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In this special year-end episode, we look back at the stories that defined European tech in 2025 — and ahead to what 2026 may hold. Instead of Tech.eu journalists alone unpacking the biggest developments of the year, we turned to what you read most in 2025, and invited the founders and investors behind those headlines to share their perspectives on the moments, decisions, and shifts shaping Europe’s innovation economy. From defence and deeptech to venture capital, regulation, and Europe’s race for global scale, our guests reflect on the forces that mattered most in 2025 — and what they believe will define the year ahead.

 in the Tech.eu podcast, Roman Chernin talks through Nebius's deals with Microsoft and Meta and its data centre strategy.

in the Tech.eu podcast, Ali Parsa, the founder of healthtech Quadrivia, and Vlad Lupenko, the co-founder of orthodontic healthtec Impress, discuss AI in the healthtech sector.

In this Tech.eu podcast, three founders of AI roll-ups discuss the upsides and challenges of AI roll-ups.

In this Tech.eu podcast, Faculty AI founder Marc Warner talks AI and the work undertaken by Faculty AI.

In the Tech.eu podcast, Ziv Riechert, partner at LocalGlobe, and Bobby Jackle, partner, Visionaries Club, talk AI.

 In this Tech.eu podcast, Guillaume Princen talks about Anthropic's European ambitions.

In the Tech.eu podcast, Laura Modiano talks about how OpenAI is working with startups across Europe.

In the Tech.eu podcast,  Legora CEO Max  Junestrand talks about which LLMs the startup is leveraging and how widespread AI has become within the startup.

In this Tech.eu podcast, Alpine Eagle co-founder Jan-Hendrik Boelens talks defence tech and the opportunity it presents for Europe.

In the Tech.eu podcast, Fractile founder Walter Goodwin discusses Fractile's AI inference chips which he claims can run LLMs faster and more energy efficient than Nvidia's GPUs.

In this episode, the co-founder and interim CEO of Volt, talks about Volt and open banking.

The co-founder of Pockit talks about the fintech's future plans, the acquisition of Monese, and why he thinks the fintech sector is ripe for consolidation.

Two Slovakia-based startup executives discuss the pros and cons of being located in the country.

Nikola Mrkšić talks PolyAI, the future of AI-powered voices, and the impact of AI on the workforce.

Hristo Borisov, CEO and co-founder of Payhawk, was speaking on the Tech.eu podcast, talking about the history of Payhawk and the challenges and opportunities it faces today.

Speaking on the Tech.eu podcast, Payal Dalal, MasterCard, discusses the MasterCard Strive EU Innovation Fund.

Joakim Bruchmann, CEO & co-founder, Pluto.markets, and Ken Villum Klausen, the founder and CEO of Danish challenger bank Lunar, discuss Denmark as a tech hub.

Speaking on the Tech.eu podcast, George Toumbev, chief commercial officer, NatWest Boxed,  talks about NatWest’s BaaS offering and some of the challenges and opportunities in the market.

A podcast interview with David Cohen, the co-founder and CEO of Techstars, the startup accelerator, which has backed thousands of startups. In the episode, Cohen addresses recent criticism about its corporate culture and discusses startup trends in Europe and beyond in 2024.