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London is the 'best place in the world to launch an AI company'
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November 2, 2026
London is the 'best place in the world to launch an AI company'
The city's startups benefit from the extraordinary cross-pollination of ideas, cultures, expertise and experience
John Thornhill
Nvidia funds European startups. They spend it on Nvidia
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Analysis
October 23, 2026
Nvidia funds European startups. They spend it on Nvidia
The chip giant's latest European shopping spree saw it tour London, Stockholm, Paris and Berlin
Federico Scolari, Freya Pratty, Tom Nugent, Anne Sraders and Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Meet Aaron Rosenberg: The man DeepMind researchers call before they quit
Podcast
October 22, 2026
Meet Aaron Rosenberg: The man DeepMind researchers call before they quit
Once Demis Hassabis’s deputy, Aaron Rosenberg now leads Radical Ventures’ UK presence
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and John Thornhill
Exclusive: Former H Company CTO seeks $30m for new startup
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October 21, 2026
Exclusive: Former H Company CTO seeks $30m for new startup
Pierre-Louis Cedoz left H at the start of September to launch a new venture with two of his former colleagues
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Ex-DeepMind researcher Thore Graepel launches new startup Metis Reasoning
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October 20, 2026
Ex-DeepMind researcher Thore Graepel launches new startup Metis Reasoning
Graepel previously helped build AlphaGo at DeepMind
Freya Pratty
Exclusive: Accel set to lead DeepMind alum’s $60m round
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October 15, 2026
Exclusive: Accel set to lead DeepMind alum’s $60m round
Revolution Labs is said to be building a type of AI diffusion models for text generation
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Freya Pratty
Nvidia unveils investments in five more UK startups
News
October 15, 2026
Nvidia unveils investments in five more UK startups
The US chip giant is backing British startups working on AI drug discovery, infrastructure and quantum computing
Martin Coulter
Where Europe's most active pre-seed investors are looking next
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Interview
October 14, 2026
Where Europe's most active pre-seed investors are looking next
Six of the region's busiest first-cheque investors on the sectors, founders and companies on their radar
Oshin Narang
Sifted Summit day one: dispatched
Features
October 1, 2026
Sifted Summit day one: dispatched
Featuring Zeynep Yavuz Wilson, Sir Nick Clegg, UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan and Max Junestrand
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Safety debate missing the risks of physical AI, says Tapestry VC partner
Interview
September 30, 2026
Safety debate missing the risks of physical AI, says Tapestry VC partner
Audrey Miller says a growing number of projects dedicated to improving the safety of physical AI systems in a soon-to-be ‘massive category’
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
‘Pushing the frontier is best done outside’: DeepMind alum Simon Kohl on leaving Big Tech
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Interview
September 24, 2026
‘Pushing the frontier is best done outside’: DeepMind alum Simon Kohl on leaving Big Tech
Kohl left DeepMind three years ago to launch Latent Labs, an AI lab dedicated to drug design and discovery
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Inside London's weirdest neolab
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Interview
September 18, 2026
Inside London's weirdest neolab
Inherent was founded by DeepMind alumni and has been backed with $50m from Index and Radical
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
DeepMind researcher’s new AI lab nears $4bn valuation, reports say
News
September 17, 2026
DeepMind researcher’s new AI lab nears $4bn valuation, reports say
Index and Lightspeed are in talks to lead the round
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
The DeepMind mafia building startups in Europe
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Founder factories
September 9, 2026
The DeepMind mafia building startups in Europe
Google’s AI lab has had a big impact on the tech world, with countless staff branching out to launch their own ventures
Tom Nugent
Ex-Google DeepMind duo raise €3.2m to build software for fusion startups
News
September 9, 2026
Ex-Google DeepMind duo raise €3.2m to build software for fusion startups
Lausanne-based founders of Fusionality targeting sector of massive investment
Éanna Kelly
Exclusive: DeepMind veteran Thore Graepel quits to pursue AI reasoning venture
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September 7, 2026
Exclusive: DeepMind veteran Thore Graepel quits to pursue AI reasoning venture
We need to fundamentally redesign AI, Graepel says
Freya Pratty
Exclusive: H cofounder Laurent Sifre joins Microsoft
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Exclusive
September 4, 2026
Exclusive: H cofounder Laurent Sifre joins Microsoft
Sifre was the last of five cofounders left working at the company
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
12 AI safety startups to watch, according to VCs
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Investor survey
August 26, 2026
12 AI safety startups to watch, according to VCs
These startups are helping organisations trust the AI models and agents they are putting in production
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
UK government under pressure to change non-compete rules
News
August 18, 2026
UK government under pressure to change non-compete rules
Pressure is mounting on the UK government to make garden leave optional for employees
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Freya Pratty
Index in talks to lead $500m round for DeepMind researcher’s new AI lab
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Exclusive
August 12, 2026
Index in talks to lead $500m round for DeepMind researcher’s new AI lab
Six other DeepMind alumni have joined the company
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Freya Pratty
DeepMind shakeup tests UK’s AI ambitions
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Analysis
August 10, 2026
DeepMind shakeup tests UK’s AI ambitions
Google’s AI reshuffle could weaken a key pillar of Britain’s startup ecosystem, experts say — but it may be a gift for the country’s talent-hungry neolabs
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Martin Coulter
DeepMind’s future has become all the more critical for the UK
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August 10, 2026
DeepMind’s future has become all the more critical for the UK
It remains unclear what this reshuffle means for London as an AI centre
John Thornhill
The billion-dollar question: How will the neolabs actually make money?
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Analysis
August 3, 2026
The billion-dollar question: How will the neolabs actually make money?
Expect products as soon as Q3 from some, while others are focused on longer-term goals
Freya Pratty and Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Mapped: the AI labs taking over King’s Cross
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List
July 3, 2026
Mapped: the AI labs taking over King’s Cross
The area is home to a fast-growing cohort of buzzy labs
Freya Pratty and Tom Nugent

# Google DeepMind

London is the 'best place in the world to launch an AI company'

Nvidia funds European startups. They spend it on Nvidia

Meet Aaron Rosenberg: The man DeepMind researchers call before they quit

Exclusive: Former H Company CTO seeks $30m for new startup

Ex-DeepMind researcher Thore Graepel launches new startup Metis Reasoning

Exclusive: Accel set to lead DeepMind alum’s $60m round

Nvidia unveils investments in five more UK startups

Where Europe's most active pre-seed investors are looking next

Sifted Summit day one: dispatched

Safety debate missing the risks of physical AI, says Tapestry VC partner

‘Pushing the frontier is best done outside’: DeepMind alum Simon Kohl on leaving Big Tech

Inside London's weirdest neolab

DeepMind researcher’s new AI lab nears $4bn valuation, reports say

The DeepMind mafia building startups in Europe

Ex-Google DeepMind duo raise €3.2m to build software for fusion startups

Exclusive: DeepMind veteran Thore Graepel quits to pursue AI reasoning venture

Exclusive: H cofounder Laurent Sifre joins Microsoft

12 AI safety startups to watch, according to VCs

UK government under pressure to change non-compete rules

Index in talks to lead $500m round for DeepMind researcher’s new AI lab

DeepMind shakeup tests UK’s AI ambitions

DeepMind’s future has become all the more critical for the UK

The billion-dollar question: How will the neolabs actually make money?

Mapped: the AI labs taking over King’s Cross