Call to reform UK garden leave to boost entrepreneurship
NandoDF · x · 2026-08-15
Unlike California where one can start a company immediately after leaving Google, US firms in the UK impose 1-year garden leaves on senior AI researchers. Removing this barrier could transform UK entrepreneurship.
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