Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast
From 2024 on we'll be bringing you monthly long-form interviews with the biggest names in European startups. We'll hear from the founders, operators and investors behind the continent's biggest tech companies, to learn what makes them tick and what they've learnt as they've built their businesses.
Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast
Meet Europe’s biggest competitor to OpenAI
This week we discuss:
01:59: Germany launches €1bn fund for climate and deeptech scaleups
05:33: ‘Good news for startups’ — UK government launches new Science, Innovation and Technology department
07:41: The French spacetech working with Elon Musk’s SpaceX
09:22: Sifted's in-depth spacetech report
10:17: Farming platform Wikifarmer raises €5m
14:12: Three quarters of LGBTQ+ founders hide their identity from investors
18:34: Aleph Alpha believes Europe can compete with OpenAI if it ‘picks its battles’
27:22: Does size really matter? $80bn sextech market still too taboo for VCs