AI Opportunities Action Plan: infographic (accessible)
Published 29 January 2026
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This is an accessible version of the AI Opportunities Action Plan - One Year On infographic.
Section 1: Lay the Foundations
AI Growth Zones
- 5 designated AI Growth Zones across the UK: Oxfordshire, South Wales, North Wales, North East, and Lanarkshire
- Source: AI Growth Zones collection
Investment and Education
- £68 billion investment pledged since January 2025
- Citation: DSIT Analysis, 2026
- 200,000 people studying AI-related higher education programmes
- Source: Explore education statistics
Infrastructure and Skills
- 10x increase in AI compute capacity from 2024 to 2025 (from 2 to 21 ExaFLOPs). 420 ExaFLOP target for 2030.
- Commitment to increase UK AI compute capacity
- Citation: DSIT Analysis, 2026
- 1 million AI courses delivered since June 2025
- Part of commitment to upskilling 10 million workers by 2030.
- Source: AI skills boost explainer
Section 2: Change Lives by Embracing AI
Fraud Prevention
- 80% reduction in time to spot fraud risks through new AI tools
Healthcare
- One third of chest X-rays in the NHS now AI enabled
- Citation: DHSC Analysis, 2026
Planning Services
- 2 minutes for Extract to pull out key information from planning documents
- Source: Extract - AI in planning
Citizen Services
- 25,000 letters to government scanned every day to accelerate identification of vulnerable citizens
Section 3: Secure our Future with Homegrown AI
Investment and Market Position
- Investment raised by UK AI firms: £2.6 billion in 2023, £3.3 billion in 2024, £6.0 billion in 2025 (52% annual growth)
- No.1 - UK’s AI sector is the largest in Europe
Startup Ecosystem
- 185 UK tech startups valued over $1 billion (unicorns)
- Source: Dealroom United Kingdom guide
- One third of all VC funding goes to AI
Section 4: Home to Leading UK AI Companies
The UK is home to these notable AI companies: