Gerard de Graaf, EU's tech envoy to the Silicon Valley

Interview

March 31, 2023

Meet the man tasked with opening Silicon Valley to European tech

As the EU's regulation of big tech grows but its startups get hungrier for funding, Gerard de Graaf has a balancing act to pull off

Zosia Wanat

4 min read

Silicon Valley and Brussels are like two distant galaxies — but Gerard de Graaf, the EU’s tech envoy to San Francisco, is tasked with bringing them closer together. 

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Zosia Wanat

Zosia Wanat was a senior reporter at Sifted. She covered the CEE region and policy. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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