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European Union

also referred to as: eu

10 statements across 9 episodes · 0 bullish · 7 bearish · 9 people on the record · first statement Jan 17, 2024 by Shyam Sankar · said 78 times in 47 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (21), Vlad Tenev (5), Matt Grimm (5), Fabrice Grinda (4), Martin Mignot (3), Arvind Narayanan (3), William Hockey (2), Shyam Sankar (2)

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2025 25 mentions in 14 episodes 2 per episode
2024 27 mentions in 15 episodes 2 per episode
2023 6 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
2022 8 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
2019 2 mentions in 1 episode
2016 2 mentions in 1 episode
2015 1 mention in 1 episode

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Everything said about European Union, oldest first

Jan 17, 2024 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
European defense procurement is slower than the US due to fairness mandates
“The European process is even more slow because there's an even greater emphasis on how do I show fairness across all of the EU states.”
Shyam Sankar Jan 17, 2024 ▶ 27:34 Shyam Sankar: The Broken Incentive Structure of How Governments Buy Defence | E1104 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 1, 2024 negative
Opinion
Matt Clifford: The EU AI Act Is a Mistake for AI Innovation
“I mean, I do think the EU AI Act is a mistake.”
Matt Clifford Jul 1, 2024 ▶ 31:49 Matt Clifford: The Bull & Bear Case for China's Ability to Challenge the US' AI Capabilities | E1172 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 29, 2024 bearish
Prediction Open · timeframe Jul 2034
Asparouhov: Eastern European nations will start leaving the EU
“I think what will probably happen is like, you see some of these countries actually start to leave the EU as Western Europe becomes more and more of a drag rather than a producer.”
Delian Asparouhov Jul 29, 2024 ▶ 5:48 Delian Asparouhov: Inside the Walls of Founders Fund: What the World Does Not See | E1183 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 19, 2024 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Gomez: Shifting Europe's anti-tech regulation mindset might take a decade
“I think there's pressure to change though, and France is becoming much more ambitious and making a lot of noise on the European stage as well as the global stage about we need to be more progressive. It might take a decade though.”
Aidan Gomez Aug 19, 2024 ▶ 1:00:23 Aidan Gomez: What No One Understands About Foundation Models | E1191 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 19, 2024 negative
Opinion
Gomez: European culture is hostile towards tech and obsessed with regulation
“The culture is just hostile towards tech. It's hostile. Like the solution to tech is regulation in the European mind.”
Aidan Gomez Aug 19, 2024 ▶ 1:00:13 Aidan Gomez: What No One Understands About Foundation Models | E1191 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 17, 2025 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Stebbings: EU has hired 1,500 people for AI safety and policing
“The EU has supposedly hired 1500 people for AI safety and policing.”
Harry Stebbings Feb 17, 2025 ▶ 1:04:32 Jonathan Ross, Founder & CEO @ Groq: NVIDIA vs Groq - The Future of Training vs Inference | E1260 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 26, 2025 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Oscar Pierre Predicts EU Regulatory Burdens Will Not Ease for Future Entrepreneurs
“Generally, I'm very optimistic in life, but I just don't see the incentives so that this trend changes. So in, now, in, in EU and regulations getting easier for the next wave of entrepreneurs, I'm not super optimistic.”
Oscar Pierre Feb 26, 2025 ▶ 1:01:41 Oscar Pierre, Glovo CEO & Founder: Selling 30% for €100K |The McDonald's Deal That Saved Them |E1263 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 18, 2025 negative
Opinion
Socher: EU AI regulation is destroying Europe's fledgling tech ecosystem
“Unfortunately, the EU has shot itself in the foot. A lot of different kinds of regulation, and in particular AI regulation, destroying a fledgling ecosystem that could never get off the ground.”
Richard Socher Apr 18, 2025 ▶ 58:37 20VC: Foundation Models: Who Wins & Who Loses | How Economies and Labour Markets Need to Change in a World of AI | China vs the US in an AI Race: What You Need to Know | Rich Socher, Founder @ You.com
May 19, 2025 negative
Opinion
Hacker: The EU AI Act is among the dumbest regulation ever written
“I can work with the EU regulation on AI, which is, I think, some of the dumbest regulation ever written. It's literally like, you know, the Ottoman Empire, they had when, you know, they invented the printing press, it's like, oh, this is not good. It's not goo…”
Severin Hacker May 19, 2025 ▶ 1:15:30 Duolingo Co-Founder, Severin Hacker: How AI Impacts the Future of Work and Education · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 29, 2026
Assertion Supported
Shridhar: US Top 20 Companies Turnover Every Decade, Unlike the EU
“The top 20 most important companies That list changes every 10 years in the US. It's so unlike the EU where practically new companies have rarely come up, come on and displaced existing old, old companies.”
K.R. Shridhar Jun 29, 2026 ▶ 23:03 Bloom Energy CEO: Why We Aren’t in an AI Capex Bubble | Energy Sovereignty & The Future of Power · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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