Former British Prime Minister Sunak to join Microsoft, Anthropic as adviser

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Former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday that he will be joining Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/MSFT]) and Anthropic (ANTHRO [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ANTHRO]) as a senior adviser.

“Microsoft has driven productivity improvements for decades and Anthropic is one of the most exciting AI frontier labs,” Sunak said [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7382067625612222465/] in a post on LinkedIn. “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.”

“We stand on the edge of a technological revolution whose impacts will be as profound as those of the industrial revolution: and felt more quickly,” Sunak continued. “In my role as a senior adviser, I want to help these companies ensure that this shift delivers the improvements in all of our lives that it can.”

Sunak, who was Britain's Prime Minister from October 2022 until July 2024, said any proceeds from the roles will be donated in full to The Richmond Project, the charity he and his wife founded.

Prior to his career in politics, Sunak worked for Goldman Sachs as an analyst and hedge fund The Children's Investment Fund Management. He also started hedge fund Theleme Partners after leaving TCI in 2009.

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