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Meet cohort #7 of the global DEEP Startup Ecosystem Accelerator   Innovation does not grow in isolation. While the global venture market is flooded with accelerators designed to scale individual companies, these programs often ignore the surrounding environment. For a startup to truly thrive, it needs a mature, interconnected web of investors, academic ins...

From copilots to coordinated, autonomous systems, agentic AI is emerging as a major driver of productivity, investment, and competitive advantage across Europe.

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Artificial intelligence is increasingly operating in a dual-use context, where the same capabilities support both civilian innovation and security applications. This article explores how AI is reshaping Europe’s dual-use technology landscape—and what it will take to turn innovation momentum into strategic capability.

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Open-source AI is rapidly transforming how artificial intelligence is built and deployed—offering transparency, adaptability, and sovereignty at a moment when these capabilities matter more than ever. A new report, The Open-Source AI Landscape, developed under the StepUp Startups project , maps this fast-growing ecosystem and examines Europe’s position within it. The study re...