Deeptech Mash: Episode 4
with David Grimm, Partner and Sebastian Hunte, Investment Director
In this episode of Deeptech Mash, Dave and Seb discuss various developments in tech and innovation, highlighting the growing importance of sovereignty in the compute space.
They delve into recent tech news, including Phasecraft’s $34 million Series B and Humanloop’s exit to Anthropic. The conversation then focuses on the critical need for the UK to establish a sovereign compute capacity to mitigate dependencies on foreign technology, particularly from the US. They advocate for governmental intervention as a first customer to support homegrown tech companies, emphasising the strategic significance of such investments for national security and economic leverage.
They also touch on the broader implications for European tech ecosystems and the necessity for large, visionary investments in domestic tech infrastructure.
The episode wraps up with a call to action for founders, investors, and policymakers to lean in—back ambitious infrastructure, commit to procurement, and push forward a scaled UK data centre strategy.
