Wonderful, the Amsterdam-based platform for autonomous enterprise AI agents, which secured $134 million in total funding, launched its Central and Eastern European hub in Zagreb in September 2025. The move resonated through the region, puzzling as to why they picked Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia as their next hub. Solving the last mile of AI — the cultural nuances Most startups scale in English-speaking markets first, while Wonderful has decided to do the opposite. Is the Adria hub a “stress test”,...
By Andrei Cretu
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