What European founders need to know about US vs EU market expansion

The recently released EU Competitiveness Report from the European Commission delivered a stark message to the bloc’s tech sector. As Mario Draghi, lead author of the report, warned, Europe faces ‘’an existential challenge’’. “The problem is not that Europe lacks...

October 7, 2024

‘Algorithms are key to quantum utility’: IBM opens first European quantum data centre

News

‘Algorithms are key to quantum utility’: IBM opens first European quantum data centre

IBM’s first quantum data centre in Europe may have been planned during his predecessor’s tenure, but it was Olaf Scholz with entourage who descended on the small German town of Ehningen on Tuesday. The reason was to welcome the first...

October 2, 2024

VC investment in European defence tech to hit record $1B in 2024, report finds

News

VC investment in European defence tech to hit record $1B in 2024, report finds

Following a five-fold growth since 2018, VC investment in Europe’s defence tech is set to hit a record year in 2024, as it’s on course to reach $1bn. According to a new Dealroom report, Europe is now at the heart...

September 26, 2024

Nebius launches AI data centre in Paris as part of $1B European investment plan

News

Nebius launches AI data centre in Paris as part of $1B European investment plan

Nebius today announced the launch of a new data centre in Paris — among the first in Europe to offer NVIDIA’s H200 Tensor Core GPUs. The company, which is the rebranded European arm of “Russia’s Google,” Yandex, is investing more...

September 25, 2024

News

How to tap into Dubai’s growing startup ecosystem: tips for European founders

The United Arab Emirates, and Dubai in particular, has long been the gateway to the Middle East for international businesses. The Emirate is first in the world in terms of attracting Greenfield foreign direct investment and continues to attract major...

September 25, 2024

Vega launches Sentinel-2C in ‘fitting’ swan song for European rocket

News

Vega launches Sentinel-2C in ‘fitting’ swan song for European rocket

Europe’s first-generation Vega rocket has blasted a payload into space for the last time. Vega lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana in the early hours of this morning. It was carrying Sentinel-2C, an Earth observation platform that...

September 5, 2024

News

Uh oh, Elon: Half of European marketers plan to cut spending on X

The advertising exodus from X is set to accelerate. In 2025, almost half of marketers in Europe and North America plan to cut their spending on the platform. That’s according to a new study from Kantar, a market research firm...

September 5, 2024

News

European iPhones are more fun now

Whining about stuff is a treasured American pastime, so allow me to indulge: the iPhone is more fun in Europe now, and it’s not fair. They’re getting all kinds of stuff because they have cool regulators, not like, regular regulators....

August 25, 2024

Meta, Spotify CEOs slap down European officials for ‘stifling’ AI innovation

News

Meta, Spotify CEOs slap down European officials for ‘stifling’ AI innovation

Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Spotify’s CEO Daniek Ek have taken aim at European lawmakers for enforcing “stifling” and “inconsistent” regulation that hampers the growth of tech companies. “Instead of clear rules that inform and guide how companies do business...

August 23, 2024

Balderton Capital announces $1.3B fund for European tech

News

Balderton Capital announces $1.3B fund for European tech

Balderton Capital today announced the closing of its $1.3bn early stage and growth funds in a sign of the European tech sector regaining investor confidence and momentum. We are often disconcerted at the lack of support for European entrepreneurship and...

August 12, 2024

1 2 3