Lumen Sovereign

Newsletter Archive

Follow Lumen Sovereign's build, from training and research breakthroughs to the partnerships shaping Britain's sovereign AI capability. Explore past editions for updates from our team and our take on the latest sovereign AI news.

Lumen Sovereign Newsletter 4th Edition

4th Edition

Confidential training experiments for Lumen Sovereign, an open letter to the UK Government calling for a 10-year sovereign AI strategy, perspectives on the UK's AI supercomputer infrastructure challenges, and new coalition partnerships with Sopra Steria, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and EDF (UK).

Lumen Sovereign Newsletter 3rd Edition

3rd Edition

Distributed training efficiency gains and post-training data quality assurance for Lumen Sovereign, perspectives on UK and European AI sovereignty and independent infrastructure control, and new coalition partnerships with PA Consulting, Kainos, and Advai.

Lumen Sovereign Newsletter 2nd Edition

2nd Edition

Progress on training Lumen Sovereign at the one-trillion-parameter scale and running an on-device demo on an Apple Mac Studio, perspectives on UK sovereign AI procurement and independent infrastructure control, and new coalition partnerships with Deloitte, EY, and Fujitsu.

Lumen Sovereign Newsletter 1st Edition

1st Edition

Our inaugural edition covers early progress on Lumen Sovereign training (upcycling, data provenance, and Welsh language localisation), UK investment in AI chip startup OLIX, and new ecosystem partnerships with Cognizant, OneAdvanced, and Mimic.