Restoring European Tech Leadership

Dutch tech leaders: Europe won’t lead in AI hardware, but can in AI apps

The race to dominate AI infrastructure has left Europe trailing the US — but the continent still has a shot at global leadership in AI apps. That was the verdict of Dutch tech leaders at the Assembly, the invite-only policy track of TNW Conference in Amsterdam. While Silicon Valley controls the scaffolding for AI, they urged Europe to focus on building apps on top. Leading the call was Jeroen van Glabbeek, CEO and founder of CM.com, a customer e…

From dependence to leadership: Europe needs sovereign digital skills to achieve tech autonomy

Europe can no longer afford to outsource critical components of its digital future, including the training of its digital workforce. Digital skills are not just about employment – they are about power.

Restoring European tech leadership

PARIS – Over the past few decades, the European Union has been relegated from global technology player to passive consumer of technologies developed elsewhere. Today, 80 percent of the technologies and services Europe needs for its digital transformation are designed and manufactured beyond its borders, mostly in the United States and China. So deep is this consumer mindset that it has even shaped the philosophy behind our laws: the goal of rece…

Europe Says it’s Not Set Up to Succeed Globally on Tech

In its State of the Digital Decade 2025 report, the EU laid bare the challenges it still faces in keeping pace with global competitors, writes Mark Scott.