Welcome to Web 3 with A6 and Z. I'm Sonal Chuxi and today's episode is all about

innovation around the world at both A systems and at a people level.

So we discuss not only what does and doesn't work in making certain places become hubs of

innovation and economic growth, but also discuss what makes entrepreneurial talent, the nature of ambition and

helping people find their path, and more broadly navigating risk, reward, and

dynamism in different regions including London and Europe. My special guest is Matt Clifford, who's played an important role in the London entrepreneurial

ecosystem.

I actually had Matt on the OG A6 and Z podcast back in 2015, so we also discuss what's changed since then to now, as well as new ways of

funding breakthrough R&D, tech trends of interest, and more.

For more context, Matt is the chair of entrepreneur first, which he co-founded with Alice Bentink over a decade ago.

He's also the chair of the UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency, or Aria, and before this episode is recorded,

Matt was also the Prime Minister's Representative

for the AI Safety Summit, which he helped organize at Bluchley Park,

the historic home of computing in the UK.

And then after this episode was recorded,

Matt was appointed by the UK Secretary of Science

to deliver an AI Opportunities Action Plan to the UK government.

This was just announced a few days ago. Anyway, it's all fitting and exciting because we recorded this episode live from Andresen Horowitz's first international office in London, which we opened late last year.

For more on our efforts and other content from and about there, to a six and z crypto.com

slash UK. As a reminder none of the following should be taken as investment legal

business or tax advice please see a six and.com slash disclosures for more important information,

including a link to a list of our investments.

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