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Jensen Huang visited the UK recently and I think it\u2019s fair to say he liked what he saw. The Nvidia CEO called the country an \u201cincredible, incredible place to invest\u201d and added: \u201cI\u2019m going to invest here.\u201d Good news for UK stocks perhaps?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Huang was referring to Britain\u2019s status in the artificial intelligence race where, thanks to an overflow of research talent and several promising start-ups, the UK has \u201cone of the richest AI communities anywhere on the planet\u201d.<\/p>\n
In a meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, he cited \u201camazing start-ups\u201d like Deepmind, Wayve, Synthesia and ElevenLabs. Deepmind gained fame using neural nets to best South Korean Go supremo Lee Sedol at a game considered one of the final challenges for computers beating humans.<\/p>\n
Bringing this round to myself as an investor, should I invest too? Should I ride the wave of British excellence as we enter the artificial intelligence era?<\/p>\n
Cold water<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll need to pour a little cold water on the excitement here. While Britain\u2019s status as one of the world\u2019s top three or four AI hubs is impressive, the opportunity for investors is minimal. The four previously mentioned start-ups are, much like American<\/a> ChatGPT creator OpenAI, unlisted companies. Their funding comes from venture capital or private sources, not from the stock markets that Joe Bloggs has access to.\u00a0<\/p>\n While future IPOs of these promising firms will be worth keeping an eye on, any listing could be years away. So what can we do instead? Well. the same conditions that may cause the UK\u2019s AI ecosystem to thrive are the very same that might cause some larger companies with an AI focus to thrive too. And there are a few hidden AI gems on the London Stock Exchange at this very moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n Riding the wave<\/p>\n