Overview
- The leaders signed a cooperation agreement during the state visit that focuses on artificial intelligence, quantum computing and nuclear energy.
- US-linked commitments of roughly £150 billion for the UK, part of a broader £250 billion package, include pledges from Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI and Blackstone, with Microsoft planning a national supercomputer and Blackstone targeting £90 billion over a decade.
- London-based Nscale, OpenAI and Nvidia launched a UK 'Stargate' collaboration to expand AI compute, with Nvidia set to install about 120,000 GPUs and OpenAI supplying up to 8,000 chips initially.
- The government outlined an AI growth zone around Newcastle aiming for about 5,000 jobs and roughly £30 billion in investment across sites in Blyth and Cobalt Park.
- GSK announced $30 billion in investments in the United States as a reciprocal commitment, while the visit featured royal ceremony, large protests in London and public differences over Russian oil purchases and Palestinian state recognition.