AI, Standards, and the Future of Green Tech Investment

  Mike Griffin doesn’t do hype cycles. He’s a UK-based developer with decades of experience working across EU and UK innovation and research programs. He’s spent enough time in the ecosystem to recognise the difference between rules that enable trust and scale and those that create confusion. As the founder [...]

Small Tech Founders Call for Fair H-1B Policy

  ACTivists for Change: Members join forces in a letter to the White House, urging balanced, startup-friendly reforms   While national conversations about the H-1B program often focus on large companies, our members live a different reality. These teams are lean, product-driven, and often hire for highly specialized roles where [...]

Behind What’s Shaping the Future of EU Digital Regulation

  Innovation, Simplification, and Competitiveness As the European Commission’s new Digital Omnibus proposals land in Brussels, promising to ‘simplify’ AI, data, and digital rules, critics warn of a potential rollback. In parallel, work on the 28th regime and the European Innovation Act is framed as a way to reduce red [...]

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Conversations Shaping the Future of Innovation Across Europe

  Europe is at a pivotal moment for innovation, and we’ve been on the ground across the continent to make sure small-tech voices are included in the decisions being made in Brussels. Every conversation, from policy hackathons to founder workshops, pointed to the same reality: Europe’s digital future depends on [...]

Congress’s App Store Bills Could Weaken Privacy Protections and Hurt Small Developers

  Small business developers have long warned that certain competition proposals can unintentionally weaken privacy and security protections for users. This Congress, the issue is back: the App Store Freedom Act (ASFA) and the Open App Markets Act (OAMA). Both bills are pending in Congress, where proponents insist they will [...]

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