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December 3, 2025

Talking Tech – Episode 34

Ian and George wish ChatGPT a Happy Birthday before cantering through recent UK small tech updates.

 

ActiveOps – going well but could short term brokers and metric obsessed fund managers stop this little gem from reaching its full potential

 

Cerillion – a pause for breath year, still well positioned, cash generative with excellent margins

 

GBG – it is going to be hard work but the management look to be up to the challenge

 

Then, looking to Autodesk, George considers changing charging / accounting models when faced with AI and difficult wider economics – doesn’t the market see right through this?

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