{"id":381282,"date":"2026-01-21T00:39:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T00:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/381282\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T00:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T00:39:14","slug":"rishi-sunaks-new-job-with-a-california-based-ai-firm-is-earning-him-373000-for-just-70-hours-work-with-ex-pm-donating-sum-to-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/381282\/","title":{"rendered":"Rishi Sunak’s new job with a California-based AI firm is earning him \u00a3373,000 (for just 70 hours work) – with ex-PM donating sum to charity"},"content":{"rendered":"

By GREG HEFFER, POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 07:37 EST, 20 January 2026 | Updated: 09:09 EST, 20 January 2026 <\/p>\n

Rishi Sunak<\/a>‘s new job with a California-based AI<\/a> firm is worth \u00a3373,000, it has been revealed.<\/p>\n

The former prime minister is earning the sum as a ‘senior adviser’ at Anthropic, according to the latest register of MPs’ financial interests.<\/p>\n

Mr Sunak’s entry shows he took on the role in September for a 12-month period and he will be devoting just 70 hours work to the San Francisco-headquartered start-up.<\/p>\n

The ex-Tory leader is donating his earnings to The Richmond Project charity, which he and his wife Akshata Murty founded with the aim of boost\u00a0numeracy skills across all ages.<\/p>\n

He is being remunerated with 3,547 shares over the year, which has been calculated at a value of \u00a3373,000.<\/p>\n

Since leaving Downing Street<\/a> after the 2024 general election<\/a>, Mr Sunak has also taken on roles with Stanford University, Goldman Sachs, and Microsoft<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He also has a newspaper column with the Sunday Times and has earned \u00a3750,000 from various speaking engagements in the US, India and South Korea.<\/p>\n

Mr Sunak was PM between October 2022 and July 2024 and was widely expected to relocate to California, where he and his wife met, after his general election defeat.<\/p>\n

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Rishi Sunak’s new job with a California-based AIfirm is worth \u00a3373,000, it has been revealed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The former prime minister is earning the sum as a ‘senior adviser’ at Anthropic, according to the latest register of MPs’ financial interests.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But, in his final Prime Minister’s Questions appearance as Tory leader, Mr Sunak vowed to spend more time ‘in the greatest place on Earth’ in reference to his Richmond and Northallerton constituency.<\/p>\n

‘If anyone needs me, I will be in Yorkshire,’ Mr Sunak added.<\/p>\n

Anthropic has developed the Claude AI models and was founded by former members of OpenAI, which developed ChatGPT.<\/p>\n

During his premiership, Mr Sunak made tech regulation a significant priority and hosted an AI safety summit at Bletchley Park in November 2023.<\/p>\n

When he announced his roles with Anthropic and Microsoft in October last year, Mr Sunak posted on LinkedIn: ‘I have long believed that technology will transform our world and play a key part in determining our future.<\/p>\n

‘I am excited to help these two companies, as they address the big strategic questions about how to make tech work for our economies, our security and our society.<\/p>\n

‘We stand on the edge of a technological revolution whose impacts will be as profound as those of the industrial revolution: and felt more quickly.<\/p>\n

‘In my role as a senior adviser, I want to help these companies ensure that this shift delivers the improvements in all of our lives that it can.’<\/p>\n

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