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Defense Tech

How Benjamin Wolba is Turning Hackathons into Europe’s Defense Tech Movement

By Teodora Atanasova 17 November 2025 6 mins read

In a few years, Ukraine’s wartime economy has shifted toward large-scale technological production. According to […]

Interview

e2vc Principal Tunya Irkad on Getting Into VC and Funding “Insane Founders”

By Ana Marija Kostanic 10 November 2025 7 mins read

“People often ask how I got into VC straight out of college. Truth is, it’s […]

Deals

Evrotrust Raises €6.6M to Roll Out the European Digital Identity Wallet in Bulgaria

By Teodora Atanasova 4 November 2025 4 mins read

Bulgarian digital identity provider Evrotrust has secured €6.6 million in new funding from 3TS Capital […]

Investors

Your Next Investment Is a Math Problem

By Teodora Atanasova 28 October 2025 4 mins read

From all the conferences The Recursive goes to, and all the investors we talk to, […]

AI

How Smart Can AI Be With Our Knowledge?

By Ana Marija Kostanic 28 October 2025 5 mins read

The important question about the implementation of AI in various fields, isn’t just “how smart […]

AI

TEDAI Vienna: Joscha Bach on Avoiding the Dot-Com Trap in the Age of AI

By Ana Marija Kostanic 23 October 2025 10 mins read

The dizzying speed of the current AI boom has led many to question whether we […]

Ecosystem

What Can We Learn From Munich Startup Ecosystem and Its “Pay-It-Forward” Culture?

By Teodora Atanasova 9 October 2025 5 mins read

When Martin Giese speaks about startups, he rarely uses buzzwords. The longtime coach, investor, and […]

AI

TEDAI Vienna: Advait Sarkar on Designing AI That Challenges, So People Think (Better)

By Ana Marija Kostanic 30 September 2025 7 mins read

“I’m here today to talk about thinking for yourself,” opened Advait Sarkar, Senior Researcher at […]

Cybersecurity

Why Pen Testing Can’t Be a Checkbox Anymore: Plainsea’s Marko Simeonov on Building Continuous Security from the Inside Out

By Etien Yovchev 29 September 2025 6 mins read

Penetration testing is still being treated by many organizations as a once-a-year compliance exercise – […]

Ecosystem

The Fight Against Falsehoods Cannot be Left to Fact-checkers and Journalists Alone

By The Recursive 26 August 2025 3 mins read

Disinformation has the potential to sway elections and widen social divides (something we witness everyday). […]

Investors

What Sets Eurasia Apart From USA and (Central and Eastern) Europe

By Dilyana Haralanova 7 August 2025 5 mins read

Faced with currency volatility, limited late-stage funding, and fragmented markets, Eurasian founders tend to adopt […]

Interview

TEDAI Vienna with Alina Nikolaou and Vlad Gozman: Which Ideas About AI Are Worth Spreading?

By Ana Marija Kostanic 4 August 2025 6 mins read

In the gilded halls of Vienna’s Hofburg Palace, chandeliers sparkle, frescoes gaze down, and the […]