Edinburgh
Edinburgh is one of the UK's fastest-growing tech hubs - home to more high-growth tech companies than any UK city outside London and named a leading 'AI City of the Future' by Deloitte in 2025. Its strengths span fintech, healthtech, data & AI, gaming and traveltech, powered by the University of Edinburgh's School of Informatics (one of Europe's largest) and CodeBase, the UK's largest tech incubator. Microsoft, Amazon, Adobe, IBM, Fujitsu, Huawei, Motorola Solutions and other global players operate here alongside homegrown names like Skyscanner, FanDuel and Rockstar North.
Invest in Edinburgh ↗Edinburgh will host the UK's new £750 million national supercomputer, putting Scotland at the cutting edge of AI compute power globally.
GOV.UK — HM Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer ↗Featured podcast guests from Edinburgh
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Where the jobs are tech scene
- SkyscannerTraveltech
- FanDuelSports tech
- Rockstar NorthGames (GTA)
- Amazon Development CentreCloud & devices
- Wood MackenzieEnergy data
- Cirrus LogicSemiconductors
- CodeBase ↗Tech incubator & coworking
- Bayes Centre ↗University AI & data hub
- Techscaler ↗Scottish Government startup network
- Barclays Eagle Labs ↗Accelerator & coworking
780 live tech companies (Companies House)
Support available government + private
Programmes available by company stage
New arrivals & investment latest
- New aparthotel opening on Edinburgh's Royal Mile
- New MEININGER hotel to open in Edinburgh city centre
- Multiverse launches new tech hub in Edinburgh
- Aventus Energy establishes presence at Port of Leith
- New Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion moves forward at Edinburgh BioQuarter
- Delivery of National Centre for Music moves ahead
Tech news Scotland
- Glasgow tech sector worth £5.6 billion to national economy, according to new report
- Operating theatre scheduling platform completes Scotland-wide rollout
- New AI-powered platform could help scientists in Scotland make cancer breakthrough
- Plans submitted for new datacentre outside Glasgow as operator moves to assure public over water and energy use
- Digital measures in the new programme for government broken down
- New government guidance to help Scottish public sector use AI responsibly
Success stories notable companies
The Edinburgh (Leith) studio behind Grand Theft Auto — GTA V has sold over 200 million copies, making it one of the best-selling and most profitable entertainment products of all time.
est. 2016SkyscannerA world-leading flight, hotel and car-hire search engine used by over 100 million travellers a month across 30+ languages; acquired by Trip.com for £1.4bn.
est. 2018FanDuelNow the #1 online sportsbook in the United States, with around 44% market share — grown from Edinburgh's startup scene into a betting giant.
est. 2010Speech GraphicsIts audio-driven facial animation brings characters to life in blockbuster games including Call of Duty, Fortnite and The Last of Us Part II.
est. 2022Codeplay SoftwareA pioneer of the open standards (SYCL / oneAPI) that let AI and high-performance software run across the world's GPUs; acquired by Intel.
est. 2007CranewareIts healthcare billing and revenue software runs in around 40% of US hospitals; listed on London's AIM.
est. 2021Current HealthIts remote patient-monitoring platform is used by health systems across the US and UK; acquired by US retail giant Best Buy for $400m.
est. 2014Wolfson MicroelectronicsIts audio chips shipped in over 2 billion devices — from Apple iPods to Samsung Galaxy phones — before its £291m sale to Cirrus Logic.
est. 2012pureLiFiCommercialising the world's first LiFi — gigabit wireless data sent over light — invented at the University of Edinburgh by Prof Harald Haas.
est. 2018FreeAgentCloud accounting used by over 200,000 UK small businesses and freelancers; acquired by NatWest.
est. 2016Two Big EarsIts 3D spatial-audio technology was acquired by Facebook and rolled out to creators worldwide as Facebook 360 audio.
est. 2022TVSquaredIts TV-ad attribution platform measures advertising for 5,000+ advertisers across 75 countries; acquired by Innovid.
est. 2021AdministrateIts training-operations platform helps enterprise learning teams around the world run and scale their training.