Olly Salzmann, managing partner and CEO of Resaro Germany

Opinion

March 5, 2025

European defence tech will fall behind without new AI rules

The continent needs to bolster its own militaries and defence capabilities if it is to safeguard its democracies

Olly Salzmann

5 min read

The last couple of weeks of geopolitical events surrounding the war in Ukraine, and the US’s retreat from the world stage, have crystallised a truth that many in European tech have been repeating for some years now: the continent needs to bolster its own militaries and defence capabilities if it is to safeguard its democracies, and it needs to invest in new technologies to do so.

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Olly Salzmann

Olly is managing partner & CEO Resaro Germany and has more than 20 years of experience conducting global IT forensic projects, scouting emerging technology startups and building responsible but disruptive technology alliances.

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