London Tech Week wrapped its 12th edition this week, after three days of main-stage programming at Olympia from 8 to 10 June, with fringe events running across the city through Friday. The festival drew more than 30,000 people from over 130 countries, with 600-plus speakers.
One theme swallowed the rest: AI featured in roughly half the sessions, and the recurring line was that the technology has moved from “conceptual” to something every company now has to put to work.
The mood was loud and well funded, even as the wider market wobbled. The week opened days after the Nasdaq 100 posted its worst session in more than a year. Inside the halls, the queues were longer than last year, a Williams F1 car drew crowds, and AWS ran a robot and a smoothie bar.
Here is what the week actually delivered, across the four threads that mattered most.
The government opened its wallet
