Startups are committed to contributing to a competitive, resilient, and innovative cloud ecosystem in Europe, which should continue benefiting from a wide array of cloud service providers. For this reason, we urge policy makers to refrain from adopting sovereignty requirements that would potentially exclude the products of crucial cloud suppliers from the European market. A …
Artificial Intelligence Latest News Open Letter Policy
October 24, 2023
Open Letter: The AI Act is an opportunity to provide regulatory stability for startups
Allied for Startups sent an open letter highlighting the reasons why regulating GPAIs and foundation models will have detrimental effects on the startup ecosystem. Download the PDF here.
Artificial Intelligence Latest News Open Letter
June 12, 2023
Ensuring a fair and proportionate AI Act for startups
Allied for Startups sent an open letter highlighting key recommendations on the AI Act to Members of the European Parliament. The letter puts forward 3 main asks to ensure the text remains fair and proportionate for startups. Download the PDF here.
DTX Latest News Open Letter
June 12, 2023
Open Letter: A European Health Data Space Fit for Startups
Startup communities came together and sent an open letter on their key asks for the European Health Data Space to policy makers. The letter is co-signed by 12 startup associations and includes 3 key asks from policy makers to ensure the file fulfills its promise to startups & innovation. Download the PDF here.
Data Latest News Open Letter Uncategorized
April 25, 2023
The Data Act should be as clear and simple as a Startup Pitch
Startup communities have come together and sent a Data Act open letter to policy makers. The letter is co-signed by 13 startup associations and includes 3 key asks from policy makers to ensure the file fulfills its promise of stimulating a competitive data market, opening opportunities for data-driven innovation and making data more accessible for …
Open Letter
March 15, 2023
Startups’ joint statement on the Data Act
The Data Act is built on ambitions that startup associations share and has the potential to bring a key resource -data- to more startups. Startup-friendly data policies should, however, balance the incentives and costs involved in the value-chain of dataset creation and maintenance. In this context, we have concerns that several provisions of the Data …
Latest News Open Letter
October 27, 2021
Startup Initiatives: From Discussion to Coordination and Implementation
Dear President von der Leyen, Dear Commissioner Breton, Dear Commissioner Gabriel We, the undersigned startup organisations, welcome the increased focus on startup policies, including the Startup Nations Standard (SNS) with the European Startup Nations Alliance (ESNA), ScaleUp Europe, Global Powerhouses and the Unicorns Group. These underline the political will to fuel the innovative digital economy …
DSA 4 Startups Latest News Open Letter
October 25, 2021
Open Letter: Making the DSA proportionate and balanced
Dear Members of the European Parliament, Dear Ambassadors to the EU, We, the undersigned startup organisations, encourage you to ensure the DSA becomes more proportionate and balanced so that startups can scale-up their innovations to businesses and consumers across the EU. Our members would like to request a meeting or roundtable with you at your …
DSA 4 Startups Latest News Open Letter Uncategorized
May 27, 2021
Joint statement to the 27 May Competitiveness Council on The Digital Services Act (DSA)
The undersigned organisations support the objective of the Digital Services Act (DSA) to increase digital innovation, online safety, and fundamental rights protection in the European Union Single Market. Considering the importance of this file we take this opportunity to congratulate the Portuguese Presidency and the Member States for the significant progress at the Working Party …
Latest News Open Letter Tax
February 11, 2021
Open Letter: Tech sector bodies call for new impetus from the US, EU and UK to find a solution for the taxation of the digital economy
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the importance of digital services to the modern economy. Tech sector has played a vital role in helping keep our society connected and our economies going throughout the harshest of years. To return to growth in 2021 the US, EU and its Member States and the UK are rightly seeking …