Artificial intelligence coverage with the Business Matters filter: not the hype cycle, but what AI adoption actually looks like inside UK firms – the tools, the costs, the failures, and the regulation heading down the track.
Amazon will cut 14,000 corporate jobs as part of a major restructuring to streamline operations and accelerate its multi-billion-dollar investment in artificial intelligence.
JPMorgan Chase has given employees permission to use its in-house AI chatbot to help write year-end performance reviews, signalling a major step in the integration of…
Business Secretary Peter Kyle has outlined an ambitious plan to harness artificial intelligence and streamline regulation to boost the UK’s economy, telling business leaders the country…
Oxford spinout Astut secures £1.6m seed funding to commercialise AI that helps organisations make decisions in crises with no historical data.
AI payments startup Paygentic secures $2m pre-seed funding to build flexible billing infrastructure for AI-native and agentic businesses.
Nick Clegg warns AI valuations are “crackers” and unsustainable, predicting a market correction as investors question the industry’s long-term returns.
Innovate UK launches £1m Agentic AI Pioneers Prize to drive innovation across manufacturing, health and creative sectors, with cash awards and expert mentorship.
London-based AI recruiter Jack & Jill has raised $20 million in seed funding led by Creandum to expand in Europe and the US. The startup uses…
A government-built AI tool has slashed consultation analysis times from weeks to hours, saving taxpayers millions and freeing civil servants for frontline work. The system, part…
Meltwater and We Are Social’s Digital 2026 report shows social media now reaches 68.7% of the world, over one billion people use AI monthly, and digital…
The University of Edinburgh’s EPCC has secured €10m to launch the UK AI Factory Antenna, a major UK–EU project to accelerate AI adoption in science, business…
VRFY Solutions has raised £200,000 to deploy its secure AI transcription platform across UK police forces, cutting admin time by 80% and reducing PTSD-linked workloads, with…
Economists and AI experts warn the government that its heavy reliance on income tax could trigger a “fiscal collapse” if automation continues to replace human workers…
Lloyds Banking Group is sending CEO Charlie Nunn and 300 senior leaders through a six-month Cambridge-designed AI bootcamp as part of its push to make artificial…
Google’s Europe president Debbie Weinstein warns that UK small businesses are missing out on AI’s productivity potential, with research showing tools could boost efficiency by 20%…