Stephen Canning

Bridging National Security & AI Innovation | Strategic Comms & Defence Tech | Ex-PwC , FTSE 100 FMCG & Elected Councillor for 10yrs

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 WATCH: An audience member tells Reform candidate Rob Kenyon that she'd "rather have a career politician than a plumber who's a sexist"

"I won't accept that label... I was brought up by women. I have nothing but respect for women"

#BBCQT

[MILA 🇬🇧 @milalolli]

If you're in London and want to meet the builders and founders around you, connect with others, and share what you are working on, come join us.

We are a great bunch of people.

[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.

[Rhys Kentish 🌱 @RhysKentish]

Quality thread for everyone in London!

[GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg]

Bookmarking tweets and not going back to them has become an epidemic

[Seb Johnson @SebJohnsonUK]

The founders of over 100 European startups have come together to get more people to build and join startups in Europe.

The campaign, named "Built in Europe", is an out-of-home and digital advertising campaign across five European cities.

It features:

> @mati of @ElevenLabs
> @NStoronsky of @Revolut
> @antonosika of @Lovable
> @HBO_Sweden of @lassie_co
> @vriparbelli of @synthesiaIO
> @FredrikHjelm4 of @voitechnology & @Pitdotcom
> @Barney_H_Y of @meetcleo

And many other great European founders and CEOs.

It's been organised by @balderton but features companies and founders from all over Europe.

The VC firm has built a website bringing together jobs from 1,000 leading tech startups on a single platform using direct data feeds and API integrations.

The overall aim is to get more people building and founding companies here which is AMAZING to see.

NICE @surangac, @Jameswise, @robmoff

[Stephen Canning @stephencanning]

@SebJohnsonUK @dealroomco You love to see it

[Seb Johnson @SebJohnsonUK]

London has OFFICIALLY overtaken Paris to become Europe's leading tech hub! 🇬🇧

@dealroomco has just released its latest Tech Ecosystem Index, where it ranks tech hubs based on its growth, scale and density.

Last year Paris took the number one position.

Now London has taken it back.

The UK capital’s return to the top spot is driven by record AI investment - $7bn in 2025, as well as being home to 138 unicorns, including Wayve, Granola, OLIX and ElevenLabs.

This year the UK has continued to fly and has attracted 48% of all European Venture capital.

Amazing news for London, and a great report as always from @yoramdw, @smorla, @sabben and the team (link in comments).

[Stephen Canning @stephencanning]

Anyone looped into the Munich or Berlin startup scenes? Across both for next couple of weeks so would be great if there’s anything on or anyone wants a drink.

[Stephen Canning @stephencanning]

Arrived in Munich this morning. One observation - DB seems to have an allergic reaction to departing its trains from the platforms it advertises.

[Mike Taylor @hammer_mt]

The world would be a better place if everyone in SF read this post.

[Stephen Canning @stephencanning]

A miscommunication in the Canning household

[Stephen Canning @stephencanning]

@MartinsCesare @charlierward @Londonmaxxing @encodeclub host a lot of fantastic events and are an active part of the startup scene

[Stephen Canning @stephencanning]

A Bellrock survey of 285 estates professionals across UK local government and NHS estates landed this month. Three numbers worth pausing on.

1% believe their current facilities model is fit for purpose.

40% say they lack the skills to deploy AI.

65% have had no AI training at all.

On the data side, 3% of local government professionals and 6% on the NHS side are very confident their property data is accurate, complete and standardised enough for AI to be useful.

The AI-in-government conversation almost always centres on the model. These figures are the actual ceiling. You cannot deploy AI into a team that doesn't have the skills, can't trust its own data, and has had no training. The model isn't the bottleneck. The receiving organisation is.

It's the boring half of the work, and the half that decides whether any of this actually delivers.

[Stephen Canning @stephencanning]

The startup energy in London right now is unreal

[Sofia Senatorova @SofiaSenatorova]

Just moved to London as a founder?

Below are 2 guides I came across this week that really worth your time:
https://t.co/uCschTekQd to London for Startups by @andy_ajt
https://t.co/yab8wJ01fb Startup Guide by @zainmbrk

P.S. weekend highlights if you’re near London Bridge:
🎨 White Cube for cool art installations
🍄 Borough Market for wild mushroom risotto
🛥️ Uber Boat trip is the fastest way to fall in love with THE city

[Stephen Canning @stephencanning]

@SimonMagus @createstreets Can’t we have both

[Stephen Canning @stephencanning]

If every councillor engages with @createstreets we can all make Britain beautiful again

[createstreets @createstreets]

@tomhfh @CheltCivicSoc And we can even tell you legally how to do it! Any new councillors or councils, please do get in touch !!

[Stephen Canning @stephencanning]

@jessgill03 Congratulations Jess, brilliant news