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UK announces £100m AI Life Sciences Accelerator Mission

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Source: GOV.UK

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced £100m for an AI Life Sciences Accelerator Mission, set out in a government release on 29 October 2023. The money targets AI for diseases without cures, starting with dementia (finding people at risk, matching patients to trials and evaluating treatments) and mental health, where AI tools were to be tested within 18 months. It also covers earlier diagnosis and faster drug discovery.

Why it matters

UK researchers and companies working on AI for dementia and mental health gained a dedicated government fund, announced days before the UK hosted the Bletchley Park AI summit.

When
29 Oct 2023
ID
WTA-N-2023-0106
Who
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Department of Health and Social Care; Rishi Sunak

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from GOV.UK. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at GOV.UK

Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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Data to measure this

Compare the years before 2023 with the years since in these series. National sources for United Kingdom come first.

  • ETO Country AI Activity MetricsEmerging Technology Observatory, CSET (Georgetown)AI research articles and citations, AI patents and AI equity investment by country, year and field.monthly · download · CSV
  • Artificial Intelligence sector studyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyNumber of UK AI companies, their revenue, value added, employment and investment.Years: 2022-2024 · annual · report only · Covers before and after
  • Stanford AI Index public dataStanford HAIChart data behind the AI Index chapters on research, performance, responsible AI, economy, science, medicine, education, policy and opinion.annual · download
  • WIPO: patent trends in generative AIWorld Intellectual Property OrganizationPublished generative-AI patent families by country, applicant, data type and model type.Years: 2014-2025 · one-off · report only · PDF · Covers before and after
  • OECD.AI: venture capital investments in AI start-upsOECD.AI (data from Preqin)Venture capital invested in AI start-ups by country and industry, with series for generative AI and AI compute start-ups.live · query tool
  • WIPO IP Statistics Data CenterWorld Intellectual Property OrganizationPatent, trademark and design indicators worldwide, with patents by class and 35 technology fields.annual · query tool

All data for United Kingdom

Cite this story

WTA-N-2023-0106: “UK announces £100m AI Life Sciences Accelerator Mission.” wheresthe.ai, 29 Oct 2023. https://wheresthe.ai/d/gb-ai-life-sciences-accelerator-100m-2023-10/ (source: GOV.UK).

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