05.05.2026

Breakthrough AI That Can Discover New Knowledge

The UK government’s Sovereign AI initiative is supporting Ineffable Intelligence, partnering with the British Business Bank to expand a homegrown, self-learning AI system capable of creating new knowledge and accelerating breakthroughs. CEO at Ineffable Intelligence is David Silver who is a respected AI researcher known for his work as lead of the reinforcement learning team at Google DeepMind. David is a professor at University College London.

About Sovereign AI

Britain’s Sovereign AI’s venture fund is dedicated to supporting British AI startups in order to build the UK’s AI Future. AI is the most important technology of our lifetime so their mission is to support the UK’s best founders to help them build a new generation of globally leading AI companies. The UK is seen as one of the best places in the world to start an AI company, it’s known for its world-class research and technical talent. Building on that strength will turn breakthrough ideas into global companies.

The companies who have been backed by Sovereign AI to date include Callosum who are building a new class of AI infrastructure. A further six startups will receive access to the AI Research Resource (AIRR) supercomputer network putting some of the nation’s foremost supercomputing capacity behind some of the country’s most promising new companies. The companies are Prima Mente, Cosine, Cursive, Doubleword, Twig Bio and Odyssey.

Full details about Sovereign AI’s mission, portfolio, insights and more are at www.sovereignai.gov.uk.

Statements from UK Gov Press Release:

(To read in full go to www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-backs-breakthrough-ai-company.)

Instead of being trained only on vast amounts of existing data, these systems interact with their environment, test ideas, and improve over time, allowing them to discover new solutions and insights on their own – opening the door to breakthroughs in science, medicine, engineering and beyond. David Silver founded Ineffable Intelligence to take the next leap forward: building AI that can go beyond imitation and generate genuinely new knowledge.

AI is the defining technology of our era. For Britain to forge its own destiny in the years ahead, the UK needs to have homegrown AI capacity and capabilities. That means backing the very best AI innovators, founders and entrepreneurs to bring their ideas to life in the UK, and grow them here to maximum success.

The Technology Secretary is setting out plans to boost Sovereign AI. It’s seen as essential to the UK’s national security and economic power.