“This area has a lot of potential - but we have limited time to take advantage of that opportunity,” said Junaid Bajwa, Senior Partner at Flagship Pioneering, to 250+ attendees at our TechBio Shift event last week. Read the full recap on LinkedIn here.

The Knowledge Quarter is now home to the most significant AI companies in the world.

Last month, Anthropic and OpenAI signed leases to move thousands of talented employees to the neighbourhood, joining Google DeepMind, The Alan Turing Institute, and top British AI start-ups Synthesia, Wayve, and more. 

"This cluster didn’t emerge from a planning document," explains Geraint Rees, UCL vice-provost, in Wired UK. "It grew because serious researchers and companies understand that proximity isn’t a nice-to-have... That’s how the innovation system actually works. It’s not a clean, linear transfer from lab to market. It’s messier, richer, more human than that."

Learn how AI is transforming London's built environment and transport system in our last two Future London events this May.

And don't forget to save the date for our two morning private views this summer: the Postal Museum's newest exhibition, 'The Jolly Postman', and WM College's summer student exhibition.

KQ Events

Pictured: Coal Drops Yard, designed by Heatherwick Studio.

PUBLIC DISCUSSION SERIES

Future London: Technology & Built Environment

Tues 5 May, 5:30–7:30 PM @ Impact Hub London

AI is reshaping how London is designed, built, and approved. From the British Library extension to Coal Drops Yard to the wider transformation of Euston Road, the city is changing at a pace we haven't seen in decades.

Next Tuesday evening, join us as experts from architecture, planning, and construction dig into questions such as whether London's data infrastructure is good enough to train these tools on, how the Building Safety Act is shaping who will and won't adopt them, and whether global AI models can ever capture the specifics of how we build in London.

Panel: How is Technology Reshaping the Way We Build?

• Pablo Zamorano Mosnaim, leading AI strategy at Heatherwick Studio
• Funmbi Adeagbo, a RIBA-chartered architect from Catalyst
• Russell Curtis, the founder director of RCKa Architects, Architect's Journal Architect of the Year 2025
• Tom Holberton, an associate professor, chartered architect and researcher at UCL Bartlett School of Architecture [moderator]

OPPORTUNITY

City Shaper: Paid Entry-Level Internships in the Built Environment

City Shaper is a new talent development programme preparing motivated residents for entry-level careers across London's built environment.

Delivered by LIFT Futures in partnership with The School of Building, it offers 18 Londoners eight weeks of part-time training followed by a 10-week paid internship in September.

Applications are open to both individuals and businesses, due 10 May.

Pictured: St Pancras International Station, Eurostar's terminal in London.

PUBLIC DISCUSSION SERIES

Future London: Technology & Transport

Tues 19 May, 5:30–7:30 PM @ Impact Hub London

New technologies are transforming how millions of people move through London, from smarter buses and tubes to driverless taxis on our streets.

As the final event in our Future London series, join us to explore what it will take to build a transport system fit for the future. Hear from experts including:

• Shashi Verma | Director of Technology Strategy, Transport for London (TfL). Shashi led the development of the Elizabeth Line and is responsible for the operation of TfL’s revenue collection system, including the Oyster card.
• Arthur Kay | Advisor. Arthur is an advisor to organisations making cities better places to live. He serves as a Board Member for Transport for London (TfL) and is a Professor of Practice at UCL Institute for Global Prosperity. 

• Clare Bailey | Strategic Ecosystems Lead at Lendlease [moderator]

More speakers to be announced soon!

KQ PRIVATE VIEW

KQ Private View: 'The Jolly Postman' at the Postal Museum

Tues 16 June, 8:30–10:00 AM @ Postal Museum

Celebrating 40 years of Janet and Allan Ahlberg's beloved children's book, the Postal Museum's newest exhibition brings the Jolly Postman to life.

Join this morning private view and follow his delivery round through an interactive adventure. You'll also discover original artwork, much of it on display for the very first time.

KQ PRIVATE VIEW

KQ Private View: Summer Student Exhibition with WM College

Tues 17 June, 8:30–10:00 AM @ WM College

Join your KQ peers for breakfast at this exclusive morning private view of WM College's summer student exhibition, set within a beautifully restored historic library.

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