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Birmingham Post
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Chris Pyke

Nephew of iconic British inventor starts his own artificial intelligence company

The nephew of Sir Clive Sinclair is hoping to follow is the footsteps of his uncle and become a famous inventor.

Grant Sinclair, who runs his business out of Barclay's Eagle Lab in Cardiff, says he is looking to develop self-build hardware for the global gamer, maker and education communities, together with AI focused hardware suitable for autonomous vehicles and smart home development.

His uncle was the inventor of the iconic the battery electric vehicle the Sinclair C5.

"Our POCO - Pocket Raspberry Pi Gaming Kit has been fully developed in South Wales and uses the Raspberry Pi Zero which is made at Sony Wales," said Mr Sinclair.

"Pilot manufacturing for POCO is in Wales in advance of us starting additional manufacturing in the Far East."

Sir Clive Sinclair in his electric vehicle, the C5, in 1985 (Mirrorpix)

Mr Sinclair says the company - Grant Sinclair Design Ltd - has been supported by the Welsh Assembly Government’s AGP programme for High Growth businesses, as well as the CArdiff-based accountants BPU.

Mr Sinclair added: “Working with BPU on applying for R&D Tax Credits has allowed us a valuable source of cash to reinvest in our innovative product roadmap, accelerating our company growth and helping us build solid foundations for future expansion."

Barclays Eagle Lab Cardiff is run in partnership with Legal & General.

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