[Brussels, 22 April 2021] Allied for Startups (AFS) welcomes the European Commission’s Artificial Intelligence Act and efforts to lay down harmonised rules for Artificial Intelligence uptake in Europe, however warns about potential regulatory complexity for startups. AFS supports the proposed initiatives to encourage AI innovation in Europe such as regulatory sandboxes and measures aimed to …
Latest News Policy
January 6, 2021
What’s in store for startup policy in 2021?
COVID-19 forced significant parts of the world population to turn to digital tools and platforms to perform daily tasks such as working, shopping or communicating. Policy makers are now responding to the increasing importance of tech in our lives. In the EU, this entails sweeping new rules for tech companies, ranging from rules for online …
Artificial Intelligence
October 29, 2020
Regulating Artificial Intelligence – An opportunity for innovation in the European Union?
Artificial Intelligence legislation in Europe has enormous opportunities if we maintain and build a clear pathway for starting and scaling startups in Europe. The ambition at EU level should be to incentivise startup entrepreneurs to innovate and grow their business in any sector. Regulating AI has been high on the agenda of the new European …
Policy Startups
January 21, 2020
Dear policy makers, for every big tech CEO, listen to 10 startup entrepreneurs.
This week, senior representatives from big tech companies spoke out about regulation on Artificial Intelligence, digital taxation, online content moderation, and other pressing issues in the digital single market, as Brussels prepares to regulate and amend policy on these issues. Some of these impact areas affect entrepreneurs in every possible way. How? Sometimes legislation does …
DTX
November 4, 2019
3 topics that matter for startups in the European digital health ecosystem
The digital health startup ecosystem is growing at an exponential rate in Europe. With increasing amounts of groundbreaking treatment methods and investments into the industry, more and more entrepreneurs and investors are looking to expand into healthcare. Startups’ innovative solutions are reshaping practices and perspectives in healthcare. But many startups struggle in the highly specialised …
Startups
October 29, 2019
Startups and Digital Sovereignty
What is the role of startups in the debate on digital sovereignty? As the digital economy permeates our lives on all fronts, can concepts like digital sovereignty be discussed without startups?…
Startups
October 22, 2019
Allied for Startups’ 5th Annual Summit Scales Up!
From 14-16 October, startup communities from across the world came to Brussels to discuss policies that support startups.
Policy Startups
October 3, 2019
Startup Communities’ Questions to Commissioner Vestager
[Brussels, 3 October] Startups should be in the centre of the European Commission’s plans for the digital economy, which is why Allied for Startups has questions to be asked to Commissioner-designate Vestager at her hearing on Tuesday, 8 October. Concurrently to the hearing of Commissioner Vestager, Allied for Startups is releasing its position on the …
Statement
February 20, 2019
AFS Statement on the interinstitutional agreement (IMCO adoption) of the P2B regulation
[Brussels, 21 February] We welcome today’s endorsement of the interinstitutional agreement on fairness and transparency in platform-to-business relations. The swift adoption by co-legislators shows that the European Union is dedicated to improve the functioning of the Digital Single Market and the conditions therein. Lenard Koschwitz, Senior Director Global Public Policy states: “We are pleased that the …
Blockchain Policy
February 16, 2019
Europe❤️Startups: Why Politicians should spend more time with AI and Blockchain entrepreneurs
Europe is a policy innovator, especially when it comes to new technologies. When doing so, it is important to consider where these new technologies come from. For deep tech, such as AI or Blockchain, startups often are the birthplace of the latest trends. By creating an Intergroup on Startups and Scaleups, the European Parliament and …