SXSW London 2025: How will AI change the UK tech space? Video Last week, City AM's Saskia Koopman attended SXSW London 2025, where she had the opportunity to speak to some of the world's leading figures in the tech space.
London SXSW in review: Where was the vibe? Opinion A lot to love, but a lot to improve. Was the first year of London SXSW a success? Paul Armstrong gives his verdict.
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ABBA star shares ‘strange and emotional’ feeling when watching ABBA Voyage June 4, 2025 ABBA legend Björn Ulvaeus has shared how he finds the experience of watching the ABBA Voyage live show he helped create. Speaking at the SXSW London event in Shoreditch, Ulvaeus described watching a hologram of his younger self performing as “almost a spiritual feeling, there’s something strange in the room which is amazing.” “It’s kind [...]
ABBA legend reveals his one rule for making AI music at SXSW London event June 4, 2025 ABBA star Björn Ulvaeus, who has leaned into music’s technological revolution through his ABBA Voyage hologram show and his campaigning work around music and AI, has said that while he uses AI to make music, it’s essential to rely on a sense of “inner direction” to make sure the music is high quality. It comes [...]
Canva boss warns Gen Z about future of the workplace at SXSW London June 4, 2025 A senior leader at Canva, the world’s most-used design platform, has used an appearance at the SXSW London event to warn Gen Z about Gen Alpha and the future of the workplace. Canva’s Head of Europe Duncan Clark suggested that current Millennial and Gen Z workers should already be thinking about how to work effectively [...]
SXSW London: Man hoping to bring dodo and mammoth back to life teases Jurassic Park collaboration June 3, 2025 The man working on bringing the dodo and woolly mammoth back to Earth has hinted at the SXSW London event at a collaboration between his bioscience lab Colossal and the Jurassic Park films. The entrepreneur Ben Lamm, founder of Colossal Biosciences, has long been asked about the parallels between his work and the films of [...]
Sadiq Khan pitches London as AI hub despite sector concerns June 2, 2025 Sadiq Khan today championed the capital as an open, “values-led” tech hub, telling international investors that London “will always remain open to talent” and is “resolutely pro-growth”, even as sector voices warn of structural barriers limiting UK competitiveness. Speaking at the inuagural SXSW London’s opening, the Mayor of London framed the capital as a “creative [...]
Panel sessions and punk music: SXSW comes to London May 24, 2025 In the first week of June, the world’s largest tech, business and arts festival, SXSW, will make its European debut in Shoreditch. Ali Lyon asks its its chief executive, Max Alexander, why London, and why now? Of the many aspirations Max Alexander has for next month’s inaugural South by Southwest London, there is one which [...]
South by Southwest to come to London in huge boost for capital’s creative sector May 8, 2024 In a major vote of confidence in the capital, South by Southwest has said it would open its first European venture in London.