Originally published on AI Tech Connect.
What you need to know The pace has stepped up. Reported figures from AI funding trackers put UK AI venture capital at approximately £8.2 billion across the first half (H1) of 2026 — close to half of all European technology investment so far this year. Treat the totals as estimates. The £8.2B figure is a reported tally from trackers and the technology press (techfundingnews.com, businesscloud.co.uk, londondaily.news), not an official audited statistic. It signals momentum rather than a precise ledger. London Tech Week piled on. According to GOV.UK, London Tech Week 2026 wrapped with around £6 billion in new AI investment commitments and roughly 8,000 new highly skilled jobs announced — AMD, Nebius and AWS among the headline names. Capital becomes headcount. A round closed in spring tends…
