Tell us about his impact on. That's right. And, you know, before he passed, he was still hailed as one of the most successful tech entrepreneurs that the UK had ever seen. He founded and ran one of the largest British technology companies to ever have been taken over in an M&A deal. And that really propelled his name and his status, not just in the UK but across Europe more broadly. It was quite the blow to his reputation and his ego when HP, which bought his company Autonomy, turned around and ended up accusing him of inflating the success of the business after taking it over. And he had spent years before his passing working to clear his name and be acquitted of charges on that front. He But 30 seconds, Lynn. He made an impact in terms of Cambridge and the Cambridge cluster. He did. He was extremely influential. And he actually, in the aftermath of selling his company, Autonomy, had ended

up investing a lot of that money that he made as part of that deal into a ton of other technology startups, a lot of them which are now run by former Autonomy executives. And there was an outpouring of condolences and an outpouring of grief from those former autonomy executives that were here by a man guided by him.

The Life and Legacy of Mike Lynch

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The Life and Legacy of Mike Lynch

The Life and Legacy of Mike Lynch

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