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Matt Clifford
British entrepreneur From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Matthew Philip Clifford CBE[1][2] (born 1985) is a British entrepreneur. Along with Alice Bentinck, he is the co-founder of Entrepreneurs First, an international talent investor and startup accelerator founded in 2011.[3] He is the 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.[4] 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.[5][6]
In December 2023, it was announced that Alice Bentinck would take over as CEO of Entrepreneurs First after Clifford stepped down from the role to concentrate on opportunities in artificial intelligence.[7]
In July 2024, Clifford announced he would lead a review of AI opportunities for the new British Labour Government.[8] Following the publication of the AI Opportunities Action Plan in January 2025, Clifford was appointed the Prime Minister’s Adviser on AI in 10 Downing Street,[9] a role from which he decided to step down in June 2025 for family reasons.[10]
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