Tech London Advocates Taiwan

Editorial

Event reports and editorials from our events: what was said, argued and built when the UK and Taiwan technology communities met.

Jason Hsu delivering the keynote at Vorboss, beside a screen showing the title slide From Silicon to Sovereignty
From Silicon to Sovereign AI · Event Report

Not Like Opening a Bubble Tea Shop: Semiconductors, Sovereignty and Where the UK Fits

The GTA Semiconductor Working Group convened a room in London, with TLA Taiwan supporting as co-host, to ask a narrower question than the usual one. Not how the UK builds its own AI stack, but which part of that stack the rest of the world could not do without.

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The full room at AI Without Borders 2.0 during a morning panel
AI Without Borders 2.0 · Event Report

AI Without Borders 2.0: Two Democracies, One Question

Tech London Advocates Taiwan brought the UK and Taiwan into the same room to ask how two democracies build AI that people can trust. A full morning of keynote, debate and startup pitches gave four very different answers, and one shared conviction.

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Panel 1 on stage with moderator YJ Chen, Maya Carlyle, Ching-Yi Liu and John Spindler, with Greta Wen joining on screen from Taiwan
AI Without Borders 2.0 · Editorial · Panel 1

A Microwave Without a Dial: How the UK and Taiwan Are Governing AI Differently

Taiwan wrote a law. The UK is building measurements. Our first panel at AI Without Borders 2.0 put the two approaches side by side, and the contrast is more instructive than either side alone.

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Panel 2 on stage with moderator Lin Kuan-yi and panellists, with Cathy Weng joining online
AI Without Borders 2.0 · Editorial · Panel 2

The Human in the Loop: AI for Societal Transformation

Our second panel moved past frameworks and funding to the harder question of what AI is actually for. Across aging, education, sustainability and inequality, one phrase kept returning: human-centred AI.

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Founders presenting on stage during the startup showcase
AI Without Borders 2.0 · Editorial · Startup Showcase

Trust, Built: The Startups of AI Without Borders 2.0

After a morning of debate about how to make AI trustworthy, five founders, most with roots in Taiwan, showed what it looks like as a working product. From digital product passports to agentic DevOps, here is who pitched.

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A Build Lab team in discussion around their laptops during the morning build
AI Without Borders 2.0 · Editorial · Build Lab

Build It, Then Prove It: Inside the AI Without Borders 2.0 Build Lab

While the panels debated how to make AI trustworthy, a room of builders was busy answering the same question in code. Over a single morning, mixed teams of commercial, technical and creative talent turned a blank brief into working prototypes, and the audience picked the winners live. Here is what they made.

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