Matt Clifford

Background

About Matt Clifford

I co-founded Entrepreneurs First, the world's leading talent investor. The companies built at EF are now worth over $11bn. Entrepreneurs First is the best place in the world to meet your co-founder and build a startup from scratch. We bring together and fund exceptional individuals in London, Paris, Bangalore, New York and San Francisco and help them meet their co-founder, develop an idea and raise money from leading investors - as fast as possible. EF alumni companies include Tractable, Cleo, Aztec, GenSyn, Accurx, Ochre Bio and many more. We’re backed by some of the world's best tech founders and company builders, including Patrick and John Collison (Stripe); Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Demis Hassabis (DeepMind); Tom Blomfield (GoCardless and Monzo), Sara Clemens (Pandora and Twitch); Nat Friedman (GitHub); and Matt Mullenweg (Wordpress). For more information about Entrepreneurs First, visit Outside EF, I am Chair of ARIA, the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency - a new £800m publicly funded R&D agency for backing breakthrough science and technology - and advise the UK Government on AI policy and strategy. In 2023, I was the Prime Minister's Representative for the AI Safety Summit, which involved leading the UK's preparations and negotiations for the summit hosted at Bletchley Park on 1 and 2 November. I was awarded an MBE in 2016 for services to business and a CBE in 2024 for services to artificial intelligence.