UK Hits First £1bn Funding Month as 18 AI Deals Land

1Key Takeaways

• Originally published on AI Tech Connect .
• What you need to know A genuine first — June 2026 was the first single month in which UK startup funding topped £1bn, landing at £1.025bn across 32 verified deals.
• AI was the largest slice, not the whole pie — 18 of the 32 deals involved AI.
• The record is a deep-tech record for the month; AI was the biggest cohort within it.