Big business can still innovate — by adding startup leaders to the C-suite

Startups love hiring big business leaders into advisory and C-suite roles. These hires solve a common issue: as startups grow and look to compete with incumbents, they need some corporate…

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Startup wisdom: How to break the cycle of meeting hangovers

Startup wisdom is a new TNW series offering practical lessons from experts who’ve helped build great companies. This week, Vivian Acquah, a certified inclusion strategist, workshop facilitator, and founder of…

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Reclaiming the stack: Europe’s bid for digital sovereignty

The entanglement of tech and politics has become impossible to ignore — especially in the United States, where the lines between Silicon Valley and Washington are rapidly dissolving. At President…

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Opinion: Trusting an unverified AI agent is like handing your keys to a drunk graduate

AI agents are now being embedded across core business functions globally. Soon, these agents could be scheduling our lives, making key decisions, and negotiating deals on our behalf. The prospect…

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Vibe coding is transforming software. Enterprise is the next frontier

Vibe coding is redefining who can build software. By enabling code generation through natural language prompts, it’s quickly gained traction among startups and indie developers. But the biggest opportunity lies…

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Swedish startup unveils Starlink alternative — that Musk can’t switch off

A new pocket-sized Starlink alternative promises secure military communications — safe from interference by billionaire CEOs. The system, named the RU1, was unveiled today by Swedish startup TERASi. It’s billed…

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Opinion: Europe can lead the world in legal AI — by out-regulating everyone else

Remember the movie Dodgeball? That ridiculous scene where the coach makes his team run across a busy highway? The logic: “If you can dodge traffic, you can dodge a ball.”…

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Subscriptions are creeping from software into everything — even your car’s horsepower

The subscription model beloved of software is now creeping into cars.  Volkswagen has become the latest automaker to adopt the pricing structure. The German marque has introduced a monthly subscription…

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Stem cell startup proclaims ‘inflection point’ for medicine as mass production nears

It’s harvest day at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. As sunshine bathes the leafy university campus, scientists inside the labs work under cool fluorescent light. Clad in green protective gear,…

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Why civilian-first innovation will drive better dual-use technologies

Imagine drones that map disaster zones today and scout military targets tomorrow. Or seismic activity sensors built for construction that go on to detect submarines underwater. These ideas represent the…

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