Matt Clifford

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Matthew Philip Clifford
BornNovember 1985
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forEntrepreneur First and Code First Girls co-founder
Websitewww.matthewclifford.com

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]

He is also Chair of the UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency.[3]

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.[4][5]

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.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Matthew Philip CLIFFORD personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  2. ^ "Birthday Honours Prime Minister's List 2016" (PDF). 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Entrepreneur First CEO Matt Clifford on early stage talent investing | McKinsey". www.mckinsey.com. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "How Matt Clifford became Britain's most powerful tech adviser". POLITICO. 2023-10-30. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  6. ^ Scammell, Robert (5 December 2023). "Matt Clifford steps down as Entrepreneur First CEO to focus on AI". UKTN.