This Week in European Tech: Europe has the talent. Can it own the upside?

<p>What Europe lacks is not necessarily talent. The bigger challenge is keeping ambitious founders here, financing them at scale and capturing more of the value created by European technology.</p><p>In this episode of This Week in European Tech, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/danbowyer/"><strong>Dan Bowyer</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/priyankasavjani/"><strong>Priyanka Savjani</strong></a> of <a href="https://www.superseed.com/">SuperSeed</a> are joined by <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjscott/"><strong>Andrew J Scott</strong></a> of <a href="https://www.7pc.vc/">7percent Ventures</a> to discuss what needs to change if Europe wants to build and retain more global technology leaders.</p><p>They cover EU Inc., European pension capital, AI sovereignty and access to frontier models, as well as Europe’s space ambitions and the wider economic impact of AI. </p><p>The conversation also looks at what happens if AI shifts more value from labour towards capital, and whether Europe is positioned to benefit from that shift.</p><p><strong>Highlights</strong></p><ul><li>Why Europe’s talent may not be the real constraint</li><li>Whether EU Inc. can reduce fragmentation</li><li>Why domestic capital matters for European tech</li><li>What AI sovereignty really means</li><li>Why access to frontier models could become a strategic risk</li><li>What Europe needs to unlock in space</li><li>How AI could reshape the balance between labour and capital</li><li>Deals of the week across AI and space</li></ul>