Europe on Edge

About Europe on Edge

Created by ETH researchers, Europe on Edge is a long-form podcast about Europe’s future in AI, science, and innovation. It features deep conversations with top researchers, founders, and investors on what Europe must do to stay globally competitive.

Publisher

Filipe Barata

Category

technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 May 2026

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

10 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   #9 — Marcel Salathé: "We're Being Stupid", Why Europe Can't Sit Out AI, Cutting Education Budgets, Open Models as Public Infrastructure, and Europe's Fear of Risk

   Marcel Salathé, Professor at EPFL and Co-Director of the EPFL AI Center, argues that AI is our generation's steam engine and that ignoring it is becoming career sabotage. We discuss Europe's fear narrative around AI, why models must be aligned with our values from day zero, the case for open AI models as public infrastructure, and what Europe needs to become a continent of risk-takers again. Thank you for listening! GUEST Marcel Salathé on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/salathe/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/salathe/) The Framework App: https://www.theframeworkapp.com (https://www.theframeworkapp.com) SPONSORS ETH Juniors: https://ethjuniors.ch/ (https://ethjuniors.ch/) ETH Student Project House: https://sph.ethz.ch/ (https://sph.ethz.ch/) PODCAST LINKS Europe on Edge: https://www.europeonedge.com/ (https://www.europeonedge.com/) Europe on Edge on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/europeonedge/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/europeonedge/) SOCIAL X: https://x.com/fbar3000 (https://x.com/fbar3000) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/filipe-barata/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/filipe-barata/)

2. 

   30 Sept 2026

   #8 — Michael Siegenthaler: AI and Jobs, What the Data Says, Who Wins and Who Loses, the Future of Work in Europe

   Michael Siegenthaler, Professor at ETH Zurich and Head of Swiss Labour Market Research at KOF, explores what the data says about AI and jobs, who risks being left behind, and how Europe can adapt to a changing labour market. Thank you for listening! SPONSORS ETH Juniors: https://ethjuniors.ch/ (https://ethjuniors.ch/) ETH Student Project House: https://sph.ethz.ch/ (https://sph.ethz.ch/) PODCAST LINKS Europe on Edge: https://www.europeonedge.com/ (https://www.europeonedge.com/) Europe on Edge on LinkedIn: /europeonedge (https://www.linkedin.com/company/europeonedge/) SOCIAL X: https://x.com/fbar3000 (https://x.com/fbar3000) LinkedIn: /filipe-barata (https://www.linkedin.com/in/filipe-barata/)

3. 

   23 Sept 2026

   #7 — Edouard Treccani: Venture Capital, What Makes Great Founders, AI, Europe vs. Silicon Valley, the Future of European Tech

   Edouard Tricani, Partner at Founderful, explains what VCs look for in great founders, how AI is reshaping startups, and why Europe can build globally important technology companies. Thank you for listening! SPONSORS ETH Juniors: https://ethjuniors.ch/ (https://ethjuniors.ch/) ETH Student Project House: https://sph.ethz.ch/ (https://sph.ethz.ch/) PODCAST LINKS Europe on Edge: https://www.europeonedge.com/ (https://www.europeonedge.com/) Europe on Edge on LinkedIn: LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/europeonedge/) SOCIAL X: https://x.com/fbar3000 (https://x.com/fbar3000) LinkedIn: Filipe Barata (https://www.linkedin.com/in/filipe-barata/)

4. 

   16 Sept 2026

   #6 — Pascal Bertrand & Atoof Shakir: From Students to Startup Founders at Seldon Technologies on AI, Raising Capital, and Building Before Graduation

   How do you build an AI startup while still at university? ETH Zurich students Pascal Bertrand and Atoof Shakir, cofounders of Seldon Technologies, discuss finding a cofounder, raising angel funding without a pitch deck, and teaching AI to understand video and audio. Thank you for listening! SPONSORS ETH Juniors (https://ethjuniors.ch/) ETH Student Project House (https://sph.ethz.ch/) PODCAST LINKS Europe on Edge (https://www.europeonedge.com/) Europe on Edge on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/europeonedge/) SOCIAL X (https://x.com/fbar3000) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/filipe-barata/)

5. 

   8 Sept 2026

   #5 — Jürgen Schmidhuber: The GOAT of AI on Deep Learning, Robotics, the AI Bubble, AGI, and What Comes Next

   Jürgen Schmidhuber, one of the pioneers of modern AI, explains what today’s AI systems are still missing, why AGI may require machines to master the physical world, and why he believes current spending on GPUs could be part of a temporary AI bubble. We also discuss the origins of deep learning, self-improving AI, robotics, and the future of artificial intelligence. Thank you for listening! SPONSORS ETH Juniors (https://ethjuniors.ch/) ETH Student Project House (https://sph.ethz.ch/) PODCAST LINKS Europe on Edge (https://www.europeonedge.com/) Europe on Edge on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/europeonedge/) SOCIAL X (https://x.com/fbar3000) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/filipe-barata/)

6. 

   1 Sept 2026

   #4 — Magnus Müller: AI Agents, Browser Automation, Y Combinator, Europe vs. Silicon Valley, the Future of the Web

   Magnus Müller, co-founder of BrowserUse, explains how AI agents are learning to control the web and how BrowserUse is building the infrastructure that enables them to interact with websites. Previously, Magnus studied at ETH Zurich, where BrowserUse began as a weekend project before taking him to Y Combinator and San Francisco. Thank you for listening! Sponsors ETH Juniors: https://ethjuniors.ch/ (https://ethjuniors.ch/) ETH Student Project House: https://sph.ethz.ch/ (https://sph.ethz.ch/) Podcast Links https://www.europeonedge.com/ (https://www.europeonedge.com/) https://www.linkedin.com/company/europeonedge/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/europeonedge/) Social https://x.com/fbar3000 (https://x.com/fbar3000) https://www.linkedin.com/in/filipe-barata/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/filipe-barata/)

7. 

   25 Aug 2026

   #3 — Max Buckley: AI Search, Coding Agents, Europe’s AI Competitiveness, Frontier Models, the Future of Software

   Max Buckley is the Head of Knowledge Research at Exa, an AI search company building web search and retrieval infrastructure for AI agents. Previously, he spent over a decade at Google, working across software engineering, machine learning, and AI. Thank you for listening! Max Buckley Links Signal and Stories podcast (https://www.youtube.com/@signalandstories) Max Buckley on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxbuckley/) Sponsors ETH Juniors (https://ethjuniors.ch/) Student Project House (https://sph.ethz.ch/) Podcast Links Europe on Edge (https://www.europeonedge.com/) Europe on Edge on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/europeonedge/) Social Filipe Barata on X (https://x.com/fbar3000) Filipe Barata on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/filipe-barata/)

8. 

   18 Aug 2026

   #2—Maximilian Niroomand: Europe’s AI Compute Race, GPU Scarcity, Inference, Open Source Models, Building Lyceum

   Maximilian Niroomand is the Co-Founder and CTO of Lyceum, a European AI infrastructure startup building the compute layer behind modern AI. Thank you for listening! Sponsors ETH Juniors (https://ethjuniors.ch/ETH) Student Project House (https://sph.ethz.ch/PODCAST) Podcast Links Europe on Edge (https://www.europeonedge.com/) Europe on Edge on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/europeonedge/) Social Filipe Barata on X (https://x.com/fbar3000) Filipe Barata on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/filipe-barata/)

9. 

   11 Aug 2026

   #1—Philippe Aghion: Creative Destruction, AI Revolution, Europe vs. US & China, Schumpeter, Open Source, Jobs of the Future

   Philippe Aghion is a Nobel Prize-winning French economist and one of the world’s foremost experts on innovation, economic growth and creative destruction. Thank you for listening! Sponsors ETH Juniors (https://ethjuniors.ch/) Student Project House (https://sph.ethz.ch/) Podcast Links Europe on Edge (https://www.europeonedge.com/) Europe on Edge on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/europeonedge/) Social Filipe Barata on X (https://x.com/fbar3000) Filipe Barata on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/filipe-barata/)

10. 

    31 May 2026

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