Matt Clifford

Matthew Philip Clifford CBE (born 1985) is a British entrepreneur. Along with Alice Bentinck, he is the co-founder of Entrepreneurs First, an international talent investor and startup accelerator founded in 2011.

In July 2024, Clifford announced he would lead a review of AI opportunities for the new British Labour Government.. Following the publication of the AI Opportunities Action Plan in January 2025, Clifford was appointed the Prime Minister’s Adviser on AI in 10 Downing Street. He is also Chair of the UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency.

In the spring of 2023, Clifford helped design the Frontier AI Task Force, which later became the United Kingdom's AI Safety Institute. 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.

In December 2023, it was announced that Alice Bentinck would take over as CEO of Entrepreneurs First after Clifford stepped down from the role to concentrate on opportunities in artificial intelligence.