Nvidia, UK financial regulator team up for AI sandbox; Huang to join British Prime Minister at tech week

The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority said that financial firms in Britain will have the opportunity to experiment with AI using Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) accelerated computing and Nvidia AI Enterprise Software.

The British financial watchdog noted that the “Supercharged Sandbox” will give firms access to better data, technical expertise and regulatory support to speed up innovation. It is open to any financial services firm looking to innovate and experiment with AI.

A sandbox is a controlled environment in which companies can test new products, services and technologies.

The sandbox will help firms who are in the discovery and experiment phase with AI. An existing AI Live Testing service helps those further along in development and ready to use AI, the regulator noted.

“This collaboration will help those that want to test AI ideas but who lack the capabilities to do so. We’ll help firms harness AI to benefit our markets and consumers, while supporting economic growth,” said Jessica Rusu, the FCA’s chief data, intelligence and information officer.

Separately, Nvidia said that on Monday Founder and CEO Jensen Huang will join U.K. Prime Minister Kier Starmer at London Tech Week.

Nvidia noted that at the event, it will announce major AI initiatives, including new sovereign compute infrastructure to drive research, skills, and sector leadership.

Key announcements include the establishment of the ‘U.K. Sovereign AI Industry Forum’ to accelerate the country’s AI ecosystem and U.K. AI infrastructure announcements from cloud providers Nscale and Nebius.

The company added that there would also be major skills initiatives to train the U.K.’s AI developers including a new Nvidia AI Technology Centre and collaborations with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, or DSIT, the FCA and Barclays Eagle Labs.