AI Growth Lab

Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Closing in 56 days

Funding

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Location

England

Applications

Open until 28 September 2026

Overview

The Legal Services Advisory AI Growth Lab helps businesses bring AI products to market faster. It gives you direct access to regulators so you can understand how current rules apply to your technology. This is not a cash grant. You will not receive any funding. Instead, you get coordinated support from regulators and delivery partners. The Lab focuses on AI in the legal sector. The goal is to make legal services faster, cheaper, and more accessible.

Eligibility

Who can apply:

limited companysole traderpartnershipsocial enterprise

Key requirements:

  • Must be developing or adopting AI in the legal services sector
  • No funding is provided; support is regulatory access only
Who is this for?

This is for businesses and innovators developing or adopting AI in the legal services sector in England. It suits companies that need regulatory clarity to launch or scale an AI product. It is not for businesses looking for cash funding.

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Full details from Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

The Legal Services Advisory AI Growth Lab provides innovators and adopters with coordinated access to regulators, helping them to understand how current regulation applies to cutting-edge technology so they can bring products to market faster. The Lab will accelerate safe and responsible AI adoption and innovation in the legal sector and improve access to justice for the public by enabling high-quality, faster and more affordable legal services. Participants will receive coordinated engagement with relevant regulators and delivery partners. Participants will not receive funding.

How to apply

Apply before 28 September 2026. The funder is the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade. Check the official programme page for application details and any expression of interest process.

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Last updated: 3 August 2026