Welsh tech is going global

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Wales has a booming tech industry, from world renowned video games to semi-conductors that will one day be made in space, Welsh companies are taking the tech world by storm and hope to be a world leader in the future.

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00:00I think the buzz in the room today just speaks for itself. The collaboration which has already

00:06taken place, the sharing of ideas and experiences is one of the things I think makes the world

00:11a wonderful place.

00:12The tech industry has dominated the global economy for decades now, and new innovations

00:16have been pushing our lives into the future, growing opportunities and improving people's

00:21lives in countless ways.

00:23Wales may not scream tech hub. You might think more about our musical heritage or our green

00:28hills and valleys, but more and more, little old Wales is becoming a big hitter on the

00:33global market. We're central to the semiconductor industry in the UK, and there's promise for

00:37a lot more growth in the future.

00:40Wales is globally leading in some of the tech sectors. Crop-on semiconductors, for example,

00:46fintech, we're really growing in that space as well, and medtech is another space in which

00:51we really excel. So Wales is really getting a name for itself, I think, on the international

00:56stage. So pulling together the tech businesses and giving them the opportunity to collaborate

01:00is really important. And also having some real expertise in the tech sector here today

01:05to help with those global export ambitions is really, really important.

01:09You know, whilst the asset paper title made in UK, it's also, you know, based in this particular

01:15event based in Wales, has that particular focus of also drawing in the Welsh businesses

01:19and encouraging them to look at what is out there on the wider scale, not just locally,

01:26but for tech businesses that, you know, the world is their ocean, really, and it's good

01:30to be able to support businesses and encourage them to look outside the box and look further

01:36across the world. The event of the Cardiff City Stadium highlights all of the new, innovative

01:41companies that are popping up around Wales, and some of them are making a real impact on

01:45the global market. Wales Interactive is a Welsh video game company who have produced some

01:50of the biggest games in the world in the last few years, and they want to be a part of the

01:53tech revolution happening in Wales. Absolutely. And we just announced one of our upcoming

01:59games in September at one of the biggest gaming showcases in the world, PC Gaming Show.

02:04And we got to basically do a worldwide premiere announcing that game and a trailer and millions

02:11of people watching it worldwide. So it all feels very exciting at Wales Interactive at

02:15the moment. We're releasing games every single year, sometimes even more than one. So yeah,

02:20it's just getting bigger and better every year, to be honest. It's very exciting.

02:24Not all just video games, but some companies like Space Forge, which produce semiconductor materials

02:29in space. They say they're cutting-edge technology. They can make tech in all parts of our lives

02:35more energy and cost-efficient. And yes, they really do make their products physically in space.

02:41What we want to do in particular, though, is create those materials in space. We take advantage

02:46of the space environment, particularly the microgravity and the vacuum of space. And we use that

02:51to grow what is essentially a superior quality crystal. And we bring that back to Earth.

02:55And we use that as the base, then, for growing more semiconductor materials.

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