NI’s AI investment scene is flatlining while drones are dropping €5m into prisons.

This week’s newsletter digs into:
📉 NI's AI investment crash
🌍 Climate tech + Digital Twins
💼 £1bn gov CRM contracts
⛳ Rory McIlroy’s pivot to sports tech.

#AI #NorthernIreland #TechPolicy #Drones #ClimateTech

Education Authority of Northern Ireland (EANI) contract extensions with Capita have caught my eye. No doubt within regulations, but is this best value? open.substack.com/pub/northsta...

For this week's newsletter, I explore how Rachel Reeves's Spring Statement signals AI investment for government efficiency, while Northern Ireland faces unique regulatory challenges and public skepticism about technological transformation...

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UKRI have published their annual report on the funding distribution across the UK for the financial years ‘22-’23 & ‘23-’24. Just 1% of this funding goes to NI.

I've quickly considered what might be going on here substack.com/@geoffmcgimp...