Why Europe doesn’t need another Silicon Valley to succeed

Since AI became mainstream, comparisons between Europe’s innovation hubs and Silicon Valley have become ever-present. In 2026, the EU was still debating domestic cloud capacity, Big Tech dependence, and the energy demands of new data centres. As investors, we keep hearing the same question from European founders: should they build from Europe, move closer to […]

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