From Red Light District to AI Hub: The Unlikely Rise of King's Cross In the late 1980s, London's King's Cross was notorious for its crime and neglect.
Today, it's one of the world's top AI hubs, rivaling San Francisco and Beijing in innovation and investment.
The Rise of an Ecosystem DeepMind's move to King's Cross in 2016 sparked a wave of AI startups, drawn by the promise of collaboration with Google.