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From Nvidia to OpenAI, Silicon Valley woos Westminster as ex-politicians take tech firm roles

todayDecember 17, 2025

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Commons committee monitoring revolving door that gave jobs to George Osborne, Nick Clegg and Tony Blair

When the billionaire chief executive of AI chipmaker Nvidia threw a party in central London for Donald Trump’s state visit in September, the power imbalance between Silicon Valley and British politicians was vividly exposed.

Jensen Huang hastened to the stage after meetings at Chequers and rallied his hundreds of guests to cheer on the power of AI. In front of a huge Nvidia logo, he urged the venture capitalists before him to herald “a new industrial revolution”, announced billions of pounds in AI investments and, like Willy Wonka handing out golden tickets, singled out some lucky recipients in the room.

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