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Who decides the best AI?

The AI industry has become adept at measuring itself. Benchmarks improve, model scores rise, and eve...

Big stages, smaller impact.

For years, the tech industry equated success with scale. Bigger stages, larger crowds, more logos, m...

Five stars, Zero trust

Five stars used to mean something. People still read reviews before buying software. They just don’t...

A 2025 recap for Tech & AI

2025 was the year technology stopped being tomorrow’s promise and became today’s anchor. What began ...

A New Era for TNW.

My name is Alexandru Stan, and this article continues the dialogue I began following the acquisition...

Engineering’s AI reality check

Most engineering leaders cannot answer the one question their CFO is about to ask: “Can you prove th...

Letter from the Editor-in-Chief

Not long ago, like many of you, I read what I feared might be The Next Web’s final article. In late ...

Is ChatGPT’s New Shopping Research Solving a Probl...

When OpenAI announced its new shopping search capabilities, I took the news with a grain of salt (pe...

Tekpon acquires TNW (The Next Web) brand from The ...

Tekpon has acquired 100% of the TNW media and events brands, which cover and convene the European te...

Ending graciously

A few decades ago, when I was raising funding for a startup, I made a lasting impression on an inves...

How robotics could turn e-waste into a tech goldmi...

E-waste has become a global problem. Unfortunately, the majority of discarded used technology, known...

Startup wisdom: 5 prompt engineering tips for vibe...

Startup wisdom is a new TNW series offering practical lessons from experts who’ve helped build great...

How European battery startups can thrive alongside...

The global battery market is experiencing unprecedented growth, with projections showing the sector ...

The EU’s €2T budget overlooks a key tech pillar: O...

On July 16, the European Commission proposed a €2tn seven-year budget – the largest in the EU’s hist...

Opinion: Europe’s VCs must embrace risk — or resig...

Europe’s AI startups are losing ground to the US — and their own investors are to blame. Only 5% of ...

VCs are growing wary of ‘AI-washing’ – but real in...

Venture capital investment surged to a 10-quarter high of €108.3bn in Q1 2025, fuelled by artificial...

Opinion: Ukraine is becoming a global defence tech...

The full-scale war has reshaped priorities for Ukraine’s tech sector. Innovative military technologi...

Startup wisdom: Why resilience is the most underra...