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

Matthew Philip Clifford MBE[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. 1 2 "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.
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