A longtime London resident, he joined the group, Tech For U.K., after he found Brexit made Britain less welcoming for foreigners and exposed the “incompetence and brazen political hypocrisy” of its political leaders. Cser, whose firm, Automat Ventures, invests in companies that use artificial intelligence, helped connect Tech For U.K. to computer scientists. More than 1,100 U.K.-based tech executives signed Tech For U.K.’s open letter last year to May, warning that Brexit risks making it harder to hire tech talent and crimping funding from Europe. “We just need to think about various members of the public, what might tick their buttons,” startup founder James Tabor told his group. ——–Follow Kelvin Chan at http://www.twitter.com/chanman——–This story has been corrected to show that Tech For U.K.’s letter received more than 1,100 signatures, not 1,500.

Source: National Post March 26, 2019 08:26 UTC