Matt Clifford is a technology entrepreneur and public-policy figure who co-founded Entrepreneurs First, one of the world's leading talent-investor programmes. Matt Clifford's Twitter Score is 93 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of October 2026, ranking #8,078 (top 5%) among 498,181 tracked accounts.
Matt Clifford co-founded Entrepreneurs First alongside co-founding Code First Girls. Entrepreneurs First raised $158M at a $560M valuation in July 2022, with backers including John Collison, Patrick Collison, and Reid Hoffman. Companies backed through the EF portfolio include crypto and Web3 projects such as Aztec and Gensyn, and Entrepreneurs First has also partnered with the Tezos Foundation to support Web3 startup formation.
Matt Clifford chairs the Advanced Research and Invention Agency and serves as Vice Chair of the Advisory Board of the UK AI Security Institute. He previously served as an Adviser on AI at 10 Downing Street and was formerly the UK Prime Minister's Representative to the UK AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park. He also helped design the UK Frontier AI Taskforce, which later became the UK AI Security Institute. In 2024, he was awarded a CBE for services to AI and was named to the TIME100 AI list.
Matt Clifford is active across 16,732 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 129 accounts a total of 753 times, reflecting sustained engagement from across the AI and venture communities.
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