AI Strategy · Standards, Governance & Policy · Storytelling
Matthew Blakemore
Helping boards, governments and creators get AI right, from the ISO standards table to the world’s biggest AI stages.
CEO · AI Caramba!/Co-author · ISO/IEC 8183/Contributor · EU AI Office
or watch the talks250+
Keynotes delivered
20+
Countries spoken in
1 of 4
ISO/IEC 8183 co-authors worldwide
20K+
LinkedIn followers
70,000+
Professionals upskilled
20+
IMDb-certified film credits
Clients, stages & press
01The short version
A decade-plus at the sharp end of artificial intelligence.
I run AI Caramba!, named AI Solutions Provider of the Year 2025, delivering AI strategy, governance and upskilling for enterprises across finance, energy, media and the public sector. As European Regional Director at Monarrch, The AI Royalty Company, I work with rights holders, labels and AI platforms on licensing that pays creators properly.
Before that I was Head of Product at the British Board of Film Classification, where I invented and patented an AI tool that classifies content for multiple territories from a single viewing, US Patent 11,678,015 B1.
See the work, case studies on AI CarambaThe showreel, keynotes, panels and boardroom sessions.
Current roles
AI Caramba!
Founder & CEO
Award-winning AI consultancy, strategy, governance frameworks, EU AI Act & ISO 42001 readiness, and executive upskilling.
Monarrch
European Regional Director
The AI Royalty Company. Partnerships with rights holders, estates, labels and AI platforms on pro-AI, anti-theft licensing.
ISO/IEC 8183
Co-author
One of four co-authors worldwide on the international AI data lifecycle standard, adopted by CEN in 2024.
EU AI Office
Code of Practice Contributor
Contributor to the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice shaping how frontier models are governed in Europe.
Innovate UK BridgeAI
Advisory Committee
Advising the £100M national programme accelerating responsible AI adoption across UK priority sectors.
Swedish Chamber of Commerce UK
Board Member · AI & Data Working Group
Serving on the Board and the AI & Data Working Group, a long-standing bridge between the UK and Swedish tech ecosystems.
Also/BSI AI Standards Committee/Kinetic Investments, £30M AI fund
Currently open to
Board & advisory appointments, and supporting consultancies and businesses on their AI journeys.
02Speaking
250+ keynotes. 20+ countries. Zero jargon survives contact.
From London Tech Week main stages to closed-door government roundtables and MBA lecture halls, talks that turn AI strategy, governance and the creator economy into something a board can act on by Friday.
Recent stages
- London AI Summit, Chair, VisionAIres stage2026
- Cambridge Judge Business School, MBA guest lecture2026
- SDVI Customer Conference, ITV White City, keynote2026
- Institut de la Propriété Intellectuelle, Luxembourg, keynote2026
- Tech Forum at Clifford Chance, panel chair2026
- World Summit AI,
Talks & themes
Agentic AI in the enterprise
AI governance & the EU AI Act
AI, copyright & creator pay
AI strategy for boards
Standards as competitive edge
AI & the creative industries
Every talk written fresh/No recycled decks/Enquire below
Bring this thinking to your stage.
Keynotes, panels and boardroom sessions, worldwide. Tell me about your event and I’ll come back to you personally.
03Watch
See me work a room.
From why the best AI models will end up paying royalties, to the neuroscience of how AI hijacks the brain's love circuits. A couple of the talks below; the full library lives on AI Caramba.
❝In their words
He’s not only very informative but downright inspiring. Matthew’s ability to break down complex concepts into digestible nuggets is impressive, and his passion for the subject is contagious!
I wholeheartedly recommend Matt for his expertise, effective moderation, and engaging presentation style.
The presentation was excellent, Matt is a very accomplished and engaging public speaker, as well as being highly knowledgeable.
04Standards & policy
The rules of AI are being written now. I'm in the rooms where it happens.
Register of appointmentsMB / 2026
Co-author, the international AI data lifecycle framework. One of four co-authors globally; standard adopted by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) in 2024.
EU AI Office
Contributor, General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, the EU's playbook for governing frontier and general-purpose models.
Innovate UK
Advisory Committee member, BridgeAI, the £100M UK Government programme driving responsible AI adoption in priority sectors.
BSI
Committee member, British Standards Institution AI Standards Committee, a five-year tenure shaping the UK's national position.
US 11,678,015 B1
Patent holder, AI-driven multi-territory video classification, invented at the BBFC: one viewing, age ratings for every territory.
05The books
Two books incoming. A third, classified.
New, 2026
Artificial Outrage
June 2026
What the AI Copyright Debate Isn't Telling You. Fourteen legal questions the copyright war keeps dodging, answered jurisdiction by jurisdiction, and a case for paying artists on outputs instead of licensing catalogues.
Get launch updatesRoutledge, 2027
Snakes and Ladders
Routledge · May 2027
A Leader's Playbook for AI Strategy, Governance and Risk. Co-authored with Dr Angus Finney of Cambridge Judge Business School, for boards that want the ladders without the snakes.
Register interestClassified
More to come
Book three is under wraps, title, territory and timing all withheld for now. Watch this space.
Be first to know06The creative side
By day, AI strategy. The rest of the time: films and songs.
Film
Award-winning AI filmmaker
More than 20 IMDb-certified credits using AI as a production craft, proving the tools can serve the story rather than replace the storyteller.
See my credits on IMDbMusic
Songwriter, every word and melody human
Two-time Cannes World Film Festival Best Song winner and two-time UK Songwriting Contest finalist. Writing since sixteen; AI is only ever allowed in the production booth.
Latest album: NPC, released during London Tech Week 2026.
Listen to NPC on SpotifyThe films
Award-winning AI filmmaking.
I write every script and concept myself. AI tools help me bring the visuals to life, that is how I believe the technology should be used.
Award
Award
Award
The music
Every word and melody, mine.
I write every lyric myself, with no AI. I know exactly what I want from a melody, and I use AI as a tool to craft it and bring my vision to life. It augments my talent and lets me share my songs.
Recognition
2025
Top 100 Influential People
Awards Intelligence
2025
AI Solutions Provider of the Year
Corporate LiveWire Innovation & Excellence Awards, AI Caramba!
2025
Dean's Alumni Partner of the Year
University of Hertfordshire
2024
Forty Under 40 UK
Xodus Communications
2023
UK Business Tech Visionary
Business Awards UK
2023
CogX Global Goals Impact Award
Finalist
20+
IMDb-Certified Film Awards
Incl. Best Futurist Filmmaker, World Film Festival, Cannes
30+
Songwriting Awards & Commendations
UK Songwriting Contest and other competitions
×2
Cannes World Film Festival, Best Song
Two-time winner
×2
UK Songwriting Contest, Finalist
Two-time finalist
2015
Prince Abdul Aziz International Award
For entrepreneurship, The Centennial Fund
07The ventures
Where the strategy gets done.
Two companies, one job: helping organisations and creators get AI right. The frameworks, services and tools live on AI Caramba.
Chief Executive
AI Caramba!
AI Solutions Provider of the Year 2025. Strategy, governance and upskilling for enterprises, boards and governments, built on the Snakes & Ladders AI Framework®.
European Regional Director
Monarrch
The AI Royalty Company. Working with rights holders, labels and AI platforms on licensing that pays creators properly.
08Free download
Pat Matt. Pat the page, read it later.
Things move fast in tech, and there is rarely time to read everything the moment you find it. Pat Matt quietly collects the useful articles you come across, then serves them back as one clean read at a time that suits you. I built it for myself; now you can use it for free.
- Tap your desk or hit the button to keep the page you're on
- Grabs the full article when it can, always the URL when it can't
- Your book: everything you saved, one clean reader, ready to export
- Optional one-line summaries using your browser's built-in on-device AI, runs locally, costs nothing per use
Chrome & Edge · Manifest V3 · works offline · v1.0
How to install (60 seconds)
- Download and unzip
pat-matt.zip. - Go to
chrome://extensionsand switch on Developer mode (top right). - Click Load unpacked and choose the unzipped
pat-mattfolder. - Pin it, then tap the icon (or your desk) on any page worth reading. Open it whenever suits you for your book.
09Contact
The network is open.
Keynotes, board and advisory appointments, AI strategy support for your consultancy or business, media and book enquiries, or a hard question about where AI is heading. Based in London; working worldwide. Join 20,000+ followers getting my AI analysis on LinkedIn.