The Tech Nation Report 2026
The Tech Nation Report 2026
The Tech Nation Report 2026
The Next Wave of UK AI
The Next Wave of
UK AI
#AINative
A new generation of AI companies is driving the growth of the UK tech sector.
Eleven Labs
Nscale
Synthesia
Granola
Physics X
Ineffable Intelligence
Humanloop
Quantexa
Isomorphic Labs
Wayve
Recursive Superintelligence
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UK tech market value in 2026
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30% of founders say their business would not exist without AI.
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As AI reshapes jobs, skills, services and security, government has a duty to manage that change responsibly. That means building confidence, protecting resilience and making sure progress is shared, turning technological change into national renewal.
TN 2026
The Rt Hon Rachel Reeves
Chancellor of the Exchequer
When we founded the company, each cycle of AI took a year or two. Now it feels like there’s a step-change every week. Focusing on driving real, measurable value has been a defining part of our growth.
TN 2026
Victor Riparbelli
Synthesia
We have institutional advantages: a highly educated workforce, strong absorptive capacity, mature systems of employer-led training, and public services that can act as natural laboratories for applied AI. The next decade of AI will be won not exclusively by those who built the technology, but by those who built the workforce capability to use it.
TN 2026
Euan Blair
Multiverse
We share the Government’s ambition to drive economic growth through the development of the self-driving vehicle sector in the UK and globally. Strengthening domestic capabilities will anchor high-value manufacturing in the UK, create thousands of skilled jobs across the supply chain, and support the future of the automotive industry.
TN 2026
Alex Kendall
Wayve
People think AI just means LLMs, but for us it spans autonomy, computer vision, machine learning, neural networks and language models – all working together as enablers across the system.
TN 2026
Oana Jinga
Dexory
We’re still early in the biggest shift in computing and productivity tools since the personal computer. People who write emails, attend meetings, create documents, and collaborate across tools will increasingly work inside an AI-powered workspace designed for those tasks. That’s the direction we’re moving in.
TN 2026
Chris Pedregal
Granola
Britain is in a race for the future. And we are uniquely placed to shape this powerful technology in line with our values, and to make AI work for all.
TN 2026
The Rt Hon Liz Kendall
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
As AI reshapes jobs, skills, services and security, government has a duty to manage that change responsibly. That means building confidence, protecting resilience and making sure progress is shared, turning technological change into national renewal.
TN 2026
The Rt Hon Rachel Reeves
Chancellor of the Exchequer
When we founded the company, each cycle of AI took a year or two. Now it feels like there’s a step-change every week. Focusing on driving real, measurable value has been a defining part of our growth.
TN 2026
Victor Riparbelli
Synthesia
We have institutional advantages: a highly educated workforce, strong absorptive capacity, mature systems of employer-led training, and public services that can act as natural laboratories for applied AI. The next decade of AI will be won not exclusively by those who built the technology, but by those who built the workforce capability to use it.
TN 2026
Euan Blair
Multiverse
We share the Government’s ambition to drive economic growth through the development of the self-driving vehicle sector in the UK and globally. Strengthening domestic capabilities will anchor high-value manufacturing in the UK, create thousands of skilled jobs across the supply chain, and support the future of the automotive industry.
TN 2026
Alex Kendall
Wayve
People think AI just means LLMs, but for us it spans autonomy, computer vision, machine learning, neural networks and language models – all working together as enablers across the system.
TN 2026
Oana Jinga
Dexory
We’re still early in the biggest shift in computing and productivity tools since the personal computer. People who write emails, attend meetings, create documents, and collaborate across tools will increasingly work inside an AI-powered workspace designed for those tasks. That’s the direction we’re moving in.
TN 2026
Chris Pedregal
Granola
Britain is in a race for the future. And we are uniquely placed to shape this powerful technology in line with our values, and to make AI work for all.
TN 2026
The Rt Hon Liz Kendall
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
As AI reshapes jobs, skills, services and security, government has a duty to manage that change responsibly. That means building confidence, protecting resilience and making sure progress is shared, turning technological change into national renewal.
TN 2026
The Rt Hon Rachel Reeves
Chancellor of the Exchequer
When we founded the company, each cycle of AI took a year or two. Now it feels like there’s a step-change every week. Focusing on driving real, measurable value has been a defining part of our growth.
TN 2026
Victor Riparbelli
Synthesia
We have institutional advantages: a highly educated workforce, strong absorptive capacity, mature systems of employer-led training, and public services that can act as natural laboratories for applied AI. The next decade of AI will be won not exclusively by those who built the technology, but by those who built the workforce capability to use it.
TN 2026
Euan Blair
Multiverse
We share the Government’s ambition to drive economic growth through the development of the self-driving vehicle sector in the UK and globally. Strengthening domestic capabilities will anchor high-value manufacturing in the UK, create thousands of skilled jobs across the supply chain, and support the future of the automotive industry.
TN 2026
Alex Kendall
Wayve
People think AI just means LLMs, but for us it spans autonomy, computer vision, machine learning, neural networks and language models – all working together as enablers across the system.
TN 2026
Oana Jinga
Dexory
We’re still early in the biggest shift in computing and productivity tools since the personal computer. People who write emails, attend meetings, create documents, and collaborate across tools will increasingly work inside an AI-powered workspace designed for those tasks. That’s the direction we’re moving in.
TN 2026
Chris Pedregal
Granola
Britain is in a race for the future. And we are uniquely placed to shape this powerful technology in line with our values, and to make AI work for all.
TN 2026
The Rt Hon Liz Kendall
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
As AI reshapes jobs, skills, services and security, government has a duty to manage that change responsibly. That means building confidence, protecting resilience and making sure progress is shared, turning technological change into national renewal.
TN 2026
The Rt Hon Rachel Reeves
Chancellor of the Exchequer
When we founded the company, each cycle of AI took a year or two. Now it feels like there’s a step-change every week. Focusing on driving real, measurable value has been a defining part of our growth.
TN 2026
Victor Riparbelli
Synthesia
We have institutional advantages: a highly educated workforce, strong absorptive capacity, mature systems of employer-led training, and public services that can act as natural laboratories for applied AI. The next decade of AI will be won not exclusively by those who built the technology, but by those who built the workforce capability to use it.
TN 2026
Euan Blair
Multiverse
We share the Government’s ambition to drive economic growth through the development of the self-driving vehicle sector in the UK and globally. Strengthening domestic capabilities will anchor high-value manufacturing in the UK, create thousands of skilled jobs across the supply chain, and support the future of the automotive industry.
TN 2026
Alex Kendall
Wayve
People think AI just means LLMs, but for us it spans autonomy, computer vision, machine learning, neural networks and language models – all working together as enablers across the system.
TN 2026
Oana Jinga
Dexory
We’re still early in the biggest shift in computing and productivity tools since the personal computer. People who write emails, attend meetings, create documents, and collaborate across tools will increasingly work inside an AI-powered workspace designed for those tasks. That’s the direction we’re moving in.
TN 2026
Chris Pedregal
Granola
Britain is in a race for the future. And we are uniquely placed to shape this powerful technology in line with our values, and to make AI work for all.
TN 2026
The Rt Hon Liz Kendall
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
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