William Tunstall-Pedoe, who sold his voice-activated search startup Evi to Amazon in 2012 and paved the way for Alexa, is no stranger to building AI-powered tech products that can change the world. But, with his latest venture, there are no plans on selling to an American Big Tech business.
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Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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