Sunak: UK creates more unicorns than any country except US and China
Rishi Sunak · Rishi Sunak: The UK's New High Potential Visa; Rishi's £100M AI Task Force | E1025 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Jun 14, 2023 · at 5:12
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak discusses metrics for measuring the success of the UK tech ecosystem during an interview with Harry Stebbings.
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“More than France and Germany combined, more unicorns than anywhere apart from the US and China.”
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