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The Tech Nation Report 2026 has landed – and we’re entering a new AI era. 🚀

AI now powers a third of the UK’s $1.6 trillion tech sector – more than double its share five years ago.

The report reveals:
🇬🇧 UK is Europe’s leading AI ecosystem, with AI companies worth $518bn
🧠 56,000 AI professionals and record investment levels
💸 UK AI startups raised $11bn+ in H1 2026 alone
🧬 The next wave is building across finance, healthcare, transport, energy and defence

Yet much of the value still flows overseas:
🌊 Half of all VC dollars in UK AI come from the US
✈️ A big share of exit value heads back across the Atlantic

So founders are calling for action on the fundamentals: investment incentives, energy infrastructure, talent, and the conditions to scale globally from the UK. 🏗️

Featuring insights from founders at Wayve, Synthesia, ElevenLabs, OpenAI, PolyAI and government champions.

Link in bio! 📖

#AINative #UKTech #LondonTechWeek #ItTakesATechNation by @technationhq

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4 months ago

The narrative around entrepreneurship in the UK needs to change...

And I found 5 founders who prove it.

I got access to Downing Street for the Tech Nation Future Fifty 2026 event and sat down with some of the most ambitious builders in the country right now.

Peter Joyce, CEO of Grey Wolf.
Ross Upton, CEO and Founder of Ultromics.
Ali Kaafrani, Founder of PQShield.
Adam Hyslop, Founder of OpenRent.
Katie King, CEO of BioOrbit.

Five different industries.
Five different journeys.
One shared belief.

The UK is still one of the best places in the world to build a business.

Yes the tax conversation is real.

Yes the narrative can be brutal.

But these founders aren’t waiting for the perfect conditions.

They’re creating them.

Comment below on this video if you’re building in the UK or thinking about it.

@technationhq @ukhmtreasury taken in Downing Street by @technationhq

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6 months ago

Future Fifty 2026 is officially launched!

Last night at Downing Street, The Chancellor welcomed our first #FutureFifty cohort of 2026.
25 exceptional scaleups.

• £1.3B+ combined funding raised
• 2,900+ employees across the cohort
• 96% expanding internationally
• 32% headquartered outside London

From AI, to PropTech to ClimateTech, this cohort is set to define the future of UK innovation and scale globally 🌍

Check out the full list in our bio.

#ItTakesATechNation #FutureFifty by @technationhq

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7 months ago

Meet the Upscale 2026 cohort - 25 of the UK’s most ambitious post-Series A scaleups.

From AI to healthtech, biotech to sustainability, they’re reshaping entire industries. We welcomed them at Mansion House to kick off the programme.

• £465.7m raised between them
• Nearly 1,400 employees
• 5 headquartered outside London

🔗 Read more about them - link in bio.

#ItTakesATechNation #Upscale2026 by @technationhq

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3 days ago

Swap the boardroom for the court 🎾

Join ambitious Series A+ Founders, CFOs and leading VCs at the first Tech Nation Padel Open on Wed 18 November, Racketeer, London.

No pro skills needed, just bring your competitive streak! Places are limited.

Apply to attend via the link in our bio taken in Racketeer.Club by @technationhq

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8 days ago

We launched the newest Future Fifty cohort at our annual Future Fifty Forum 📣

25 of the UK’s most ambitious scaleups.

• £1.47B combined funding raised
• Nearly 4,000 employees across the UK and internationally
• Nearly a quarter headquartered outside London

Spanning AI, fintech, health and more, they reflect the depth of late-stage tech talent building across every region of the UK.

These are the businesses building the UK’s next generation of category leaders.

📎 Read about them in our ‘UK’s 50 Tech Companies to Watch’ report - link in the bio

#ItTakesATechNation #FutureFifty2026 by @technationhq

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15 days ago

For founders, the challenge has always been making limited resources go further. AI is changing that equation - giving teams the ability to build, test and scale faster than ever before.

As part of the Tech Nation Report 2026, Hamish Shephard, Co-founder of @bridebookhq and @hellofresh , spoke to us about what AI means for entrepreneurs.

🔗 Download the report - link in bio by @technationhq

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a month ago

Founders aren’t short on ideas. They’re short on time. ⏳

So Tech Nation and @hubspot for Startups built something to fix that: The Founder Prompt Pack. 🚀

7 AI prompts for the moments founders tend to put off - eahc one turns your LLM into a sharp, skeptical advisor, not a search bar.

Download now, link in bio 🔗 by @technationhq

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a month ago

AI is changing the scale UK founders think at - from day one.

James Wise, Partner at @baldertoncapital , told us for the Tech Nation Report 2026 that founders aren’t just building differently. They’re building to define categories, reach global markets earlier, and scale from the UK with real confidence.

The data backs it up:
→ UK AI startups raised $11b+ in H1 2026 - a new annual record set in six months
→ 3 in 4 venture dollars in the UK went to AI companies

The next wave of UK AI could be built at a whole different scale.

📎 Read the full report - link in the bio by @technationhq

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2 months ago

1 in 4 UK entrepreneurs is disabled or neurodivergent - and they’re behind some of the country’s boldest innovation💡

What’s been missing isn’t ambition. It’s the infrastructure. That’s where Creo comes in: the UK’s first springboard programme for disabled and neurodivergent founders.

🌟 Expert-led workshops and coaching
🌟 Mentors who’ve built it themselves
🌟 VC and Angel investor access
🌟 A community for life

→ Open to UK-based, pre-seed to pre-Series A, disabled or neurodivergent founders (or building tech for these communities)

👉 Apply now for Creo 2026 - link in bio.

@motabilityfoundation, HSBC Innovation Banking, Motability Operations

#Creo2026 #ItTakesATechNation by @technationhq

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3 months ago

The next wave of UK AI won’t be defined by frontier models, but by the products that make work feel radically simpler.

For the Tech Nation Report 2026: The Next Wave of UK AI, Sam Stephenson, Co-founder & Designer at @meetgranola , told us how AI can strip the friction from everyday workflows - less time on scheduling, notes and follow-up, more on the work that matters.

The report found major AI platforms are becoming a new infrastructure layer for startup growth:

🚀 1 in 3 UK founders building on major AI platforms
✨ 40% launching entirely new products or services because of AI

Download the report - link in bio by @technationhq

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3 months ago

300+ alumni. $9.6 billion raised. Applications are open for Upscale 2026 🚀

Join the network for the UK’s most ambitious post-Series A founders.

⚡ Tailored 1:1 introductions to top UK growth-stage investors
⚡ Connections and expertise across the whole C-suite
⚡ Peer-to-peer learning with founders navigating the same challenges
⚡ A place in the Founders Forum Group network for life

→ Apply if you’ve raised a £5m+ Series A or are generating at least £1m in revenue and are a UK HQ’d tech business.

Apply now: link in bio

HSBC Innovation Banking, @wilson_sonsini , @cooper.parry , @gpglobalmadepossible , @sable.international by @technationhq

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