Interview

Brunch with Sifted | Artificial Intelligence | 22 Apr

AI angel-investor Ian Hogarth: machine learning will eat the world

Ian Hogarth, one of the world's biggest angel investors in AI, talks noodles and “feral entrepreneurship” over brunch with Sifted.

Mobility | 24 Mar

Barcelona needs to embrace Uber, says Manuel Valls

Rules making life difficult for ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Cabify in Barcelona are “absurd”, says mayoral hopeful Manuel Valls.

Government | 19 Dec

What 16 years working at Amazon taught the orchestrator of Italy’s digital transformation

A tech executive explains how to make Italy's government as citizen-centric as Amazon is consumer-centric.

Software | 17 Dec

Why German search-engine Cliqz says the internet must prepare for when we “all turn evil”

The German privacy-centric search engine Cliqz deals with trust issues by avoiding personal data altogether.

Artificial Intelligence | 14 Dec

One former Google exec says there’s no hope for Europe’s artificial intelligence sector

Former exec at Apple and Microsoft, ex-president of Google China and prominent venture capitalist and AI expert, Kai-fu Lee, says Europe isn’t even in the running for bronze AI medal

Education | 28 Nov

Professor Rose Luckin: how AI in education should work

The Institute of Education prof wants to connect innovators, educators, academics and ethics.

Finance | 16 Nov

Funding Circle comes full circle

Lisa Jacobs, chief strategy officer at Funding Circle, on why she left her high-flying job at BCG to join a startup and what it takes to grow a 1000-person team