Pitching Whitehall on AI's energy bill
Startups test a new route to sell to the state.
Good morning,
Today's main piece comes from a very Whitehall room, where six startups pitched to win a pilot contract with the government to make compute more efficient. It was a great event, but imagine if the government buying from British tech startups was the norm rather than an event.
Happening Today 📆
Cluster cash: The British Business Bank is investing £57m into five innovation clusters in northern England, it announced this morning.
Lawyers assemble: The Society for Computers and Law holds its annual conference at DLA Piper today looking at the human impact of AI.
In today's edition:
💡 Startups pitch Whitehall officials on 'green compute' as part of an experiment on how government buys British tech.
