Suranga Chandratillake (@surangac) 's Twitter Profile
Suranga Chandratillake

@surangac

VC @balderton. Previously: Founder/CEO blinkx (now TRMR.L) and US CTO Autonomy. Yet more previously: CompSci @Cambridge_Uni

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Ex-PMs can claim up to £115k a year for life. Using a traditional 4% retirement assumption, that means Liz Truss just made £2.875M in 45 days. That's £64k a day or £23M a year - more than, say, Gary Lineker or an average premiership footballer. Buys a lot of tofu.

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This year we’ve seen many incredible AI breakthroughs from very large foundation models: CLIP = image/language Stable Diffusion = caption2image GPT-3 = language Whisper = speech2text etc But what does this mean for robotics and autonomous driving?

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Imagine being eight and running around a stately home unfettered with your brother or sister. I wish I was a kid again and thanks to the ever-far-sighted National Trust for this brilliant initiative. theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/o…

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Watching the inspiring UniqueFeet at Cambridge Rare Disease Network (CamRARE)’s #rarefest22 sharing their passion for dance and movement. And now the brilliant instagram.com/be_yourself_dy… talking about his contemporary urban photography. #camrare

Watching the inspiring UniqueFeet at <a href="/camraredisease/">Cambridge Rare Disease Network (CamRARE)</a>’s #rarefest22 sharing their passion for dance and movement. And now the brilliant instagram.com/be_yourself_dy… talking about his contemporary urban photography. #camrare
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I was interviewed (along with all the other people, pictured!) for Better Venture by Erika Brodnock and Dr Johannes Lenhard a while ago. The book is finally out today, full of practical DEI insights for VCs and tech. You can read a preview or get it on Holloway. holloway.com/b/better-ventu…

I was interviewed (along with all the other people, pictured!) for <a href="/BetterVenture/">Better Venture</a> by <a href="/ErikaBrodnock/">Erika Brodnock</a> and <a href="/JFLenhard/">Dr Johannes Lenhard</a> a while ago. The book is finally out today, full of practical DEI insights for VCs and tech. You can read a preview or get it on <a href="/holloway/">Holloway</a>.

holloway.com/b/better-ventu…
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I feel fortunate to be building Wayve in the UK with an environment that supports innovative startups. But I'm concerned the proposed R&D tax credit cuts threaten to undo this strength the UK has developed in promoting deeptech companies in areas like AI and biotech.

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the The Church of England runs 1 in 4 primary schools in England and just refused to back gay marriage. meanwhile 83% of UK adults support gay marriage. Why are these dinosaurs allowed to have so much influence over our children?

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Yesterday we received the very welcome news that the College’s plans to install solar panels on the roof of the Chapel had been unanimously approved by Cambridge City Council. Here's a thread to explain more 🧵👇

Yesterday we received the very welcome news that the College’s plans to install solar panels on the roof of the Chapel had been unanimously approved by <a href="/camcitco/">Cambridge City Council</a>. Here's a thread to explain more 🧵👇
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Huge 🙌🏼 to Sir Jeremy Hunt MP and cross-Whitehall Team who supported the 🇬🇧 #tech sector from the moment the #SVB crisis hit & worked tirelessly with Dom Hallas @Coadec and others to find a swift solution that helps the sector without burdening taxpayers. Government at its best 🙏🏼

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See these great videos captured during drives in London? No you didn't ... these are entirely generated by Wayve's AI. Generative AI and LLMs aren't just for chat ... they're for generating virtual worlds and autonomous vehicles too.

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How hard should it be to run a venture-backed tech startup? 996 hard? 247 hard? call-your-mum-in-tears hard? I spoke to Simon Beckerman Suranga Chandratillake &more about why founder burnout is bad for business. The story is on today's #FTEdit app (free 30 day trial!) ftedit.onelink.me/Ju3k/gofjgxid

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Call to #healthtech #ai and #tech startups with products that have positive impact for people with #RareDisease. The NHS Eastern AHSN Innovation Challenge closes Sep 4: submit your work/product/idea and get huge exposure to this growing market. Cambridge Rare Disease Network (CamRARE) Zinc Balderton Capital

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Language is the future for how we interact with robots. Today Wayve is sharing a first look at LINGO-1, a new vision-language-action AI model. To give you a glimpse of its capabilities, here is a video of me playing with LINGO-1 yesterday morning.