Analysis

September 25, 2024

Tech dispatch from the UK Labour Party conference

There was uncertainty in the air among startups in Liverpool at the party's annual shindig

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Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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