Robotics funding, AI-defense alliances, EU regulation shifts, a major social media exit — and a special deep dive into General Intuition, Europe’s most ambitious frontier-AI lab. In this week’s EuroTech episode, we break down the five biggest stories shaping Europe’s tech and investment landscape: Flexion raises $50M to build the AI “brain” for humanoid robots — and how it compares to another rising star, General IntuitionFinland’s NestAI emerges from stealth with a €100M raise and strategic ...
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Robotics funding, AI-defense alliances, EU regulation shifts, a major social media exit — and a special deep dive into General Intuition, Europe’s most ambitious frontier-AI lab. In this week’s EuroTech episode, we break down the five biggest stories shaping Europe’s tech and investment landscape: Flexion raises $50M to build the AI “brain” for humanoid robots — and how it compares to another rising star, General IntuitionFinland’s NestAI emerges from stealth with a €100M raise and strategic ...
Ep6. Payments: Breaking the Visa–Mastercard Duopoly
Euro Tech
15 minutes
2 weeks ago
Ep6. Payments: Breaking the Visa–Mastercard Duopoly
This episode explains how Visa and Mastercard came to dominate global card payments — and why Europe is now building alternatives. We cover the origins of the duopoly, how the bank–network relationship fuels it, and why new fintech tools still often rely on card rails. We then dive into Europe’s strategy to regain control: instant payments, open banking, SEPA Instant, and the European Payments Initiative’s new digital wallet, Wero. The episode closes with a look at what a post-duopoly Europe ...
Euro Tech
Robotics funding, AI-defense alliances, EU regulation shifts, a major social media exit — and a special deep dive into General Intuition, Europe’s most ambitious frontier-AI lab. In this week’s EuroTech episode, we break down the five biggest stories shaping Europe’s tech and investment landscape: Flexion raises $50M to build the AI “brain” for humanoid robots — and how it compares to another rising star, General IntuitionFinland’s NestAI emerges from stealth with a €100M raise and strategic ...
