Bo Pedersen

[James Wise @Jameswise]

There are already 19,780 jobs live on the free jobs portal we just launched for start-ups based in the UK & Europe!

There's no doubt AI is creating more jobs, but they will be different.

In the era of the PC, and the internet, it was the people who jumped in and worked out how to get the best from these new technologies that benefitted the most - the same will be true in the AI era ( of people, as well as countries ).

So do check out some of the roles in these mostly AI-first companies, great places to get experience or build an entrepreneurial career.

[Bo Pedersen @bokieffer]

Inverse Ferrari Luce (courtesy of Grok Imagine)

[Bo Pedersen @bokieffer]

@SebJohnsonUK @dealroomco Aka: VC investment per capita in the UK is 5x of Germany, and 2x of France (and 26x of Italy 😱). More than anything this highlights the massive opportunity and room to grow for VC in the other large economies in Europe.

[Bo Pedersen @bokieffer]

@levelsio @grok The eastern Roman Empire

[Bo Pedersen @bokieffer]

@PavolRusnak

[Matt Clifford @matthewclifford]

Superb news!

[Barney Hussey-Yeo @Barney_H_Y]

Torsten, you know better than anyone this budget did nothing for growth.

You spent £16bn on redistribution and increased headroom by ~£10bn. People are angry because you’ve made growth your central mission - then delivered a budget that undermines it.

The redistribution isn’t even defensible. You originally scrapped Winter Fuel Allowance because it wasn’t means-tested and transferred wealth from young to old. You cut PIP because it’s the most abused part of the benefits system. That’s where the money went. It doesn’t support growth. It doesn’t redistribute effectively. It just looks bad.

On scaleups… as a founder, I can tell you categorically these measures won’t move the needle. The EMI limit increase doesn’t even cover real scaleups. The three-year stamp duty exemption is still worse than the US, where there’s no stamp duty at all. You should have exempted all venture-backed companies listing on the LSE from stamp duty entirely.

You backed away from the Tech ISA. You know it would have driven investment and growth.

The one thing that could materially drive growth is pushing the BBB to anchor top-tier growth funds - but that was already a multi-year commitment. Lean into it. Push the BBB to anchor the best US and UK funds aggressively.

But the real reason people are angry isn’t just policy. It’s the chaos you created in the run-up. The constant leaking… exit taxes, wealth taxes… your ideas. You were pushing them. They’ve caused real economic and reputational damage to Labour.

You had exceptional goodwill from founders, business leaders, sensible centrists. You’re burning through it with poor communications and a reluctance to tackle hard problems.

We need this country growing again. It’s the only route to better living standards. Stop trying to appease Labour backbenchers.

Start making the hard choices that will actually get the UK moving.

[Bo Pedersen @bokieffer]

I just signed the letter calling on the government to ACCEPT ALL of the Nuclear Regulatory Review's recommendations. Join me! https://t.co/i8Hvo40eZp

[Bo Pedersen @bokieffer]

@OpenAI @aayushdotjain

[Barney Hussey-Yeo @Barney_H_Y]

The Bank of England's proposed stablecoin restrictions perfectly illustrate how the UK continues to approach a networked, digital world with the mindset of a 19th-century island nation.

The internet economy naturally concentrates power and wealth among a small set of global winners. That's not a bug. It's the fundamental nature of network effects and zero marginal cost distribution.

History shows us something clear. Small countries imposing restrictions don't stop technological tides. They merely ensure their citizens and businesses operate at a disadvantage while capital and talent flow elsewhere.

The choice is stark. Embrace digital transformation and position yourself to compete in the new economy, or cling to the past and watch opportunity migrate to more forward-thinking jurisdictions.

The UK seems determined to regulate its way into irrelevance. These proposals would create stricter rules than either the US or EU impose. This won't protect consumers. It will protect incumbents from inevitable change.

[Samuel Hughes @SCP_Hughes]

Over the last three years, housebuilding in London has collapsed. Molior recorded just 2,158 private starts in the first half of 2025, around 5% of London’s (low) targets, and still falling.

What is going on? I have posed this question to numerous specialists, most of whom cannot comment publicly for professional reasons. This thread is a summary of what I have gleaned.

[Aayush Jain ☎️ @aayushdotjain]

Oration is now doing a job of about 2,107 humans.

We're handling over 3.8M phone calls every month. If you take 3 min avg call duration, 2 mins gap between call for call disposition and 5 productive hours per day per human agent - it translates to job of 2,107 humans.

[Bo Pedersen @bokieffer]

@PressSec @AskPerplexity please provide context in this.

[Bo Pedersen @bokieffer]

@nntaleb Protein bread coming up

[Aayush Jain ☎️ @aayushdotjain]

Growth hack: go to the apple store and open your business website on every device😀

[Bo Pedersen @bokieffer]

@rorysutherland Instead of thinking so hard about what to tax and what not to tax, the government should simply tax gains on all assets equally on realisation. And if they could scrap stamp duty and reduce planning hurdles, that would be a nice bonus.

[Tom Blomfield @t_blom]

@Barney_H_Y @join_ef I’m a proud shareholder in EF. They’re doing great work.

[Barney Hussey-Yeo @Barney_H_Y]

@join_ef !

[Bo Pedersen @bokieffer]

@whippletom Starlink works on planes… why not trains too?

[Matt Clifford @matthewclifford]

Some of this stuff is so terrible it sounds like a parody - but it’s not only true, it’s a choice!