Another London Tech Week has come to an end. The event saw major tech policy announcements, massive international investments secured in Britain and so many conversations about AI.
UKTN was on the ground for all three days of London Tech Week, so here are the biggest insights from the UK’s largest tech event.
All in on AI
AI dominating discussions this year was practically inevitable. The hottest technology in the industry was dissected, analysed and celebrated across dozens of panels and keynotes.
Perhaps most notably during the opening address from Prime Minister Keir Starmer (pictured), who took the opportunity to reaffirm the government’s commitment to supporting the rollout of AI across the country and announce an ambition upskilling programme aiming to give 7.5 million workers AI skills.
Starmer was then joined by Investment Minister Poppy Gustafsson and NVIDIA chief executive Jensen Huang, who discussed the need to invest more in the UK’s compute infrastructure and announced a partnership with the $3.5tn (£2.6bn) company to support the commercialisation of academic research.
AI was always going to be a big topic this year, though it did make it difficult for any other sector in tech to shine.
The UK is a “fantastic place to invest”
Among the primary goals of London Tech Week is to bring international players together to showcase the merits of the British tech industry, and showcase it did.
NVIDIA’s Huang (pictured) lauded the UK as a “fantastic place to invest” live on stage, describing its AI ecosystem in particular as the “envy of the world”. In that same session, Starmer revealed global fintech firm Liquidity would be establishing its European office in London.
Later in the schedule, Tech Secretary Peter Kyle revealed a handful of other international firms would be pumping cash into the UK, including Dutch group Nebius and Danish firm Netcompany.
The event also acted as an exclusive reveal of Tech Nation’s 2025 report. Key findings from the report included the value of the UK tech sector; $1.2tn (£886bn) as of the first half of 2025. This is more than double the combined value of Germany and France’s tech industries.
Overshadowed by drama?
For all the positive conversations around the bright future of UK tech, much of the coverage has come to be dominated by an incident that took place on the first day.
Entrepreneur Davina Schonle was turned away at the entrance on Monday, having travelled three hours to be there. Schonle, who was travelling with her eight-month-old child was told she would not be allowed in with her baby. She later told The Business Desk that she left feeling “humiliated”.
The situation prompted a major backlash, including accusations that the event was discouraging working mothers from participating in the industry.
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