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Britain’s first sovereign AI model secures blue-chip backing as Starmer unveils £400m plan
Cosine has announced blue-chip backing for Lumen Sovereign, a proposed UK-built frontier AI model designed to run on British infrastructure without reliance on foreign providers. The coalition includes BT, HSBC, Lloyds, NatWest, BAE Systems, Babcock, LSEG, PwC, Thales UK, Leonardo UK and Telefónica Tech UK&I, with deployment planned for 2026. The news came as Keir Starmer used London Tech Week to unveil a £400m sovereign compute push, framing domestic AI capability as a strategic priority for the UK economy, security and public services.
UK industry giants join forces to develop sovereign frontier AI model on Isambard-AI
Innovation News Network reports that Cosine has brought together major UK organizations including Babcock, BT, Lloyds Banking Group, LSEG, NatWest, PwC, Thales UK and Telefónica Tech UK&I to help design Lumen Sovereign, a UK-trained frontier AI model running exclusively on Isambard-AI under the government’s £500m Sovereign AI program. The companies have signed MoUs to shape the model’s technical requirements, governance framework and real-world applications, with deployment readiness targeted by the end of 2026.
HSBC, Lloyds, and NatWest back UK’s first sovereign AI model
Britain’s Cosine rallies BT, HSBC, and BAE to build a “sovereign” AI model and cut its reliance on US tech
TNW reports that Cosine has rallied BT, HSBC, Lloyds, NatWest, BAE Systems, Babcock, LSEG, PwC, Thales UK, Leonardo UK and Telefónica Tech to co-design Lumen Sovereign, a UK-built frontier AI model aimed at reducing reliance on US providers. The article frames the project as a procurement and security response for banks, defence firms and critical infrastructure operators, with the model trained on Isambard-AI, deployable in customer-controlled and air-gapped environments, and targeted for the end of 2026.
Britain’s biggest banks, defence primes, and telecoms are betting on a three-year-old startup to end their dependence on American AI
Cosine goes from benchmark leader to cornerstone of UK sovereign AI strategy
Tech.eu covers how Cosine — the only end-to-end sovereign AI coding platform built, owned, and operated entirely in Britain — has been selected as one of the first partners in the UK's £500 million Sovereign AI programme.
The UK Launches Its $675 Million Sovereign AI Fund
Wired reports on the UK's ambitious $675 million sovereign AI fund, highlighting Cosine's role as a key partner in this groundbreaking initiative.
Britain Bets on Cosine to Lead Sovereign AI Push
NextTechToday covers Britain's strategic investment in Cosine as part of its sovereign AI initiative, positioning the company at the forefront of the UK's AI ambitions.
UK Government backs AI firms pioneering drug discovery and more
Cosine receives first backing through the UK's Sovereign AI initiative alongside pioneering AI companies working on drug discovery, cheaper supercomputing, and more.
The second wave of AI coding is here
MIT Technology Review covers Cosine's breakthrough in autonomous software engineering, featuring our human reasoning approach and Genie's state-of-the-art performance on SWE-bench.
Build AI your way with Amazon Nova
Featured by AWS for our work on fine-tuning and AI model customization with Amazon Nova.
Fine-tuning now available for GPT-4o
Cosine achieves state-of-the-art results on the SWE-bench benchmark as an OpenAI Launch Partner for GPT-4 fine-tuning.
Move over, Devin: Cosine's Genie takes the AI coding crown
VentureBeat reports on Genie's achievement as the highest-scoring AI software engineer on SWE-bench.
AWS Summit London 2024
Cosine presented at AWS Summit London on AI-powered software engineering and autonomous coding agents.
How AI Is Transforming Software Engineering
Yang Li joins the Earley AI Podcast to discuss how Cosine is building AI that transforms software engineering through human reasoning.