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97 percent of enterprise executives rolled out AI agents, yet under a quarter report meaningful financial returns. In Episode 15, Sarah and Markus revisit Robert Solow’s 1987 paradox, examine the productivity J-curve, test the „Minitel trap,“ and highlight five tangible entry points where small businesses can extract real value today.

The data didn’t leak from the sovereign cloud; it leaked from an external vendor. In Episode 14, Sarah and Markus break down the XM Cyber deal, the EU’s new SEAL scoring system, and why true digital autonomy hits a hard wall at the physical chip layer.

Brussels almost gave users what they actually wanted: set your tracking preference once in the browser and never see a cookie banner again. Then Germany, France, and Google teamed up to strike Article 88b. An honest look at the economics of consent and ad-tech.

In 1981 the BBC picked a schools computer, and the winner quietly funded a chip project called the Acorn RISC Machine. In 2000 a German-Swedish portal empire bought Europe’s consumer internet with European money, and dissolved eight years later without anyone acquiring it. In 2007 the world’s best phones lost to two app stores. Three decades, one pattern — and a fourth round already running.

Two podcast voices assemble a European technology fund on air. Chips and enterprise software look excellent. Cloud looks small. Robotics turns out to be Chinese-owned. And then the consumer basket falls apart entirely — because Europe’s fastest-growing companies all ring the bell on Wall Street. Full holdings with securities identifiers included.

Three payment headlines landed in one week: Sweden reinstating cash, Stripe’s bid for PayPal, and the digital euro heading into trilogue. In episode 9 of Sarahs Tech I argue they’re not three stories but one — and untangle what the digital euro actually is.

80% of European companies say they have an AI strategy. The developers building the products trust AI output at 29%. The new Sarahs Tech episode lives in that gap — plus what the EU AI Act’s August 2nd rules really mean for you.

Wir haben das moderne Netz auf dem Versprechen unendlicher, reibungsloser globaler APIs aufgebaut. Der jüngste Anthropic-Schock hat diese Illusion an einem einzigen Wochenende zerschlagen. In Episode 5 von Sarahs Tech sezieren Sarah Vejlby und ich die unbequemen Wahrheiten hinter den Berichten von Letta und Draghi: Warum Europa sich als „digitale Kolonie“ an US-Monolithe verkauft hat, warum der US-Markt im Jahr 2026 selbst massiv rechtlich zersplittert – und warum eine dezentrale, föderierte Hybrid-Strategie die einzige Architektur ist, die uns echte digitale…