President Trump’s “anti-migrant rhetoric” may be helping the UK’s tech industry, according to tech executives.
“If the US continues its foreign policy, anti-migrant rhetoric, it’s going to put founders off and operators off,” said Husayn Kassai, a founder of the UK’s AI Hub and the chief executive of Quench AI.
“Already you have some students that were considering moving to the US 1749595651 considering the UK, and you have tech founders and operators, which are just as important, again increasingly considering the UK relative to the US,” he said to Sky News during London Tech Week.
His comments come amid a US political landscape in which immigrant communities across America have been surprised at the speed and ferocity with which new policies, including crackdowns and deportations, have been enacted in Mr Trump’s first 100 days in office.
In the last few days, some in California – the home of tech hotspot the San Francisco Bay area – have been taking direct action in protest at the Trump administration’s actions.
After selling his previous company Onfido for a record amount last year, Mr Kassai decided to found his new start-up in the UK because of its talent pool.
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