Ep10. Disruptive Energy Technologies. Also: Eventbrite, Black Forest Labs, Neptune and Titan OS

About this episode

This episode covers major stories in Europe's tech landscape and explores the future of energy technologies.

In this week’s Euro Tech wrap-up (Nov 30 – Dec 5), we cover five major stories shaping Europe’s tech and investment landscape — and then dive deep into the future of energy and industrial competitiveness. We cover: 🇮🇹 Bending Spoons buys Eventbrite in a €430m all-cash deal, as Europe’s newest decacorn continues its acquisition spree of global platforms.🇪🇺 EU vs Meta: Brussels opens an antitrust probe into WhatsApp’s decision to ban third-party AI chatbots, raising big questions for AI competi...

Topics covered

• energy technologies
• industrial competitiveness
• tech news
• investment landscape

Keywords

• Eventbrite
• Black Forest Labs
• Neptune
• Titan OS
• Bending Spoons
• Meta
• antitrust

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Neptune, Eventbrite, Black Forest Labs, Titan OS

Places: Europe, EU, Brussels

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