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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, Ioanna and Andrii talk about critical minerals from Australia, the new AI Office, asteroids on Mars, a washing machine chime dispute, and more.
The guest of the show is Henrik Green, General Manager Autonomous Technology at Einride, a self-driving truck scale-up based in Sweden.
Here are the stories and things mentioned in the episode:
EU, Australia strike critical minerals supply deal amid tech rivalry with ChinaWith the EU AI Act incoming this summer, the bloc lays out its plan for AI governanceMars is more prone to devastating asteroid impacts than we thought, new study hintsWashing machine chime scandal shows how absurd YouTube copyright abuse can getMusic and sound engineering for this podcast are by Sound Pulse.
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In today’s episode, Ioanna and Andrii talk about AI translation news, the early demise of Spotify's Car Thing, Chinese LLMs, and much more.
The guest of the show is Marta Krupinska, CEO and co-founder of CUR8, a market-maker platform for carbon removals.
Here are the stories and things mentioned in the episode:
AI translation unicorn DeepL reaches $2B valuation with new $300M investment“Unacceptable”: Spotify bricking Car Thing devices in Dec. without refundsHow Long Does it Take to Become Proficient in a Language?The Hardest Languages In The World To LearnChina’s latest answer to OpenAI is ‘Chat Xi PT’Music and sound engineering for this podcast are by Sound Pulse.
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In today’s episode, Linnea and Andrii talk about multilingual LLMs, Raspberry Pi, OpenAI and Scarlett Johansson, AI-written essays, and more.
The guest of the show is Peter Garraghan, CEO and co-founder at Mindgard. We discuss the questions of security of generative AI, potential attacks on it, and what businesses can do today to be at least reasonably safe.
Here are the stories and things mentioned in the episode:
LLMs ‘for all official EU languages’ on horizon for Finnish startupEurope, meet Claude: Anthropic’s ChatGPT rival finally available in the EURaspberry Pi considering London stock market floatScarlett Johansson says OpenAI ripped off her voice after she told the company not to use it in softwarer/OpenAI: Sky has left the chatDo teachers spot AI? Evaluating the detectability of AI-generated texts among student essaysMusic and sound engineering for this podcast are by Sound Pulse.
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In today’s episode, Linnea and Siôn talk about a massive investor vote of confidence for self-driving AI tech, the UK joining the EU-led supercomputer project, the first ever CGI in cinema, and the sun's cycles, prompted by the incredible display or aurora the past week.
The guest of the show is Jānis Pūtrams, CTO and co-founder at Aerones, a robotic wind turbine care systems startup from Latvia.
Here are the stories and things mentioned in the episode:
UK’s Wayve raises $1B in Europe’s largest ever AI funding roundUK joins European super-computing scheme as world-class British researchers now able to bid for fundingWatch: first-ever CGI character interacting with a real-life actorDazzling auroras are just a warm-upBonus: EU’s JEDI supercomputer most energy efficient HPC system in the worldMusic and sound engineering for this podcast are by Sound Pulse.
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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 protein powder and carbon capture, Europe’s potential answer to Starlink, Disney’s R&D department, how many browser tabs you can keep open, and more.
The guest of the show is Peter Sarlin, CEO and founder at Silo AI. He has some strong opinions on the European AI ecosystem and its future, which we discussed in detail — together with the work Silo AI is doing on the so-called low-resource languages.
Here are the stories and things mentioned in the episode:
This startup is using protein powder to beef up carbon captureEurope’s ambitious satellite Internet project appears to be running into troubleWatch: I Tried a Disney Secret Project!Firefox Power User Keeps 7,400+ Browser Tabs Open for 2 YearsMusic and sound engineering for this podcast are by Sound Pulse.
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In today’s episode, Linnea and Andrii talk about the availability of AI compute, Getir’s imminent departure from Europe, quite some cash for German game developers, and a few things in between. 
The guest of the show is Alexandra Balkova, general partner and head of portfolio at Startup Wise Guys. In the interview recorded at TechChill in Riga, Alexandra talked about the current state of the VC industry, Ukrainian startups, defence tech, and much more. 
Here are the stories and things mentioned in the episode:
Paris startup adds 'universal compute' weapon to France's growing AI arsenalGetir is exiting Europe and closing Gorillas as fast grocery delivery feels the chillGetir ends European expansion with 1,500 UK job losses expectedGermany wants to develop games on Baldur’s Gate 3 levelMusic and sound engineering for this podcast are by Sound Pulse.
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