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London based AI start-ups raised a record $3.5 bn in venture capital funding last year

London stays ahead of the AI European league table ahead of Paris and Munich

Evening Standard

Starmer vows bonfire of red tape to get Britain building ahead of investment summit

Sir Keir Starmer is pledging to ‘rip out the bureaucracy that blocks investment’ and ensure regulators prioritise economic growth in their decision-making

The Independent UK

Labour's plan to scrap tech projects will sabotage its growth agenda

City Voices: The government must create the right environment for tech startups to thrive

Evening Standard

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Can these two self-driving car vets upend Hollywood and beat out OpenAI?

AI startup Odyssey, cofounded by Cruise and Wayve alums, emerges from stealth with $9 million in venture capital funding

Fortune

Canada's Waabi raises $200 million, says gen AI driverless trucks in 2025

Waabi's Series B funding round, led by Uber and Khosla Ventures, brought in new strategic investors Nvidia, Volvo Group Venture Capital, Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Scania Invest and Ingka Investments.

Fortune

Arm owner SoftBank reports £1.2bn profit as it shifts towards AI

Tech investor led £800m funding round into UK self-driving car software company Wayve

The Guardian - UK

AI boss: How autonomous car drove me through London past Big Ben and Trafalgar Square with no hands on wheel

Alex Kendall, co-founder and chief executive of Wayve, told how artificial intelligence is revolutionising driving

Evening Standard

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Wayve co-founder Alex Kendall net worth hits £400 million after SoftBank-led funding round

The wealth of the co-founder of Wayve has topped £400 million after the autonomous vehicle start-up secured more than $1 billion in a fresh funding round led by SoftBank.

Evening Standard

UK AI startup Wayve wins $1bn funding for self-driving car software

Japan’s SoftBank leads largest investment to date in a European artificial intelligence company

The Guardian - UK

Britain will lead the world in self-driving cars, says Harper

Transport Secretary Mark Harper was speaking after a Bill to create a set of laws for using autonomous vehicles was included in the King’s Speech.

The Independent UK

Microsoft-backed self-driving car startup Wayve might finally have an answer to the driverless vehicle trust debate

“It’s mind-blowing what it’s capable of doing.”

Fortune

Asda trials self-driving vehicles for home deliveries

Issa brothers' company testingthe technology at West London superstore

Birmingham Post

Asda starts delivering food shops in SELF-DRIVING cars as part of new trial

If the driverless car delivery trial is successful, Asda said Wayve would be able to offer autonomous delivery in further locations across the UK

Daily Mirror

ASDA rolls out self-driving grocery deliveries for 72,000 west London households

If the trial is a success, ASDA may extend it across the nation

Evening Standard

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Asda starts delivering groceries to people's homes in self-driving cars

From today, Asda customers can have their shopping delivered by a self-driving vehicle

Fortune

'Car Guy’ Bill Gates just rode in an autonomous vehicle across London and says the sector is reaching a 'tipping point' in the next decade

The billionaire said autonomous vehicles can save time, money, and reduce inequities in transport access—but it'll be decades before that happens.

Evening Standard

‘Self-driving’ vans could make Ocado deliveries in the capital

Londoners could have their weekly groceries delivered by “self-driving” vehicles under plans being trialled in the capital.

Evening Standard

Scaling AI for autonomous e-mobility in London

Kaity Fischer, Director of Partnerships and Business Development for Wayve in conversation with Lucy Siegle about the future of autonomous EVs

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Evening Standard

Tech & Science Daily podcast: Driverless EVs roaming London | Plug It In

As part of the Evening Standard’s #PlugItIn campaign, Tech & Science daily has spoken with autonomous vehicle company Wayve about the future of EVs in the city.

Evening Standard

A London company has developed a breakthrough in self-driving car tech

The new technology could finally usher in the era of autonomous vehicles in big cities like London

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