David Boyd
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Finding a new way to deliver mergers and acquisitions
Cambridge, London & New York
Joined October 2011
Taboos take a back seat in a new Europe via @FT A good article from today’s FT Magazine on the heritage of far right political parties…
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Scrutiny of all carbon capture schemes is important. Good work by Greenpeace looking into phantom carbon credits given free to Shell and sold on…. Shell sold millions of ‘phantom’ carbon credits
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The thinking barbarians: how private equity has evolved via @FT
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‘Enshittification’ is coming for absolutely everything via @FT A worthy read. For everyone left on Facebook it’s time to leave now.
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Great in-depth reporting from the FT. I had no idea what might look like sustainable salmon from Norway might be driving ecological and economic issues across Africa.
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Fish sold by major retailers in Europe is harming food security in west Africa
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Everything you ever wanted to know about venture studios….
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Max Pog. Numbers of startup studios. Excitement and criticism of venture studios: "There was $5M here just a moment ago. Where did it go?”
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Ditto. MIT engineers create an energy-storing supercapacitor from ancient materials | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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MIT engineers created a carbon-cement supercapacitor that can store large amounts of energy. Made of just cement, water, and carbon black, the device could form the basis for inexpensive systems that...
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Carbon–cement supercapacitors as a scalable bulk energy storage solution. Turning our concrete walls into batteries… if this works…
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The large-scale implementation of renewable energy systems necessitates the development of energy storage solutions to effectively manage imbalance...
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Orbital Materials combines ChatGPT with physics to invent new materials
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The first materials designed by AI could be less than 18 months away, according to Orbital Materials CEO Jonathan Godwin.
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McKinsey pays out another $230mn to settle opioid cases via @FT As well as advising others, management consultants need values of their own.
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The best pubs (and a wine bar) in London’s West End via @FT Of all the articles I’ve shared from the FT, this is up there as one of the best. A great selection of pubs for anyone new to London…
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From hundreds of contenders, our tireless correspondents select their top 10 watering holes in the UK capital’s playground
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UK scientists develop 10-minute blood test to diagnose diseases via @FT “Theranos…always comes up when I’m talking to investors. The difference is we’ve got the technology to work and demonstrated it, which they never did.”
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Finger-prick technology on mobile device can detect long Covid and Alzheimer’s
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Doing your first deal and looking for a good book to read on the beach? Some recommendations from The Agile Gorilla collective…
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The Agile Gorilla · Episode
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I’m at @raais today! Really looking forward to catching up with old friends and colleagues, and make new ones :) Thanks @nathanbenaich for the invite. Come talk to me if you’d like to know how we can apply AI to impactfully and quickly mitigate climate change.
👋 We're live with the 7th Research and Applied AI Summit @raais! 📺 You can follow along online via this live stream link:
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How can students be expected to enjoy their education when schools look like prisons?
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Advertisers urged to disclose AI use in social media campaigns via @FT Advertising and gambling, two sectors always at the forefront of exploring new tech. I didn’t expect to hear from Ogilvy that a quarter of ‘influencers’ on social media are already AI…
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Matthew Prince, CEO of Cloudflare, said that typing confidential matters into chatbots was like "turning a bunch of PhD students loose in all of your private records."
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Google, one of AI’s biggest backers, warns own staff about chatbots
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Alphabet Inc is cautioning employees about chatbot usage at the same time as it markets its own program Bard.
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A behind-the-scenes view of M&A, pre-deal and post-deal. Listen in every few weeks to a new episode...
Podcasts! Since the start of 2023 we've been much more regular with our podcast. At least once a month recording a new episode. https://t.co/oyICxhyJjR
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Always looking for examples of contrarian management ideas... https://t.co/1mmw0I7MJk
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