Matthew Philip Clifford CBE[1][2] (born 1985) is a British entrepreneur.
Along with Alice Bentinck, he is the co-founder of Entrepreneur First, an international talent investor and startup accelerator founded in 2011.
[3] In July 2024, Clifford announced he would lead a review of AI opportunities for the new British Labour Government.
[5] In August 2023, Clifford was appointed to lead the preparatory work for the 2023 AI Safety Summit, along with the UK's former Deputy National Security Adviser Jonathan Black.
[6][7] In December 2023, it was announced that Alice Bentinck would take over as CEO of Entrepreneur First after Clifford stepped down from the role to concentrate on opportunities in artificial intelligence.