As London’s tech industry surges ahead we must protect our capital’s competitive edge February 1, 2022 Yesterday new analysis revealed another record year for the London Stock Exchange with firms at the forefront of the UK’s tech revolution going public in 2021. Last year, UK tech represented more than a quarter of London’s new listings. The sector generated some of the most successful IPOs on the stock exchange including homegrown health-tech [...]
InstaDeep raises $100m to ramp up development of ‘real world’ AI technology January 25, 2022 London-based AI firm InstaDeep has today announced $100m funding injection which it will use to fuel a global expansion and ramp up development of AI technologies.
Government calls in Google and Microsoft to help advise on ‘free flow of data’ innovation January 25, 2022 A group of experts combining the world’s leading academics and digital industry figures, including Google, Mastercard and Microsoft, will meet for the first time today to help Britain seize the opportunities of better global data sharing.
EY to open office for “neuro-diverse” tech workers in Manchester January 24, 2022 Accountancy firm EY is set to open an office for “neuro-diverse” tech workers in Manchester. EY said it will hire 100 people with “cognitive differences” such as ADHD, dyslexia, and autism, to work on projects involving emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, automation, and the blockchain. The Manchester Neuro-Diverse Centre of Excellence (NDCoE) is set [...]
AI-driven fintech MDOTM bets on game theory January 24, 2022 MDOTM, a London-based fintech providing AI-driven investment strategies, has acquired the team of Mercurius Betting Intelligence, a company specialized in betting models and sports prediction with artificial intelligence. Following the €6.2m (£5.1m) Series-B round raised in September 2021 – which brought MDOTM’s total funding to €8.2m – the agreement will incorporate Mercurius’ skills in AI [...]
Exclusive: Omicron leads to 500 per cent surge in Covid test related email scams January 20, 2022 New data has revealed that the Omicron variant has contributed to a 521 per cent rise in Covid test related scam emails between October 2021 and January 2022.
How natural language processing helps investors January 11, 2022 Big Data, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, natural language processing (NLP) – for several years, we’ve heard how these technologies will transform investment management. Firms have invested untold capital in research in hopes of converting these trends into added revenue. Yet for many of us, these technologies and what they can bring to the investment [...]
Banker bots: Amid increasing competition for top talent, banks could turn to AI January 4, 2022 Banks could begin to turn to artificial intelligence (AI), after the competition for top talent has prompted a battle of who can name the highest salary figure for newcomers. JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs have already dedicated teams to modernising their M&A advisory and capital markets businesses. And with pay for junior analysts at rival Morgan [...]
Inclusive leadership: Seven keys to a 21st-century skill January 4, 2022 “When everyone is included, everyone wins.” “Inclusion is not a matter of political correctness. It is the key to growth.” The long-time US civil rights activist, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, is often quoted on the subject of inclusion and these two particular axioms of his are becoming more relevant to business leaders with every passing [...]
Biggest shake-up of national security in two decades a fact as new rules aimed at making foreign takeovers harder come into force January 4, 2022 Potential foreign buyers face a new regulatory regime as new rules that will make it harder for foreign firms to buy British businesses considered key to national security have come into force. The National Security and Investment Act is said to be the biggest shake-up of the UK’s national security regime for 20 years and [...]