Nvidia to Provide $250M in Compute for UK AI Safety Research and Invest in Five Startups

Odaily News: Nvidia will provide $250 million worth of computing resources to the UK AI safety research community over the next five years, amounting to approximately $50 million per year. Beneficiary institutions include the BOLD Lab led by Oxford University, the SOFAIR Lab led by UCL, and Imperial College London, with research covering safe agents, open model safety, and real-world threat defense, among other areas. The compute will be provided by UK-based cloud partners, with specific service providers and commercial terms yet to be finalized.

Additionally, Nvidia plans to invest in five UK startups: biomolecular AI model company Boltz, infrastructure risk prediction platform Foresight, algorithm optimization AI engine Hiverge, biological foundation model company Prima Mente focused on neurodegenerative diseases, and quantum error correction hardware and software company Riverlane.

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang stated that AI capabilities and safety must advance in tandem, and the UK possesses world-class scientific rigor. This $250 million commitment will put accelerated computing into the hands of UK researchers. (Techfundingnews)