Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Linnea and Andrii talk about flying cars, unexpected effects of climate change, espresso origins, and real-life invisibility shields. The guest of the show is Svilen Rangelov , co-founder and CEO of Dronamics, a Bulgarian scale-up that’s working on long-distance d...
Apr 04, 2024•47 min•Ep. 16
Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Linnea, Tom (!), and Andrii talk about Ukrainian startups, drones, information security, European quantum landscape, reverse brain drain, and a lot more. The guest of the show is Michiel Scheffer , President of the Board of the European Innovation Council. Here ar...
Mar 27, 2024•43 min•Ep. 15
Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Andrii and Linnea talk about a new supercomputer in Denmark, the situation at Stability AI, the way our brain constructs reality, ChatGPT in scientific papers, and more. The guests of the show are Tanguy Goretti and Adrien Roose , co-founders of the Belgian-born e...
Mar 22, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 14
Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Andrii and Linnea talk about the ‘Operation Beethoven’ by the Dutch government, founders’ mental health, some Dune: Part Two trivia, world’s oldest actively developed web browser, and more. Here are the stories and things mentioned in the episode: Dutch government...
Mar 13, 2024•20 min•Ep. 13
Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Andrii and Ioanna talk about the benefits of walking, progressive web apps, unhealthy food, and physical controls in cars in the EU. Here are the stories and things mentioned in the episode: Doctors have started prescribing a new medical treatment: A walking app A...
Mar 06, 2024•19 min•Ep. 12
Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Andrii and Ioanna talk about multilingual LLMs, the latest news from Mistral AI, some boardroom drama, language learning theories, and a few things in between. The guest of the show is Zeynep Yavuz , partner at global venture firm General Catalyst, taking about he...
Feb 28, 2024•41 min•Ep. 11
Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Andrii and Linnea talk about AI safety, Europe regulating Big Tech (but not quite), snowmobile emissions, and the cost of chatbot hallucinations. The guest of the show is Gerard Grech , managing director of Founders at the University of Cambridge — and the foundin...
Feb 21, 2024•45 min•Ep. 10
Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Andrii and Linnea talk about deepfake face swapping, the incredible race of Arm’s stock price, epilepsy trolling, and learn more about how much startup founders are paying themselves across Europe. Here are the stories and things mentioned in this episode: Deepfak...
Feb 14, 2024•23 min•Ep. 9
Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Andrii and Linnea talk about the AI Act, the leak of Mistral’s surprisingly powerful large language model, European supercomputer chips, and more. Here are the stories and things mentioned in the episode: EU member states approve world-first AI law Mistral CEO con...
Feb 07, 2024•25 min•Ep. 8
Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Andrii and Linnea talk about a new European space mission, AI-generated podcasts, antiquated tech in German trains, and much more. In the interview section, we’re featuring a conversation with Oscar Kneppers , CEO of the Amsterdam Centre for Entrepreneurship, or A...
Jan 31, 2024•49 min•Ep. 7
Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Andrii and Linnea talk about Europeans in space, laser weapons of the future, embodied cognition, functional programming languages, and more! In the interview section, we’re featuring a conversation with Ton van 't Noordende , Managing Director at QDNL Participati...
Jan 26, 2024•59 min•Ep. 6
In today’s episode, Andrii and Linnea talk about the benefits of having a domestic android, micromobility consolidation news in Europe, Elon Musk and Diablo IV, the randomness of coin tosses, and much more. In the interview section, we’re featuring a conversation with Anton Volovyk , co-CEO at Reface and a speaker at the upcoming TNW Conference. Reface is a Ukrainian scale-up launched in 2020, which has made it through the pandemic and Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, raising a few milli...
Jan 17, 2024•43 min•Ep. 5
In today’s episode, Andrii is joined by Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten , co-founder, member of the board, and former CEO of TNW. The topics discussed include the jobs created by Dutch startups, giant state funding for energy projects, translations of the word ‘computer’, and a bunch of other things in between. In the interview section, we’re featuring a conversation with Cal Henderson , co-founder and CTO at Slack and an investor in firstminute’s third fund. Here are the stories and things mention...
Jan 10, 2024•58 min•Ep. 4
In this bonus episode of the TNW Podcast, we’re featuring an interview with Tomas Hrozensky , Senior Researcher and Lead on European Engagement at the European Space Policy Institute. We discussed how space policy actually works (and whether it works at all), what to expect from the EU space law that's being developed as we speak, and much more. Music and sound engineering for this podcast is by Sound Pulse . Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at andrii@thenextwe...
Jan 05, 2024•32 min•Ep. 3
Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Andrii and Linnea talk about brain-computer interfaces, autonomous cars in the UK, cybersecurity safewords, Benford’s law — and many things in between. In the interview section, we’re featuring a conversation with Marjut Falkstedt , the Chief Executive at the Euro...
Jan 03, 2024•41 min•Ep. 3
In this bonus episode of the TNW Podcast, we're featuring two interviews with notable European VC players: Kinga Stanislawska, founder of European Women in VC and co-founder Experior VC. We talked about the state of diversity in European VC, the issues we're facing, and the potential ways to solve them. Sten Tamkivi, partner at Plural Platform . We discussed his vision of the European VC landscape, as well as some predictions for 2024. Listen to the episode with the player above — or, better sti...
Dec 27, 2023•42 min•Ep. 2
In today’s episode, Andrii and Linnea talk about what happens when generative AI hallucinations start to concern European politics , the big deal between OpenAI and Axel Springer, similarities between the industries of computer chips and tampons , and much more. In the interview section, we’re featuring a conversation with Erika Cheung , a Theranos whistleblower who’s now working on bringing ethics and responsibility to entrepreneurship. Music and sound engineering for this podcast is by Sound P...
Dec 20, 2023•44 min•Ep. 2
Let's talk about femtech in Europe. In this bonus episode of the TNW Podcast, we're featuring two interviews with notable players in the industry: Ida Tin , co-founder and chairwoman of the period tracking app Clue — and the very person who coined the term 'femtech' itself. Valentina Milanova , founder and CEO of Daye, a gynaecological health startup based in the UK. Listen to the episode with the player above — or, better still, find us on your favourite podcast platform and subscribe! Let us k...
Dec 15, 2023•54 min•Ep. 1
Welcome to the first episode of TNW Podcast — our new show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today's episode, Andrii and Linnea talk about Mistral AI's jumbo funding round , the future of the AI Act , big eVTOL news from Lilium, and a few things in between. In the interview section, we're featuring a conversation with Constantijn van Oranje-Nassau , Special Envoy at Tec...
Dec 14, 2023•53 min•Ep. 1
