Advances in data, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and analytics are completely changing the way we think about and do business.

In our first podcast of 2023, which was also filmed in our new podcast suite, Professor Richard Allmendinger from AMBS and David Walters from North-West based fund manager River Capital joined Chair Jim Pendrill from AMBS to discuss the issue.

Richard, who is a Professor of Applied Artificial Intelligence, and also a Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute, recently joined the advisory board of the North’s first dedicated AI fund run by River Capital. The fund focuses specifically on early-stage, high growth AI, machine learning and data science investment opportunities across the North.

David Walters works in the equity team at River Capital as a technology investment director, supporting technology businesses across the region. He has been a CTO at multiple PE-backed companies and has also run AI practices.