Welcome Letter to the Irish EU Council Presidency from the Association for Competitive Technology
ACT calls on Dublin to take the lead in realising the promise of a Single Market that fully supports start-ups and scale-ups.
AI for Main Street: Trust, Skills, and Governance Will Shape Adoption
“A tool never started a business; a person did.” That observation, made by Theresa Bedeau, vice chair of the board of the Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO), during discussions at the organization’s Small Business Summit, captures an important reality about artificial intelligence (AI) and entrepreneurship. The summit, hosted in partnership with organizations including the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT), brought together leaders from government, technology, finance, philanthropy, research, and the small business community to discuss the opportunities and challenges [...]
ACT Statement on Competition and Markets Authority Steering Conduct Requirements Consultation
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) comments on the impact for startups and small businesses in today’s announcement from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on business software and cloud services. ‘Small app developers benefit from the trust, security, and global reach that app stores provide. They also need clear and predictable rules that give them the confidence to invest, innovate, and grow’, said Stephen Tulip, UK country manager for the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT). [...]
Startups at Risk as Commission’s DMA Mission Creeps
Last week, the European Commission (Commission) gave shape to inchoate fears of Digital Markets Act (DMA) “mission creep,” as it issued a preliminary recommendation to designate Amazon’s and Microsoft’s cloud services as DMA “gatekeepers.” Even against a backdrop of steadfast refusals to observe its own legal restraints under DMA, the Commission’s attempted expansion of DMA stands out. The Commission managed just a page and a half—and still got the law, the facts, and the interests of European startups wrong. [...]
Coalition Urges California Lawmakers to Reject AB 1776
WASHINGTON, DC – In a joint letter led by the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT), a coalition of organizations is urging the California Senate Judiciary Committee to reject AB 1776, the COMPETE Act, warning that the bill would create a vague California-specific antitrust framework that threatens startups, small businesses, developers, and the broader innovation ecosystem. AB 1776 would move California away from established antitrust guideposts by limiting the role of federal antitrust precedent and creating new uncertainty over how [...]