Michael Spencer

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I am an emerging tech analyst that covers industries like AI, the semiconductor AI chip industry, robotics, quantum computing and others areas of exponential tech in Newsletter articles and in news curation as a service. 

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My flagship AI Newsletter is read by over 160,000 readers as of May, 2025. 

 My A.I. newsletter AiSupremacy is rated #1 in Machine learning and is the fastest growing A.I. Newsletter on Substack, as of early 2022. 

I'm fascinated by all things artificial intelligence, innovation, business, content, automation and futurism. 

Named a LinkedIn Top Voice in 2016 | & 2017 Ranked #2 in Marketing and social, I'm an amateur futurist and indie influencer.

You can contact me at michaelkspencer 2025 at gmail dot com.

I unlock some of the best voices in AI in my publication that can be read here: https://www.ai-supremacy.com/

Newsletter Author and Technology Influencer - 2-time LinkedIn Top Voice 

July 2015 to Sept, 2017. Resumed again October, 2019. 

Anysphere is looking for more funding at a reported $50 Bn. valuation. Having doubled their ARR in the last three months, I can understand why. But few understand the ceiling of Cursor. 

Anysphere is on a trajectory to be the first foundational vibe-working platform. Not OpenAI, Not Anthropic, Not Google, Cursor. Hard to believe eh? Yeah, you just wait.

Founder, Newsletter operator, A.I. Writer, Emerging tech analyst.

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smartR AI

Currently heading up Global Partnerships and Business development for @smartR AI with 4 first movers.
#smartRmyGPT, our generative AI engine, is a type of large language model (LLM) neural network
#alertR – behavioural intelligence-based alerting system providing support and assistance to vulnerable individuals. 
video https://vimeo.com/779333634
#smartRwatch - an unrivalled view into the physiological data of a watch user
#SERLE - intelligence-based automation engine (ROS, BPM, AI)
 
A few takes/highlights

The firestarter behind three Tech IPOs before I was 30. 

Oxfordshire tech start-up 0-18m year one

Funded, developed and sold the world’s first MP4 player when Apple were at the shuffle stage of the MP3 market.

IT commodity broker UK US & EMEA ICs, CPUs & GPUs -  annual 9 figure sales (US$) per annum for half a decade. 

Achieved consultancy revenue of £400k year one which grew to £12.5M turnover (6 employees) within 9 years. 

Co-founder & pioneer biometric security/access control project with Bergdata AG.  The chip was gobbled up by ATMEL costing deals with Visa and Securicor (now G4S) on both access control and a secure payment solution branded ‘Fingermouse’ 

Promoted Versaki300 at the Alexander Palace (sold broadcasting rights to Star TV). 

Devised a digital pet that sold 2m units, the Dancing Gorillas & inflatable trophies

Some Entrepreneurial  highlights

ReCognition Circular CIC

ReCognition Circular CIC Circular works to tackle digital exclusion and eWaste by refurbishing donated electronics within a circular economy model. But there is more value to be unlocked from ending take, make, break and waste.

If we are to level up and have social justice we must end the waste of untapped talent we have in Britain. ReCognition Circular CIC Circular will do this by providing IT training to young people as well as making Birmingham and the wider West Midland's community more digitally inclusive. This will directly contribute to social justice by equipping underprivileged youth with the resources and skills they need to enter the digital world.

Director

EcoLearn CIC

#SowStudySustain 
Lincolnshire based Ecolearn is a registered Community Interest Company. We create circular economy based outdoor growing spaces and community areas to facilitate a net zero based appreciation and utilization of our Natural Environment.  

We stand for improving Health, Wellbeing, and Local People’s Engagement, as together we learn to improve our local communities. No one is left behind as all abilities and age groups share varied knowledge to ensure best practice within healthy social enterprises.

Food is energy, so our circular economy growing hubs and vertical microfarms aim to help local communities to overcome the energy and food food crises in a truly sustainable way, together for the benefit of the wider community.

We believe in empowering communities in an open and transparent way, based on sharing best practice and knowledge. Together we can contrive to not only survive but thrive.

Chief Executive Officer

Lincolnshire Outdoor Learning

Not-for-profit feed not greed Lincolnshire Outdoor Learning is a registered Social Enterprise.  We therefore construct circular economy  micro farms.  Our vertical growing hubs also offer off grid solar, wind and hybrid energy to ensure net zero sustainable open pollination seeding at the heart of communities.  In schools our outdoor learning environments have delivered curriculum based activities at a fraction of the cost of other providers who cannot combine these services.  

Together we can repair or create and use Outdoor Learning Spaces in order to facilitate a greater appreciation of the Natural Environment. We have been working with schools and communities throughout Lincolnshire putting partnership at the heart of everything we do.  Visit both of our sites here - .  
http://www.lincolnshireoutdoorlearning.co.uk/
https://www.ecolearn.co.uk/

Member Board of Trustees

JB Unmanned Aerial Systems

JB UAS was created as a business brand of JBPRM Ltd in mid 2020. The purpose of this new venture was to support SPH Engineering (UgCS) in making commercial drone users aware of their new drone-based sensor technology. This relationship started with coverage just for the UK and Ireland, though we are now able to export globally.

Investor/Business Development

JBPRM Ltd

JBPRM Industrial Marketing specialise in a unique value proposition.  Only we offer  C-level led, hands-on, boots on the ground solutions. This fully integrated (market analysis to business development) approach opens doors in the Process, Power and Energy , Renewables, Water, Tech and circular economics markets. 

JBPRM also operates under the trade name JBUAS. JBUAS is the official reseller agent for SPH Engineering.  JBUAS Supplies the UgCS range of Industrial drone-based solutions, Workswell thermal solutions and Sensys magnetometry. For more information please see our website at www.jbprm.co.uk,

Consulting Business Analyst - Energy, Water, Renewables

Tele2market ltd

For all the charts and presentations, what any business needs is drive and belief.  Even in the current climate progress is possible, together we change disruption into opportunity.  Growth  is about finding people and businesses who own a problem and need it solving.


Who? Took Packard Bell from 6 people in an office to 116.  The S & M brain behind 3 IPOs, Oxfordshire's biggest start up during the ERM debacle.  

What?  A hands-on facilitator they  that will create and sell a UVP - unique value proposition be the proposition goods or services and have 80-100 real conversations per day, internally and  with clients or suppliers

How? We create a fast but comprehensive Campaign Outline Document and execute it

Where? Through Sales Strategy Live we share proactive google docs  with your key staff anywhere in the world.

When? Now because you need a Firestarter  delivering a leads Blitz that hits, to build those pipelines and close out any deals too.

Why? Time and money are precious you need sales hunters and closers not marketing farmers.

With? Together we will never be just another phone call

Founding Partner

Global Quality Assurance UK

After a decade of working under the Paragon Certification Group banner, Global Quality Assurance broke away to develop and fund #ISOFlowandGo.   This will see a platform created to utilise both an Artificial Intelligence and Emotional intelligence based machine learning system to deliver continual improvement for Quality, Environmental, Health and Data Security standards based on the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). 

The project team included ISO expertise dating back to BS5750 days and a ‘tech’ resource that has driven 3 IPOs and more than a dozen exits in Tech Product, Service, infrastructure and Tech-enabled solutions.  The project saw the formation of GQA Online in 2021.

Virtual CEO - NED

Icon Distribution

Built a distribution company from scratch and with just 50k Venture capital became Oxfordshire's most successful start-up. The vision was to create a one-stop shop for PC assemblers. We achieved 25% penetration of PC assemblers year one (conceived and developed the virtual cache 486-motherboard and took the I/O and video market by storm leading to the one-stop-shop distributor that caught the eye of Intel, Digital Research and Microsoft.  Personally hired and trained an enviable sales force, built credit lines with  Schroders (MMD with Intel & SGS support) Electron House PLC chairman (Bytech with Intel and  Microsoft support) and ASK Technology who expanded as a manufacturer tenfold in 18 months. Devised and successfully introduced several new products and solutions (and therefore brands) to the UK IT trade. Turnover of £18 million year one with a staff of 36 (GP of £1.8M) This was despite 1.1m exchange rate losses due to ERM  withdrawal (the Forex cover fell fell through and DK'd us) with expansion to two new premises during this time due to phenomenal growth that exceeded expectations. Oxfordshire's biggest  start up of the year was recognised by both Oxford Round table and Oxford Brookes University (offered  an Hon BSC in Economics for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise)

CEO & Founder

Ideal Hardware

Given the remit to save the key Seagate franchise. We not only survived then thrived before paving the way to IPO.  I would also turn around a company for the late and great Peter Ibbotson (Carlton TV)

Head of Franchise EMS (European Memory Systems)

Entrepreneurs, like sales guns for hire, will never need a normal job because every business needs our spark. Those with the winning mentality need challenges, for we are driven far more by the desire to inspire, to develop ourselves and those we collaborate with. Success, sustainable success, must be driven by far more than commercial reward if one is to really end each day having won and therefore succeeded.  

So who am I?
A Gentleman by name and nature I was the fire starter at Packard Bell, then moved on to inspire Ideal Hardware PLC and Datrontech HK (later PLC) as well as my own business from zero to 18m in year one by the age of 27 (which inspired Oxford Brookes to offer a degree). Regarded as a tech 'player' and consumer electronics entrepreneur (MP3 & MP4 pioneer along with some other products that make us think 'really' even though we bought one). Top 5 for storage, CPU and memory sales in EMEA for 10 year+ topping a $billion a year! Top salesman at every company I have owned or worked with/for. Former LEA Governor and NGFL influencer, Lincoln City Fundraiser of the year (2009) and New Football Pools Online Fanzine writer of the year (2009). 

Don't be afraid to  talk to  people and be lucky on your next call! -

Neil Gentleman-Hobbs

Anthropic are a front for AWS,  so  the CEO is told to put out a message via the influencers that  there is a rift with the Stargate crowd who are moving openAI into India. Join the dots instead of using AI to  do  your thinking.

A giver and proven Tech Entrepreneur, NED, Polymath, SLMs, Fractal AI and Circular Economy (community wealth building food, Rare Earth Metals & energy hubs).

Head of AIOps @ IBM || Speaker | Lecturer | Advisor

𝗡𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗲!
Not even Narendra Modi could get Sam Altman (OpenAI) and Dario Amodei (Anthropic) to shake hands.

Awkward moment, but a perfect signal.

This is the AI industry right now:
✦ zero-sum narratives
✦ talent wars
✦ platform lock-in
✦ trust used as a competitive weapon
✦ friends became rivals.

The competition is no longer friendly. It’s structural.
Not “AI research” anymore. But AI (geo)politics.

𝟯𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬+ 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 - 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺: https://lnkd.in/dbf74Y9E

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