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Sovereign AI Fund

The Sovereign AI Fund is an investment of £1,000,000 to £10,000,000 for UK artificial intelligence start-ups, from pre-seed to growth stage, in the UK.

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Britain's £500 million Sovereign AI Fund makes direct equity investments, typically between £1 million and £10 million, in UK AI start-ups from pre-seed to growth stage, and helps them reach public compute, R&D funding, talent and procurement.

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Status and deadline

Status

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Deadline

Not stated

How much

£1,000,000 to £10,000,000

Whole fund: £500,000,000, shared between applicants

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Who can apply

UK AI companies from pre-seed to growth stage, in the fund's priority areas: compute and infrastructure, foundation models, AI for life sciences, AI for scientific discovery, and AI trust, safety and assurance.

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Business size

Start-ups

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Sectors

artificial intelligence

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How to apply

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Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

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HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

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Things we could not confirm

  • No financial details stated
  • No deadline stated
  • No application process details provided on this page

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Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (sovereignai.gov.uk) on 18 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 18 Oct 2026. A person last checked it on 17 Oct 2026, so confirm the details with Sovereign AI before you apply.

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