How have we ended up, as a country, more pro-bat than we are pro-human?
Buckinghamshire Council approve cuts of £95M to social services, while demanding a £100M bat shed over HS2.
James Wise
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James Wise
@Jameswise
Partner @Balderton. Investing in AI, health and energy. Chair of UK Sovereign AI. Author of Start-Up Century. Mostly Generative.
- Replying to @JameswiseNatural England states no bat death is acceptable. At a cost of £360K per bat protected, this decision costs us, PER BAT the equivalent of 10 years of state-funded social care for an elderly person. PER BAT.
- Replying to @paulgThe American legal system imprisoned the founder of Silkroad to life, chased Mike Lynch around the world through extradition ( only to be found innocent ) and hounded Aaron Swartz to his death, amongst other things. I don’t no the details for Pavel, but the US is no haven.
- Given the incredible advances in technology, there's surprisingly little discussion of the positive impact it can have on our health, wealth and planet. Introducing What's Next, an interview series with some of the leading founders and investors behind the technological
- Great to see people who were willing to take a risk and back a small British tech company get rewarded for it. A few more outcomes like this and we may have to actually be optimistic about UK tech!
- We @balderton have raised $1.3B in new venture & growth funds to continue investing in the UK & Europe’s leading technology companies. It’s obviously important if you’re building a company, so if you’re raising from seed -> IPO get in touch! But it’s also important for much
- Celebrating Father’s Day by becoming a new one! Cara Evelyn Kay Wise was born on 13th June to two overjoyed parents in @LizziePaton & I. Thrilled & exhausted.
- Amazing to think Revolut didn’t exist a decade ago. This year alone it will save its users £1Bs, create 1000s of jobs & generate £100Ms in corporate & income taxes for HMRC. Now we just need to create dozens of Revoluts. It’s the only way Britain grows.Revolut has swung to an annual profit and nearly doubled its revenue for 2023 as the fintech filed its first timely set of results in years. cityam.com/revolut-books-…
- Ahead of the budget tomorrow, I gave evidence to Parliament on the opportunities and challenges facing the UK tech sector, alongside @alexgkendall, @Erin_Platts & @scalespace. Despite a lot of good news, we can't underestimate the scale of the challenge. NVIDIA is worth more
00:00 - My book, Start-Up Century, comes out in the USA today! If you're interested in why record numbers of people are starting businesses, why the traditional firm is shrinking and why entrepreneurship is becoming one of the most popular ways of working - check it out. With record
- If we want to improve our health, we first need to know what's going on in our bodies. For this week's episode of 'What's Next' I sat down with @RENCIRCI of @Savahealth to discuss their breakthrough sensor which provides realtime data on our many different molecules & hormones,
00:00 - Astonishing that UK based Arm is now worth more ($145B) than Intel ($130B).
- Following the news of their £35M funding round, I sat down with James Field, CEO and founder of @labgeni_us for the latest episode of What's Next. LabGenius is on a mission to not only find novel therapeutics, but to use AI to augment the scientific method itself. In this
00:00 - AI can not only build SaaS apps, it can now recreate your favourite one and port all your data over too! In <5 minutes Proxy from @convergence_ai_ was able to log in to my to-do list app, understand the user interface and content, provide a complete breakdown of how the the app
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