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Multiverse launches Mastry platform to take companies from AI tools to AI results
The London-founded upskilling scaleup is pitching its new AI learning platform as an alternative to consultancy-led workforce transformation.
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MOD confirms Titania satellite in orbit as part of £3bn UK space defence push
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The competition regulator has moved to its next regulatory step after designating Google as holding strategic market status in UK mobile markets.Across the tech desk
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Founders
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Scaleups
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Exits
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AI
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- UK startup deepmirror named in TIME's Best Inventions 2026 list
- DSIT publishes annual UK AI sector study for 2025
- Government rolls out AI tool and rule change to speed up planning decisions
Tech
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- Home Office to introduce new watchdog and laws for police facial recognition use
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