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David Richards MBE
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Empowering AI Startups | Co-Founder @ Yorkshire AI Labs | Democratising VC | MBE | Philanthropist & Tech Visionary

Blog: http://www.djr.ai
Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-sunday-signal-7319040914797031424
Google told the BBC this week that AI is too unreliable, so we should stick with search.
Anthropic’s CEO said the opposite, warning that AI could wipe out half of all entry level white collar jobs.

The BBC just held the microphone.

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The Sunday Signal: Is Google Running Scared?
This week: Sundar Pichai’s AI “bubble” warning, Anthropic’s prediction of mass white-collar job losses, the rise of Málaga’s tech scene, and the Babel fish arriving in your ear. A clear, sharp look at...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
The Sunday Signal: The Pitch, The Discipline, and The Deloitte Debacle
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The Sunday Signal: The Pitch, The Discipline, and The Deloitte Debacle
Essential insights on money, founders and accountability Issue #26 – Sunday 12 October 2025
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October 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🚨𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬.⁣🚨

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤’𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬:
🇬🇧 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 — how pension fund managers are failing us all
🌉 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨’𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲
🤖 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞? the AI toolkit that changes everything

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The Sunday Signal: Britain Invents, America Invests
Essential insights on capital, cities, and the democratisation of startups Issue #23 – Sunday 21 September 2025
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September 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Sunderland’s promotion wasn’t meant to happen. 15th in wage bill, no parachute cash—just fearless football and belief. A glitch in the matrix. I unpack it in today’s Sunday Signal.
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May 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵.”
— Elon Musk, in a 2015 email on OpenAI’s first day.

Still one of the clearest hiring philosophies: spot the spark early and bet on it hard.

I write about ideas like this in The Sunday Signal:
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May 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I never met my great-grandparents Eli & Lily, or my grandmother.

But this week, AI brought them to life — not as history, but as people.

Colourising old family photos didn’t just enhance them. It changed everything.

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May 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
𝗔𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆’𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 — 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲.

This week’s Sunday Signal started with a colourised photo of a 19th-century train crash… and ended with me seeing my great-great-grandparents — Eli and Lily Richards — clearly for the first time.

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May 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Will we ever see this again (in my lifetime) #swfc
May 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
November 19, 2024 at 11:24 PM