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"This is Europe's ChatGPT moment for blockchain" - Frederik Gregaard with Mike Butcher (BlueSky/Threads: @mikebutcher) at #GITEXEurope The question isn't IF blockchain will power Europe's digital future—it's WHEN 🚀 #Cardano #Blockchain #Europe #GITEX

Wondering when under-25s are going to start joining or forming unions to collectively organise against being shut out of the economy by AI? nytimes.com/2025/05/19/opi…

This might be the most German tech event ever. Set in a backwater city, featuring almost no founders/investors, 2 star hotels and you can’t even buy a ticket. Well done Handelsblatt. tech-europe.org/tech-2025

“a distinct pattern of bad service interactions in this country, which is unlike the rest of the world.” Unlike *anywhere else* huh? I thought these people were more well travelled…

Try telling that to TalkDesk, Remote, Feedzai, Sword Health, Tekever and FarFetch. All unicorn tech companies started in Portugal.

“Is Nigel Farage a voice of the working class?” Oli Dugmore has the receipts…

New early stage fund launches out of Sweden: Karaokeclub. From the founders of the Mashup conference in Malmo. karaokeclub.io

Dear Women In Technology World Series - I’d like to suggest you add Tania Marinich to your speaker roster given her fight against the dictatorial Belarus regime.

Thrilled to be appearing at the inaugural SXSW London sxswlondon next week! I’ll be chatting to Mike Butcher (BlueSky/Threads: @mikebutcher) at TechCrunch about how Wayve is scaling Embodied AI to drive the future of mobility. 📅 2 June ⏰ 11:30-11:50AM 📌 Truman Brewery (SXSW London Stage)

The long arm of the law.. Ukraine's Intelligence Directorate really went for it today – striking Russian military systems near North Korea. Guys are amazing.

On the left The Information on the right Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR). Very, very strange, and supine, reporting by the former.

An announcement: After 18 years, TechCrunch and I have parted ways. linkedin.com/posts/mikebutc…

Mike Butcher (BlueSky/Threads: @mikebutcher) To me you were (are) one of the few people who actually built the European Startup Scene Kudos for everything and good luck on your next gig.

Timely conversation about the future of Embodied AI at sxswlondon today with Mike Butcher (BlueSky/Threads: @mikebutcher), who I'm grateful for following and writing about Wayve since 2018 (alongside Steve, Ingrid and Kirsten) on this sad day TechCrunch ends its European presence. Thanks Mike!

🇺🇦🇬🇧 Final call for the #LondonTechWeek crowd: We’re hosting United by Innovation: The UK–Ukraine Tech Forum on June 10 in London — and you should be there. Why? ✅ Opening by 🇺🇦 Amb. Gen. #ValeriiZaluzhnyi ✅ Real talk on Ukraine’s tech, war-tested and scaling ✅ Top 🇺🇦 & 🇬🇧