Money & Finance Qivalis, a New Euro Stablecoin A new euro stablecoin from Europe’s major banks shifts stablecoins from the margins into the financial system and strengthens the euro’s digital foundations.
Etymology Cybernetics: The Idea Behind Cyber Before it meant computers, cyber meant steering. This piece follows that idea from its origins to the way it now shapes states, platforms, and our digital lives.
AI Finding My Place in Europe’s AI Future Policy is loud, practice is quiet. Europe’s future will be shaped by those who build working systems. Here is where I choose to look.
Europe Where deeptech really happens From AI to nuclear ships. A look at the heavy, slow innovation shaping Europe’s future and why it matters more than the tech we usually talk about.
Identity Signing the Future: How a Digital Incorporation Made eIDAS Real A first-hand look at how eIDAS and digital signatures replace paper rituals with cryptographic trust.
Sovereignty The Real Cost of Leaving Microsoft 365 The ICC left Microsoft 365 for OpenDesk, trading convenience for control. A lesson in digital self-awareness and the true cost of sovereignty.
Sovereignty The Paradox of Sovereignty: Europe’s Search for Freedom in a Connected World The EU talks about digital sovereignty as independence, yet its strength still depends on shared systems, U.S. clouds, and global code.
Sovereignty From Sand to Software: A Whistle-Stop Tour of the AI Value Chain AI may look like pure software, but it rests on a fragile chain of quartz, optics, fabs, and GPUs. This post traces the journey, stop by stop.
Sovereignty Investing in Atoms: Alain le Loux on Building the Deeptech Future Deeptech demands patience, guts, and hands-on conviction. This article profiles Alain le Loux and the rare venture model behind Europe’s hardware hopes.
Sovereignty Featured An interview on the structural gaps holding Europe back in deeptech Deeptech isn’t SaaS. It’s often slow, risky, physical and still underfunded in Europe. What’s behind the gap with the US? A rare cross-Atlantic perspective.
Europe Wero: Europe’s new payment brand Wero is Europe’s bid for payment sovereignty: pay across borders with just an email or phone number, without relying on US networks.
Sovereignty From Shopping Cart to Server Rack: How Lidl Builds a European Cloud From groceries to gigabytes: how Lidl’s parent turned its retail IT backbone into STACKIT, a sovereign cloud based in Germany and Austria.
Sovereignty Innovation or Digitalisation? When researching AI funding in Europe, I discovered a key distinction: innovation vs. digitalisation. If you're navigating this space, it matters.
Sovereignty Sovereignty Without Soil The Knights of Malta rule without land. So do Google, Meta, and Apple. What does it mean when power no longer needs territory to govern?
Europe Mapping Europe’s Digital Ruleset Mapping the EU tech landscape wit a focus on the Netherlands: from GDPR to ESMC, from Brussels to Brabant. A strategist’s guide to rules, funds, and where to plug in.
Europe Playing the EU Game: Learning the Digital Rules by Getting in the Game From grants to governance, the EU’s digital world is a maze. I dove in—starting with DG CONNECT, DIGITAL, and the logic behind the rules.
Sovereignty My Venture into Venture Capital: What I Learned About DeepTech Investing Behind every groundbreaking technology lies a hidden system of risk, funding, and patience. This is what I discovered about venture capital.
AI What Zeta Alpha Gets Right About AI (That Others Don’t) AI you can trust, built for complexity. Zeta Alpha shows how European companies can take back control with search that works—across formats, securely.
Google Featured The End of Google Search (as we know it) Google didn’t warn me. It just erased my blog. What looked like a bug turned out to be a glimpse into the future of search—and it’s not built for us anymore.
Sovereignty How ZEISS and ASML Enable the Modern Chip Industry From Dutch roots to German optics, ASML and ZEISS built a unique European stronghold in chipmaking. Where light carves the future.
Europe Europe’s digital dilemma and new commission Europe faces a pivotal moment in its digital strategy, with the new EU Commission balancing innovation with regulation to shape the continent's future.
Sovereignty Strengthening Europe's Semiconductor Backbone: The Role of ESMC TSMC’s first European plant in Dresden, a €10 billion venture with Bosch, Infineon, and NXP, will enhance Europe’s semiconductor industry. Supported by the European Chips Act.
