Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast
Get to know the brightest and boldest names in European tech with Sifted’s weekly podcast, hosted by Amy Lewin. She interviews the founders, operators and investors building Europe’s most exciting startups and, in conversation with Sifted’s expert journalists, pulls back the curtain on the most intriguing companies they’ve been reporting on.
Podcasting since 2021 • 155 episodes
Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast
Latest Episodes
Hélène Huby, CEO of The Exploration Company: 'Only the crazy people change the world'
Hélène Huby, founder and CEO of spacetech startup The Exploration Company, is not afraid to take risks — or fail.Her company, which is only five years old, builds reusable and refillable vehicles to carry cargo to and from spa...
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SaaSpocalypse: What’s next for Europe’s SaaS scaleups and investors?
Last month, the US AI giant Anthropic released a new Claude tool for the legal industry, triggering a sell-off in publicly listed firms like Salesforce and reigniting concerns that AI-native startups could wipe out traditional SaaS giants.<...
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What are world models — and are they Europe’s winning AI bet?
The AI debate has been dominated by large language models used to power the likes of ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. But could the next wave of AI look very different?Yes, some European AI watchers say. Attention is shifting to so-called “wo...
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Judith Dada, general partner at Visionaries Club: 'I'm deeply troubled by what lies ahead for Europe'
Europe's in a state of emergency — but when will we all wake up and recognise that?That’s the question posed on this week’s episode of the Sifted Podcast by Judith Dada, general partner at European VC Visionaries Club, newsletter author,...
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Creandum’s VP of talent Michelle Coventry: What it’s like being at the other end of Anton Osika’s WhatsApps
How do European startups like Lovable and Black Forest Labs find and hire top tier talent? This week Amy Lewin sits down with VP of talent at European VC Creandum Michelle Coventry, who spends a lot of time advising super f...
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