Dave Grimm, partner at London-based AlbionVC

Opinion

August 26, 2025

Why the UK needs Made in Britain compute

The UK has the talent and expertise to reverse its path to becoming just an AI renter

Dave Grimm

5 min read

In the 20th century nations fought over oil. In the 21st century they’re fighting over compute. Countries that own the stack capture growth and leverage — see Nvidia (US), TSMC (Taiwan), Huawei (China). The widely-read AI 2027 scenario sketches why: when compute is scarce, it becomes the binding constraint on progress, so the countries that control it set the pace.

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Dave Grimm

Dave Grimm is a partner at London-based investor AlbionVC, where he focuses on deeptech, including quantum computing, machine learning and data analytics, cleantech, medtech, edtech and hardware.

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