UK Politicians Flock to AI Labs: Anthropic Hires Matt Clifford, Ex-PM Sunak Also There
emax · x · 2026-09-02
Matt Clifford announced he is joining Anthropic as Managing Director of International Affairs, leading government work outside North America.
A reply thread notes the broader pattern: former Deputy PM Nick Clegg at Meta, ex-Chancellor George Osborne at OpenAI, and both Tom Blomfield and former PM Rishi Sunak at Anthropic, with jokes about Keir Starmer heading to Mistral next.
The roundup underscores how systematically AI labs are recruiting senior UK political figures for policy and government-affairs roles, with Anthropic particularly aggressive on this front.
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