired.
Imagine being able to control your smart home with a small twitch of your jaw, or being able to control a fighter jet with that same motion. But there’s no longer a need to just imagine. This technology exists, and it’s connecting more people to technology than ever before, thanks to startup Naqi Logix.
Humanoid, a London-based robotics company, has announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to accelerate robotic capabilities by integrating NVIDIA accelerated computing, advanced simulation tools, and next-generation Edge processing technologies for developing its humanoid robot.
The deeptech industry has been in the spotlight for a couple of years now, and that does not seem to be slowing down.
Malmö is a city that sits in the south of Sweden. While many think of Sweden and the cities of Stockholm and Gothenburg come to mind, the country’s third largest city is one that shouldn’t be underestimated.
Owen Clater, an 18-year-old entrepreneur, is emerging as one of the UK’s youngest employers, as the Founder and CEO of Becks & Clates, a marketing and technology agency.
Multiverse Computing has developed CompactifAI, a compression technology capable of reducing the size of LLMs (Large Language Models) by up to 95% while maintaining model performance. Having spent 2024 developing the technology and rolling it out to initial customers, the company has announced a €189 million ($215 million) investment round.
Perci Health, the UK’s most comprehensive virtual cancer clinic, has successfully raised a total of £7.7 million funding, after closing a new £3 million round, doubling the original £1.5 million target.
Against an ever-changing economic backdrop, UK companies have cited employee benefits costs as a pressing challenge, according to Gallagher’s Workforce Trends Report. The report also found that organisations are looking to adapt their benefit strategies to address economic pressures and the diverse needs and expectations of their workforce.
Diraq and QM Technologies has announced the first-ever tight integration of GPUs and silicon quantum processors with the deployment of a system using the NVIDIA DGX Quantum architecture to achieve real-time communication speeds of 3.3 microseconds between quantum hardware and NVIDIA Grace-Hopper superchips, orchestrated through QM’s OPX1000 hybrid controller.
Work AI leader Glean has announced it raised $150 million in Series F financing, bringing its valuation to $7.2 billion.
Mobito, a Brussels-based mobility data analytics platform, has secured €1 million in funding to enhance its technology infrastructure and expand its footprint across Europe.
The Founder and Group CEO of AI and data upskilling firm Cambridge Spark has called for all C-suite executives to be sent on AI upskilling courses so that AI strategy can be implemented in every department of every enterprise.
London Tech Week has started, kicking off with some huge announcements. Sir Keir Starmer opened the show with his opening address, in which he announced a further £1 billion in funding to scale up national computing capacity by a factor of twenty. This is part of essential support to the UK’s ambition to lead in the global AI race, and what will make the UK an “AI maker, not an AI taker.”
The countdown to the 2025 Hustle Awards is on, and we’re super excited to announce our headline speaker… Stephanie Melodia!
The annual state of the nation report on UK tech from Tech Nation, part of Founders Forum Group and a UK growth platform and industry body for startups, finds that UK startup founders are raising bigger early-stage funding rounds than ever before and reaching unicorn status faster.
Swiss healthtech Aeon has closed a €8.2 million seed round, as it builds the world’s most advanced platform for early detection and preventive healthcare.
