Wednesday’s Budget is a pivotal day for the future of UK tech. While it seems likely that there will be changes to taxation that could be tough for some entrepreneurs, there’s also a big opportunity to invest in growth as UK finance minister Rachel Reeves has signalled that £50bn could be unlocked to spend on infrastructure projects.
Opinion
October 29, 2024
Investing in AI hardware - the Budget is a make or break moment for the UK
Haakon Overli is general partner and cofounder at Dawn Capital; Dr Jussi Westergren is Emmy Network Fellow in Computer Science at Keble College, Oxford, a founding investor in Deepmind and a founder of quantum computing startup Algorithmiq
Haakon Overli and Jussi Westergren
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