Europe needs open-source to flourish
Europe needs to let its builders build. The bloc’s edge in AI isn’t making frontier models, it’s building on them, and open source is how.
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Responding to critics: What EU Inc. strives for and what it does not
EU Inc co-founder Simon Schaefer says building Europe’s first €1 trillion tech company requires ambitious EU Inc - backed by EU-wide digital registries, free registration, and a unified employee stock option regime.
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5 steps to ensure the EU doesn’t lose the second leg of the AI race
In his interview for EU Tech Loop, Bart de Witte - a Belgian native currently based in Berlin and a renowned expert on digital transformation in healthcare in Europe - sets out 5 steps the EU should follow to avoid repeating the mistakes of the first leg of the AI race.
Price tag of the EU’s Cloud and AI Development Act
The new ECIPE study, commissioned by CCIA Europe, suggests that the transition costs of the EU’s Cloud and AI Development Act are, on average, six times larger than the EU Commission estimates.
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A European success story: how Einride is transforming global logistics
Swedish technology company Einride not only offers a European AV solution to global logistics, but also may ease Europe’s severe driver shortage - currently over 500,000 unfilled roles.
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A startup boom in Germany: what is working and what is still holding them back
The German startup ecosystem is gaining momentum with 3053 startups founded in 2026, the highest number since 2019. With the right policies - both at the national and the EU level - the upturn could be amplified many times over.
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