Gerard Grech

Husband, father, technologist. Product guy. Love building stuff. Barneclo Mural

[Gerard Grech @gerardgrech]

#Arsenal

[Gerard Grech @gerardgrech]

#London at its best.
Awesome gathering last night, celebrating Arsenal’s league win!

[Hussein Kanji @hkanji]

London hosts more AI researchers than anywhere outside San Francisco https://t.co/eB5w8V4fzX

[Matt Clifford @matthewclifford]

1/ Today the Prime Minister published my AI Opportunities Action Plan for the UK and committed to implement all its recommendations. A quick thread on why this is important, what we need to do now - and how you can help

[SMX 🇺🇸 @iam_smx]

Mark Zuckerberg copying all of Elon Musk into his system. 😂

[Paul Graham @paulg]

Boyan says this is 1-2% of global plastic emissions. If it were only 1% and they were able to keep growing at this rate, they'd capture all emissions in 8 years.

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

H-1B DATA MEGA-THREAD 🧵

I downloaded five years of H-1B data from the US DOL website (4M+ records) and spent the day crunching data.

I went into this with an open mind, but, to be honest, I'm now *extremely* skeptical of how this program works.

Here's what I found 👇

[Gerard Grech @gerardgrech]

Last week, I was invited to give evidence to the UK House of Lords Media Select Committee on the practical ways of scaling AI companies. Many suggestions but one in particular was for the UK to back its own venture scientists and engineers with translational funding.

[Gerard Grech @gerardgrech]

Hearing this more and more. I wonder how the company governance model will evolve and be enacted.

[Harry Stebbings @HarryStebbings]

“We don't think of ourselves as a globalized company.

We think of ourselves as a glocalized company. It's global local.

If you want your business to thrive on a global scale, you have to become a local community business.”

What is the best way to integrate effectively into a new market @jmahtani @sgorlick

[Ian Hogarth @soundboy]

UK stand up tall!

[Gerard Grech @gerardgrech]

Pleasure (and daunting) to speak at the @cambridgeunion - brilliant insights and questioning by Irene @scaleupinst - how can the UK scale up more with its technology companies, as data is suggesting it’s much lower the global rankings than can be expected?

[ScaleUp Institute @scaleupinst]

@gerardgrech MD at Founders at University of Cambridge joins Irene on stage for a Fireside Chat; Making connections - from Government to Global Services. @CamTechWeek #camtechweek

[Gerard Grech @gerardgrech]

@mikebutcher @VishalGulati_ @chalmermagne UAFs (depending on the setup) do help bridge the gap between the science and the market at the early stages, and derisk the product/technology/team to attract x investment. Evidence of this in the US, CH, UK and DE

[Gerard Grech @gerardgrech]

On the contrary, AI and super computing are two major growth areas that would stimulate investment and economic growth for the UK (especially if we may be entering a global slowdown, we need innovation…) https://t.co/qPks8H5RPD

[Gerard Grech @gerardgrech]

A wonderfully quirky British mash-up as @glastonbury meets @BBCNews theme (reminds me of Sunday evenings at MetalHeadz at the Bluenote…)

[Ros Atkins @BBCRosAtkins]

Thanks to those of you asking for this. Here’s the full Drum & Bass remix of the BBC News theme. Composed by @davidlowemusic2, remixed by @crissycriss. And made with this afternoon @glastonbury in mind…

[Gerard Grech @gerardgrech]

True that it’s one of the most upbeat covers in years by the @TheEconomist — there is genuinely a lot to be optimistic about. It would be good to spread it a bit more 🙏

[hal 👾 @halhod]

This week's issue of @TheEconomist goes big on solar

A quick thread on everything that's in the issue, which is one of the most exciting, optimistic covers I can remember us running

[Michael Jackson @WorkMJ]

Deeptech funds outperform generalist tech funds, via @McKinsey.

[Gerard Grech @gerardgrech]

@OliBarrett Worth trying (and may work). As it would be good to innovate with formats so we can learn what works best for voters. Why not A/B test if we’re looking to be an innovation nation.

[Gerard Grech @gerardgrech]

Watching the UK political debates last night, it occurred to me that both leaders were wooden. Could it be that the format of soundbites & social media has conditioned our politicians to be so (when so many people want to connect with their politicians). We get what we deserve?

[Gerard Grech @gerardgrech]

Good episode. Recommend listen.

[TED Talks @TEDTalks]

What has *really* been happening at OpenAI? Former board member @hlntnr and host @bilawalsidhu take a peek behind the curtain — plus the future of government regulation of AI. Listen to The TED AI Show on @AmazonMusic or wherever you get your podcasts: https://t.co/wZh1JsVy7m

[Matt Clifford @matthewclifford]

Something we encounter a lot at @join_ef is super talented and ambitious people who want to start companies but aren't sure about when to quit their job... That's why @peterfuller23 started Saturday Morning Club... (1/3)