Nvidia has announced a collaboration with the UK government to boost AI capabilities in the country.
Speaking at London Tech Week 2025 on Monday, prime minister Sir Keir Starmer and Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang kicked off the day with the news, revealing plans to accelerate AI innovation, attract global talent, and position the UK as a leading AI technology hub.
“AI is a technology, but it is also an infrastructure that affects so many industries simultaneously,” said Huang. “It’s vital that we invest in this infrastructure here in the UK.”
Starmer and Huang revealed that the partnership between the government and tech giant will involve the chipmaker setting up an AI Technology Centre in Bristol which will train AI developers.
“We’re going to start our AI lab and we’re going to partner with the UK to upskill the ecosystem of developers into the world of AI, we will invest in helping start off the UK AI ecosystem,” Huang said.
The collaboration comes in parallel with the government announcement of a new £187 million national skills programme to equip young people and workers across the UK with cutting-edge AI and digital skills.
The AI skills training initiative called “TechFirst” aims to train 7.5 million people from different backgrounds and occupations in AI skills, with a focus on education in schools, universities and post-graduate programmes.
Starmer added that the initiative aims to drive the best talent in the pipeline and help young people become “the brilliant next generation.”
During the event, Jensen said that he sees the UK as a ‘Goldilocks circumstance’ for AI investment, with a rich AI research community and the third largest venture capital investment globally after China and the US.
“The UK has the most abundance of the most critical resource,” Huang said. “Your natural resources are the AI researchers, you have an abundance of it, you’re the envy of the world.”
He added that the UK’s unique ecosystem makes it perfect for investment, reaffirming Nvidia’s investment plans in the country.
“The ecosystem is perfect for take-off, it’s just missing one thing – it is the largest AI ecosystem in the world without its own infrastructure,” he said.
He added that building an infrastructure of AI supercomputers in the UK will help naturally attract technological innovation.
Starmer said that the new partnership represents an exemplary “two-way collaboration” in which the government and technology companies work closely together, listening to each other and working together to promote AI innovation.
During the event, Nvidia also confirmed its partnership with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to launch a ‘Supercharged Sandbox’ to help firms experiment safely with AI.
https://nationaltechnology.co.uk/UK_Financial_Watchdog_Partners_With_Nvidia_For_AI_Sandbox.php
Starmer and Huang both agreed on the need for the UK to “embrace AI,” arguing that it will make the country safer, with protections for cybersecurity and economic growth.
