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 competition and innovation in Europe.
🇩🇪 Germany’s new AI unicorn: Black Forest Labs raises $300m at a $3.25bn valuation, boosting Europe’s position in open-source image generation.
🇵🇱 OpenAI buys Warsaw’s Neptune, strengthening its AI training stack and underlining how valuable European AI tooling has become.
🇪🇸 Titan OS in Barcelona secures €50m to reinvent smart TV operating systems and recurring revenue for TV manufacturers.

In our deep dive, we zoom out to Europe’s long-term energy and industrial strategy:

How renewables, smart grids and SMRs are reshaping the power system
Why fusion, hydrogen and even space-based solar could redefine Europe’s competitiveness
What this all means for cars, steel, chemicals, cement, data centres and the continent’s industrial base

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