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Solving society’s challenges through collaboration on technology with government, startups and industry.

Innovation

We’re closing the gap between organisations – small and large, local and global, private and public – and working towards a common goal: using science and technology to deliver national security and prosperity.

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Growth Partnership

Plexal is intent on creating a series of interventions with this Growth Partnership. Focusing on startups, scaleups and SMEs in target sectors, regions and technology domains that will demonstrably drive growth through increased high value jobs, exports, equity investment, customer contracts and gross value add to the economy.

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Workspace

Join our coworking spaces to work within a community. Plexal membership is open to startups, scaleups, social enterprises, creatives, freelancers or large corporates. We also have spaces in Manchester and Cheltenham hosting our innovation services.

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Events

Host your event in the heart of our innovation centre. From meetups and corporate away days to events for government, industry, startups and academia, our events spaces can do it all.

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NEWS AND VIEWS

Keep up to date on what’s happening at Plexal

LASR reveals AI supply chain security startups set to strengthen critical AI ecosystem resilience

At the end of last year, the Laboratory for AI Security Research (LASR) – a public-private partnership between government, enterprise and academia that’s dedicated to mitigating security risks to and from AI to drive national resilience and foster growth – issued a specific call for UK SMEs addressing AI supply chain security. Delivered by Plexal and sponsored by Cisco and HM Government, our outcome‑focused initiative is moving forward as industry, LASR researchers and innovators collaborate to solve near‑term supply chain challenges critical for safe […]

Top cyber and AI security startups join Plexal to explore US expansion at RSA 2026

On behalf of UK Government, Plexal is leading the UK Tech: San Francisco Trade Mission next month. We’re taking a cohort of top British cyber and AI security startups to the RSA Conference 2026 from Monday 23rd to Thursday 26th March. Now in its 35th year, the RSA Conference aims to unite and advance cyber security to build a safer society and is expected to bring in over 40,000 delegates […]

What scaling sovereignty means for UK growth, investment and resilience

A quick online search of the word sovereignty unearths a red-hot topic collecting headlines across geographies – such is the instability of the geopolitical landscape today. Sovereignty is being debated in the boardrooms of businesses, halls of government, online forums and snow-capped streets of Davos, consuming citizens as well as private and public sectors alike. Yet its interpretation in a technology context varies depending on the audience. Some organisations think narrowly in terms of data residency or legal jurisdictions, while others have a much broader set […]

Our programmes

CYBER RUNWAY

Cyber Runway is the largest cyber accelerator in the UK. It is designed to address some of the biggest challenges facing cyber security.

LASR

A public-private partnership dedicated to advancing AI security for UK national security and economic prosperity.

HMGCC

Bringing together the best in class across industry, academia, and government, to work collaboratively on national security engineering challenges and accelerate innovation.