"Microsoft has driven productivity improvements for decades and Anthropic is one of the most exciting AI frontier labs. I have long believed that technology will transform our world and play a key part in determining our future. I am excited to help these two companies, as they address the big strategic questions about how to make tech work for our economies, our security and our society."
"Serving as UK finance minister in the spring of 2021, Sunak launched a pandemic-linked program to help move businesses online. It promised 100,000 small businesses a 50 percent discount on software worth up to £5,000 each. A total of £295 million was allocated to the project over three years. Yet in spring of 2024, The Register uncovered that seven percent of that figure had been spent - or £31.4 million."
Rishi Sunak has accepted senior advisory roles at Microsoft and AI start-up Anthropic while remaining a Conservative backbench MP. Sunak said Microsoft and Anthropic address strategic questions about making technology work for economies, security and society, and that he will donate his advisory salaries to a charity he set up with his wife Akshata Murty. As UK finance minister in spring 2021 Sunak launched a pandemic-linked program offering discounts to 100,000 small businesses; £295 million was allocated but only seven percent (£31.4m) had been spent by spring 2024. Under a memorandum of understanding starting in November, the Crown Commercial Service expects approximately £9 billion in UK spending over five years.
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