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The episode discusses the complexities of AI's impact on job markets, emphasizing that remote work may be a larger factor than AI itself.
Everyone says AI is taking jobs. The data says something more complicated. In this episode of This Week in European Tech , Dan Bowyer and Mads Jensen of SuperSeed unpack the growing panic around AI-driven job losses, why junior hiring is falling across many industries and whether AI is actually the culprit. They explore new research suggesting remote work may be having a bigger impact on entry-level employment than AI, discuss the UK's record number of young people not in employment, education or training and examine what the data really shows about automation and labour markets. They also cover Anthropic's latest model release, the rise of AI application-layer companies, Europe's sovereignty debate, the economics of AI infrastructure and a zero-employee AI company that just raised $30 million. Topics covered Is AI really replacing workers? Why junior hiring is falling What the data says about AI and employment Anthropic's rise and Opus 4.8 Why the AI application layer is winning Europe's tech sovereignty dilemma The zero-employee AI company phenomenon AI infrastructure beyond GPUs Timestamps (00:00) The rise of the zero-employee AI company (04:50) Why AI applications are…
People in this episode
Guests: Dan Bowyer, Mads Jensen
Topics covered
- AI and employment
- junior hiring
- remote work impact
- AI application-layer companies
- Europe's tech sovereignty
- zero-employee AI companies
- AI infrastructure
Keywords
- AI jobs
- junior hiring
- remote work
- automation
- labour markets
- AI infrastructure
- zero-employee companies
- Europe's sovereignty
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: SuperSeed, Anthropic, Snowflake, Salesforce
Places: UK
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