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UK AI Hardware Plan

Hosted by British Consulate SF

When
4:00 – 5:00 PM
Where
Union Square
Format
Networking and Panel / Fireside Chat
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/ About this event

The future of AI will be shaped by far more than models alone. Compute, energy, data centres, infrastructure, talent and investment are becoming the defining factors in global competitiveness.

Hosted by the British Consulate in San Francisco - Join technology leaders, investors, founders and policymakers for a keynote discussion on the UK's AI Hardware Plan and the opportunities it creates across the UK and US innovation ecosystems. The conversation will explore how governments and industry can work together to accelerate AI infrastructure investment, unlock new sources of growth, and build the foundations required for the next generation of AI technologies.

Confirmed speakers include: - Sir Christian Turner, His Majesty's Ambassador to the United States - Tom Blomfield, Member of Technical Staff, Compute @ Anthropic - Saumil Shah, VP and Chief of Staff to the CEO, Arm - Shah Sajadieh, AI Index Report Lead, Stanford HAI - Additional speakers to be announced shortly.

Following the keynote, join us at the British Tech Street Festival!

Thanks to our Sponsors - BPM, Osborne Clarke and JPM

This event is part of #SFTechWeek, a week of events hosted by VCs and startups that brings together the global tech ecosystem. Learn more at Tech Week.

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