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The internet took seven years to reach 100 million users; ChatGPT did it in two months, highlighting the rapid pace of AI adoption in the UK. To stay competitive globally, the UK must act fast. “Blink and you’ll miss it,” AI Minister Feryal Clark MP told delegates at the Innovate UK BridgeAI Annual Showcase in London on Monday.

Since 2014, Innovate UK’s ICURe programme has transformed early-stage research into high-impact university spin-outs. Momentum is accelerating in 2025, with five new spin-outs already launched this year and six more identified between March and June.

Maidenhead-based beauty brand, ALIANAz, is helping transform the personal care industry with a new product that cuts plastic waste and CO₂ emissions. Its innovative approach is setting new standards for sustainability and accessibility in a market long dominated by single-use plastics and one-size-fits-all products. With tailored business growth support from Innovate UK, the company has secured around £350,000 in public funding, increased its turnover by 56% between 2022 and 2024, and created five new jobs.

Calla Lily Clinical Care is reshaping how vaginally administered drugs are delivered, starting with miscarriage prevention and fertility. With tailored business growth support from Innovate UK Business Growth, the London-based medical device company has secured £2.2 million in grant funding and more than £4.5 million in private investment, and has grown its team from 4 to 16. Most recently, it has been awarded £1 million funding to begin clinical trials of its flagship device, Callavid® – a patented, leak-free device that ensures the drug dose is conveniently delivered every time.

London-based agri-tech company, Concert Bio, is helping soilless food growers get better harvests using the natural power of microbes - tiny organisms that support plant health. By introducing these microbes into modern systems where crops are grown without soil - known as hydroponic systems - the company is helping plants grow faster, healthier and with fewer chemicals. With dedicated business growth support from Innovate UK, Concert Bio has secured £2.3 million in funding, formed seven international partnerships and created seven new jobs.

The UK National Quantum Technologies Showcase returns – bigger, bolder, and more globally connected than ever before. This time, it will be part of the International Year of Quantum.

The Digital Accountancy Matchmaking event took place in June 2025 at Oxford Brookes University and was organised for the AI for Services network of the Innovate UK’s Next Generation Professional Financial Services programme in collaboration with TiPS (Technology in Professional Services).

Innovate UK is inviting ambitious innovative companies to participate in its Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP).

A Sustainable Bio-based Materials and Manufacture-funded collaborative research and development project enabled Arda Biomaterials to accelerate the development of a leather alternative made from beer waste.