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UK AI Growth Zones and compute strategy: what's actually on offer for AI startups
The government's AI Growth Zones are mainly a data-centre infrastructure programme, not a startup grant scheme - but a separate £500 million Sovereign AI Unit and a national compute expansion are the parts actually aimed at AI companies. Here's what's real and what it means for founders.
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