Matt Clifford
Matthew Philip Clifford | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 1985 |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Entrepreneur First and Code First Girls co-founder |
| Website | www |
Matthew Philip Clifford CBE[1][2] is a British entrepreneur. Along with Alice Bentinck, he is the co-founder of Entrepreneur First, an international talent investor and startup accelerator founded in 2011.[3]
In July 2024, Clifford announced he would lead a review of AI opportunities for the new British Labour Government.[4] He is also Chair of the UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency.[3]
In the spring of 2023, Clifford helped design the Frontier AI Task Force, which later became the United Kingdom's AI Safety Institute.[5] In August 2023, Clifford was appointed to lead the preparatory work for the 2023 AI Safety Summit, along with the UK's former Deputy National Security Adviser Jonathan Black.[6][7]
In December 2023, it was announced that Alice Bentinck would take over as CEO of Entrepreneur First after Clifford stepped down from the role to concentrate on opportunities in artificial intelligence.[8]
References
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- ^ "Birthday Honours Prime Minister's List 2016" (PDF). 2016.
- ^ a b "Entrepreneur First CEO Matt Clifford on early stage talent investing | McKinsey". www.mckinsey.com. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ^ "AI expert to lead Action Plan to ensure UK reaps the benefits of Artificial Intelligence". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
- ^ Booth, Harry (2024-09-05). "TIME100 AI 2024: Matt Clifford". Time. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
- ^ Sandle, Paul; Coulter, Martin (10 August 2023). "Britain appoints tech expert and diplomat to spearhead AI summit". Reuters. Archived from the original on 10 August 2023.
- ^ "How Matt Clifford became Britain's most powerful tech adviser". POLITICO. 2023-10-30. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ^ Scammell, Robert (5 December 2023). "Matt Clifford steps down as Entrepreneur First CEO to focus on AI". UKTN.
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