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Tried helping an elderly man call a cab just outside Parliament, but he said he was fine thanks. It turns out it was David Attenborough

🚨 @TenThinkTank is hiring! We're looking for a new researcher to join our team. If you want to change the policy landscape to better support Britain's most innovative startups, this is the job for you. Full details on who we're after and how to apply: tenentrepreneurs.org/jobs

Great organisation to work for, here. The best entrepreneurship guys in the biz.

💼 We are on the hunt for somebody to join our research team! x.com/eamonnives/sta…

"if everything’s a ‘mission’, nothing is" 💯

🧪 @mannvirdee on Science Rank, a new approach to quantifying spillovers from science into commercialised technologies. @asvalero @CEP_LSE entrepreneursnetwork.substack.com/p/three-big-id…

🤯🧬 Did you know the number of possible molecular combinations relevant to human biology runs to 10⁶⁰? (That’s 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000). Because of this, drug development has historically been more a case of trial and error than rational design. But, as I found out speaking to @murattunaboylu, Co-Founder and CEO of @AntiverseHQ, artificial intelligence promises to change everything — helping companies design compounds more methodically, and with greater confidence they’ll work as intended. It could even unlock an era of personalised treatments, and make the rarest of diseases commercially viable to tackle. Find out why, and what needs to change to get there, by reading our interview in full: entrepreneursnetwork.substack.com/p/engineering-…

"Resistance to a last-resort antibiotic is rising sharply in Africa...[C]olistin resistance...rose dramatically...from 5.64% to 16.45% in Acinetobacter baumannii...between 2010–2017 and 2018–2023." cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobial-…

@JonKBateman @CarnegieEndow Have sent to someone I think will be interested!

My team (Tech at @CarnegieEndow) is looking for a program assistant. This entry-level role is a great way to get exposure to AI and tech policy, national security, think tanks, etc. in a collegial atmosphere. Apply now or share with someone you know! carnegieendowment.applicantpro.com/jobs/4025449

@John4bricknell @exPremiers @thestrandgroup Who's your favourite?

@MannVirdee @exPremiers @thestrandgroup I lack the eminence of Sir John (how damning to be eclipsed by the embodiment of the grey man!) however have long argued Clem and Thatcher the two great post WW2 premiers. Both left the country ver different when they left. Now my favourite however…

Sir John Major defends Clement Atlee's political courage and achievements. He says: political differences, yes -- enemies, no. @thestrandgroup

You know it's time to call it a day when this happens 😞😬

You can read the full article here: entrepreneursnetwork.substack.com/p/total-recall

Kinnu is an EdTech startup with a million learners on their apps. They've built an AI-powered 'learning engine' with the aim of helping anyone to learn anything, faster and more effectively than ever before. In this instalment of The Entrepreneurs Network's UK AI Fieldbook series, I caught up with Kinnu's founder @HannaCelina to discuss: 🔹 How Kinnu uses A/B testing to validate learning interventions at scale. 🔹The human-in-the-loop requirement for zero-error tolerance in legal and financial education. 🔹How vibe coding is turning writers into product builders. 🔹The structural barriers of Britain’s copyright law and the lack of accessible public data for education. 🔹Why R&D tax credits are better than government grants for agile startups.

Our latest Three Big Ideas roundup is now out! This week: 🤝 @Philip_Salter on why customers are kings 🪙 @eamonnives on coining it in 📝 @mannvirdee on process over purpose Links to read and subscribe below.

Terence Tao is perhaps the world’s greatest mathematician—and now he seems bullish on AI’s potential to open up a different “way of doing mathematics” and push the frontier of human knowledge. Read his conversation with @Matteo_wong: theatlantic.com/technology/202…

Our latest Three Big Ideas roundup is now out! This week: ⏩ @eamonnives on accelerating adoption of advances 🎓 @mannvirdee on practical PhDs 🔋 Jessie May Green on home-grown metals Links to read and subscribe below.

The Rest is History team discussing Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree @Holland_Tom @DCSandbrook @TheRestHistory youtube.com/watch?v=2p0J65…

Our latest Three Big Ideas roundup is now out! This week: 🧑‍💻 @eamonnives on work from home truths 🏛️ @mannvirdee on institutional bloat 🔒 Jessie May Green on the nature of national security Links to read and subscribe below.

And here we are! Hi @Waymo 👋

As a research in sci + tech policy, I thought it was important to try Waymo when I was in Scottsdale. A v smooth journey and never felt worried. These have already been operating on the road for years in Phoenix... we may see the first self-driving cars in the UK from 2026

🖥️ @VaireHQ is a company with an audacious goal: near-zero energy computing. If they succeed, they'll enable a huge leap in economic growth without putting enormous strain on the power grid. In the latest instalment of @tenthinktank’s UK AI Fieldbook series, I caught up with the founder of Vaire @rodolfor to discuss how reversible computing works and why the UK needs to stop fearing failure if it is to prosper. substack.com/home/post/p-18…