Torsten Reil

And for that, you need to have founders that have that ambition, first-time founders, or you need founders that are second-time or third-time founders who've already learned a lot. And go back and do it one more time, because quite often you're actually much faster the second time around for reasonably obvious reasons.

And for that, you need to have founders that have that ambition, first-time founders, or you need founders that are second-time or third-time founders who've already learned a lot. And go back and do it one more time, because quite often you're actually much faster the second time around for reasonably obvious reasons.

And for that, you need to have founders that have that ambition, first-time founders, or you need founders that are second-time or third-time founders who've already learned a lot. And go back and do it one more time, because quite often you're actually much faster the second time around for reasonably obvious reasons.

That doesn't happen as often in Europe as it does in the States, from what I can tell. And I always wonder why that is. And sometimes maybe it's because Europe is a really nice place to retire in. Lots of things that you can do with a house in Italy or whatever and not work. But that is not good. We need all of those people back to start a second or third company. How do we change that?

That doesn't happen as often in Europe as it does in the States, from what I can tell. And I always wonder why that is. And sometimes maybe it's because Europe is a really nice place to retire in. Lots of things that you can do with a house in Italy or whatever and not work. But that is not good. We need all of those people back to start a second or third company. How do we change that?

That doesn't happen as often in Europe as it does in the States, from what I can tell. And I always wonder why that is. And sometimes maybe it's because Europe is a really nice place to retire in. Lots of things that you can do with a house in Italy or whatever and not work. But that is not good. We need all of those people back to start a second or third company. How do we change that?

The founder community needs to talk about it more. It's a mindset thing. I personally think we all have a contribution to make and a contribution to make as a society, as founders, I think we have a responsibility to actually contribute. Some of that contribution is to help Europe become sovereign, and particularly around key technologies.

The founder community needs to talk about it more. It's a mindset thing. I personally think we all have a contribution to make and a contribution to make as a society, as founders, I think we have a responsibility to actually contribute. Some of that contribution is to help Europe become sovereign, and particularly around key technologies.

The founder community needs to talk about it more. It's a mindset thing. I personally think we all have a contribution to make and a contribution to make as a society, as founders, I think we have a responsibility to actually contribute. Some of that contribution is to help Europe become sovereign, and particularly around key technologies.

So I think we are falling behind, but that trend isn't new. That already started a few years ago. And part of the reason we wanted to build Helsing was to show that you can build a company in Europe fast to scale in deep tech and just provide a shortcut. Actually, this is doable. And we wanted to show that it's doable, including the fundraising.

So I think we are falling behind, but that trend isn't new. That already started a few years ago. And part of the reason we wanted to build Helsing was to show that you can build a company in Europe fast to scale in deep tech and just provide a shortcut. Actually, this is doable. And we wanted to show that it's doable, including the fundraising.

So I think we are falling behind, but that trend isn't new. That already started a few years ago. And part of the reason we wanted to build Helsing was to show that you can build a company in Europe fast to scale in deep tech and just provide a shortcut. Actually, this is doable. And we wanted to show that it's doable, including the fundraising.

So I think Europe is falling behind, but it doesn't have to be that way. So the things that we have in Europe, and particular talent, we have incredibly good talent, including on the engineering side. We hire almost exclusively from Europe at the moment and the talent is amazing. The talent pool is amazing. People's attitudes are amazing. There's none of this nine to five mentality.

So I think Europe is falling behind, but it doesn't have to be that way. So the things that we have in Europe, and particular talent, we have incredibly good talent, including on the engineering side. We hire almost exclusively from Europe at the moment and the talent is amazing. The talent pool is amazing. People's attitudes are amazing. There's none of this nine to five mentality.

So I think Europe is falling behind, but it doesn't have to be that way. So the things that we have in Europe, and particular talent, we have incredibly good talent, including on the engineering side. We hire almost exclusively from Europe at the moment and the talent is amazing. The talent pool is amazing. People's attitudes are amazing. There's none of this nine to five mentality.

People really want to make a difference and they work hard and they work intensely wherever that's required. So I think that's a myth.

People really want to make a difference and they work hard and they work intensely wherever that's required. So I think that's a myth.

People really want to make a difference and they work hard and they work intensely wherever that's required. So I think that's a myth.

It plays an important role, I think, later on. The ability for European investors to provide growth capital, that's lower than it is in the US. But I don't think that's a problem. In fact, in many ways, I think that's probably a feature, not a bug, because I think exposure to US culture, but also investors, is extremely useful. I was lucky to have it.

It plays an important role, I think, later on. The ability for European investors to provide growth capital, that's lower than it is in the US. But I don't think that's a problem. In fact, in many ways, I think that's probably a feature, not a bug, because I think exposure to US culture, but also investors, is extremely useful. I was lucky to have it.