We proudly welcome the Sovereign AI portfolio to the UK's fastest supercomputer 🎩
sovereignai.gov.uk/portfolio
Congratulations on being the first cohort of what will become a world-changing portfolio, created in the UK, with global impact.
🗞️ www.bristol.ac.uk/research/cen...
🎩 Isambard-AI is proudly powering Sovereign AI's £500m fund for startups across the UK.
Built like venture capital, funded by UK Government 🇬🇧
Apply for funding 👉 sovereignai.gov.uk/compute-stra...
View the portfolio 👉 sovereignai.gov.uk/portfolio
UK Gov announcement: lnkd.in/e7s8BKbT
OpenCHAMI Developer Summit @ UCL 2026
🗓️ May 6-8, 2026
📍 University College London, London, UK
Hosted by UCL, University of Bristol, University of Cambridge
👉 openchami.org/events/2026/...
🎂 9th April was the birthday of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the revolutionary British civil engineer.
🚂 Brunel's projects include the Great Western Railway, and the iconic Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, UK.
🎉 Isambard-AI, the UK's fastest and most powerful supercomputer, is named after him.
Monday 30th March was the 9th anniversary of the Isambard service 🎩
Pictured is BriCS Director, @simonmcs.bsky.social, at the official EPSRC/UKRI launch of Isambard 1 in 2017.
Then came Isambard 2 and Isambard 3. 7 years later, we'd start to build the UK's fastest supercomputer, Isambard-AI.
Isambard Summit 2026 was made a huge success by the speakers, sponsors, and showcased projects. Thank you to everyone who contributed and attended. See you next year 🎩
Great to spend some time with Paul Barltrop and crew from the BBC today as a part of #IS26
Thanks to Isambard-AI user, @daniellepaul.bsky.social for her contribution.
What a day - kicking off #IS26 with a visit from the UK AI Minister.
www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2026/ma...
At @brics-uob.bsky.social summit today @bristoluni.bsky.social. Happy faces of users all around. I &my team are proud users thanks to national DSIT grants.
I took virtual pictures with the original Isambard and the new Isambard!
Thanks @simonmcs.bsky.social, Sadaf and the team for the invitation.
12 hours until Isambard Summit 2026 🎩 #IS26
Programme: docs.isambard.ac.uk/events/is26_...
Doors from 09:30 at @wethecurious.bsky.social
www.wethecurious.org
BriCS' Director, @simonmcs.bsky.social, had the pleasure of giving Rt Hon Steve Reed OBE MP, and regional UK mayors, a tour of Isambard-AI yesterday, as part of a national mayoral event hosted by @bristoluni.bsky.social at NCC.
READ: www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2026/ma...
Thanks Bristol Centre for Supercomputing (BriCS) for featuring our work as users of the fantastic #IsambardAI
w/ Michael Wray, J Chalk @prajwalgatti.bsky.social @sinhasaptarshi.bsky.social S Bansal, J Zhao @bristoluni.bsky.social @compscibristol.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxrn...
🚀 The UK’s most powerful AI supercomputer, Isambard-AI, is now live in Bristol. Officially launched at the NCC today by Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology Peter Kyle, it can complete 80 years of human work in one second. A new era for research begins🔬
➡️ brnw.ch/21wUdXk
Exciting to be at the official switch on of IsambardAI and showcase what we have been doing. We have had a great experience on this compute & lucky to have such a resource in Bristol!
BriCS Director Simon McIntosh-Smith and BriCS CTO Sadaf Alam talk with Prince William inside the Isambard-AI modular data centre. A cabinet is open and there are blue and red pipes from the direct liquid cooling system.
BriCS Director Simon McIntosh-Smith talks with Prince William inside the Isambard-AI modular data centre
🇬🇧 👑 1 month since we had a future King at the Isambard site.
There have been many moments to be proud of during the Isambard project, this one is definitely up there.
#supercomputing #hpc #ai #royal #sovereignai
🛠️ Construction of the new data center for the
@eurohpc-ju.bsky.social LUMI‑AI supercomputer and the LUMI‑IQ quantum computer is in full swing in Kajaani, Finland!
Read more on building this world‑class facility, CSC's largest data center investment to date 🔗 csc.fi/en/blog/cons...
🇨🇭 In Ticino, the open Swiss model Apertus powers in-house AI translation for the Cantonal Administration — boosting multilingual services with local, transparent control. A great example of sovereign AI in action bit.ly/4rzU0Og @epfl-ai-center.bsky.social @eth-ai-center.bsky.social
You can now apply for up to a million GPU hours on Isambard-AI thanks to a new access route from DSIT and UKRI. Apply now! #AI #HPC
www.linkedin.com/posts/brics-...
YouTube thumbnail for the sixth episode of Bristol Data Stories. On the left is a headshot of Jeff Clark. On the right is a headshot of Madlen Williams and Leo Gorman.
Bristol Data Stories Episode 6: Technology for social good: the use of AI in medical imagery with @savvyscientist.bsky.social
In this episode, Jeff discusses how AI can be used in medical imagery and talks about his website, 'The Savvy Scientist'.
Listen now: tinyurl.com/a3xn3y55
📱 New Enterprise Sessions episode!
Dr Myles‑Jay Linton’s commitment to understanding young people’s mental health is driving powerful new research and digital innovation at Bristol 🧠
Listen here: researchpod.org/university-o...
@mylesjaylinton.bsky.social
🎬 Healthcare - Isambard-AI case study
Cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of sudden death in adults under 35.
These researchers are looking for a treatment. Running their simulations on traditional compute would take 50yrs+.
WATCH: youtu.be/WDvK4--34JM?... (2 mins)
#supercomputing #research #ai
🎬 Fintext - an Isambard-AI case study
Time Series Foundation Models (TSFMs) aim to revolutionise the science of prediction.
But, like LLMS, they can offer inaccurate information and may be at risk of contamination.
WATCH: youtu.be/RxVpI_Lf9u8?... (5 mins)
#supercomputing #research #ai
🎬 Isambard-AI - Powered by our People
BriCS colleagues share their thoughts and knowledge about Isambard-AI.
WATCH: youtu.be/N5QMmgHFpcs?... (7:28 mins)
#supercomputing #ai #gpu #bristol
@simonmcs.bsky.social
📽️ Isambard-AI. The UK's fastest supercomputer. Built for breakthroughs, powered by people.
WATCH: youtu.be/HjwH9DdIjRs?...
#supercomputing #ai #bristol
