Alliance News21 Jan 2025 12:46
Mindflair and Sure Ventures are also both invested in SVV Enterprise Fund. They each have a roughly 6% interest in that fund.
Sure Ventures PLC - venture capital fund backing early-stage artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, and internet of things companies - Sure Ventures believes its investment in the Sure Valley Ventures Enterprise Fund puts it at the "sweet spot" of a UK artificial intelligence strategy. Sure Ventures noted the UK government set out an AI action plan last week Monday. "The action plan was clear and sets out to secure the UK's future with homegrown AI. It also highlighted how quickly AI has advanced, in such a short space of time. A small number of companies at the frontier of AI are set to have a disproportionate amount of global influence. The statement went on to say that the UK has a window of opportunity to secure and strengthen the countries global leadership in AI. This will help protect economic security and help us be a part of the exponential growth of global AI," Sure Ventures adds. "The government is committed to building a cutting-edge, secure, and sustainable AI infrastructure. It wants to take forward the recommendations to expand its sovereign compute capacity. Computing needs could grow by at least 20x by 2030. This expansion is critical if the UK is to keep pace." Sure Ventures believes a number of investee firms can "can assist the adoption and transformation of the UK's technological AI infrastructure". It notes its Stylus, or Learncycle Ltd, investee is aimed at using AI to reduce teacher workloads, assisting with marking. Purple Transform Ltd uses AI to "address data overload and enhance safety and security in large infrastructures like rail networks", Sure Ventures touts. In addition, Sure Ventures highlights Phinixt Robotics Ltd, which aims to automate warehouses. Mindflair PLC notes the Sure Ventures announcement. It owns just under 24% of Sure Ventures and adds that Sure Ventures has a just shy of a 26% stake in Sure Valley Ventures. Mindflair and Sure Ventures are also both invested in SVV Enterprise Fund. They each have a roughly 6% interest in that fund.