Tag: Sovereign
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Cosine goes from benchmark leader to cornerstone of UK sovereign AI strategy
The UK government has selected Cosine, the British AI company whose models have outperformedOpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, and DeepSeek on independent coding benchmarks for two consecutive years, as one of the first partners in its newly launched £500 million Sovereign AI programme. Cosine was founded in 2022 by Alistair Pullen — who has been building AI read more
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Accenture and Google Cloud unveil Brussels centre to accelerate sovereign AI adoption
Today, Accenture, in partnership with Google Cloud, is launching a new Accenture and Google Cloud Sovereign Centre in Brussels, with a dedicated training facility. The new centre comes as governments and regulated sectors in Europe, such as finance, healthcare, and defence look to scale AI adoption while maintaining control over data, security, and compliance. Through read more
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Quantcore raises £2.5M to build UK's sovereign manufacturing capability
Glasgow-based Quantcore has secured £2.5 million in seed funding to develop a sovereign supply chain for quantum hardware, as the UK seeks to strengthen domestic capacity in technologies linked to national security and economic competitiveness. The round was co-led by PXN Ventures, Blackfinch Ventures, and Scottish Enterprise, with additional backing from Quantum Exponential and STAC. read more
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Swedish startup Berget AI lands €2.1M as demand grows for sovereign AI in Europe
Swedish AI company Berget AI has raised €2.1 million (SEK 24 million) in funding. The investment comes at a time when AI is rapidly becoming critical infrastructure, while increasing regulatory requirements, geopolitical tensions, and the EU’s new AI legislation are driving growing demand for local control of data and AI workflows. Berget AI was founded read more
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Wodan AI closes a €2M round to advance sovereign AI development in Europe
Wodan AI, a startup specialised in running artificial intelligence models directly on fully encrypted data, has closed a €2 million pre-seed round led by Spanish funds JME Ventures, Swanlaab and Adara Ventures, with additional participation from ScaleFund in Belgium. Wodan AI is a European company developing homomorphic encryption technology for use in artificial intelligence. Its read more
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Soverli raises $2.6M to develop sovereign smartphone architecture
Zurich-based cybersecurity company Soverli has raised $2.6 million in pre-seed funding to develop a sovereign smartphone architecture designed to operate alongside Android and iOS for OEMs, enterprises, governments, and consumers. The round was led by Founderful, with participation from the ETH Zurich Foundation, Venture Kick, and cybersecurity industry figures. Based on more than four years read more
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UK government announces billions of pounds of AI investment including Sovereign AI Unit
The UK government has unveiled a package of measures putting AI at the centre of its growth plans, pledging the creation of thousands of jobs and government support for key domesticAI tech. The measures, featuring billions of pounds of public and private investment, come ahead of the Autumn Budget and warnings from company bosses that read more
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