AI in the UK

The UK is aspiring to become an artificial intelligence (AI) superpower, and nothing seems to be able to stop it from achieving its ambitious goal. If we were to take a look at the progress the UK did in the past 10 years, we'll notice the number of AI companies has grown astronomically or, more exactly, by over 600 percent. If back in 2011, the UK had only 180 AI companies, today it numbers over 1,300, and the number keeps growing at a head-spinning rate. Much like in the decades when the superpowers of the world were competing for space supremacy, currently, governments compete to achieve artificial intelligence supremacy. The UK's AI sector has made a name of its own in the world due to phenomenal minds and generous government funding that amounts to £1 billion – public-sector investments and funds coming from private companies and academic partnerships.