Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast
Get to know the brightest and boldest names in European tech with Sifted’s weekly podcast, hosted by John Thornhill and Freya Pratty. John interviews the founders, operators and investors building Europe’s most exciting startups and Freya, in conversation with Sifted’s expert journalists, pulls back the curtain on the most intriguing companies they’ve been reporting on.
Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast
Strawberry's Charles Maddock on lessons from Anton Osika, US ambitions – and how Legora’s Junestrand helped land GC
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Charles Maddock has been betting on AI agents since before most people knew what they were. His Stockholm-based startup Strawberry makes an AI browser where teams create “companions”: virtual colleagues that find leads, book calls and take notes across your tabs, and get better the more you use them.
Strawberry is backed by General Catalyst and EQT Ventures, and this week launched its first full product, Strawberry 1.0.
On the podcast, Maddock talks to host Freya Pratty about Europe’s need to build its own sovereign agents, how Legora’s Max Junestrand helped Strawberry land General Catalyst, and why he thinks Europe needs a voice on AI safety.
This episode was sponsored by Chargebee — billing, metering, and monetisation infrastructure for fast-scaling AI-native startups and enterprises.