Matthew Philip Clifford | |
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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]
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