# The big interview
Every week Sifted sits down with the most influential and innovative folks in European tech.
- How Galeries Lafayette’s heir built a startup machine
How Galeries Lafayette’s heir built a startup machine
- Wallapop CEO on selling to South Korean internet giant Naver: ‘The scale they have dwarfs ours’
Wallapop CEO on selling to South Korean internet giant Naver: ‘The scale they have dwarfs ours’
- Matt Miller: Tech sovereignty is ‘welfare’ for weak startups
Matt Miller: Tech sovereignty is ‘welfare’ for weak startups
- Alma CEO Louis Chatriot on hard choices, cardboard unicorns and startup hype ‘bullshit’
Alma CEO Louis Chatriot on hard choices, cardboard unicorns and startup hype ‘bullshit’
- Europe’s youngest female managing partner: ‘We won’t build enduring VC firms if we don’t sort succession’
Europe’s youngest female managing partner: ‘We won’t build enduring VC firms if we don’t sort succession’
- Why European founders should move to the US: 'You have to experience it to understand it'
Why European founders should move to the US: 'You have to experience it to understand it'
- UK Sovereign AI Unit’s Joséphine Kant: ‘We should be just as fast as a private VC’The big interview
February 25, 2026
UK Sovereign AI Unit’s Joséphine Kant: ‘We should be just as fast as a private VC’
- Cleo CEO Barney Hussey-Yeo wants to build a £100bn company — and save Western democracy
Cleo CEO Barney Hussey-Yeo wants to build a £100bn company — and save Western democracy
- Pigment CEO Eléonore Crespo: 'I'd rather learn about AI than watch a movie'
Pigment CEO Eléonore Crespo: 'I'd rather learn about AI than watch a movie'
- Faculty cofounder on Accenture takeover: ‘We could have been a multi-billion dollar company’
Faculty cofounder on Accenture takeover: ‘We could have been a multi-billion dollar company’
- The serial founder behind Alan and Mistral: ‘I try to focus on what I can control’
The serial founder behind Alan and Mistral: ‘I try to focus on what I can control’
- Nu Quantum CEO: ‘This will be a multi-billion dollar business’
Nu Quantum CEO: ‘This will be a multi-billion dollar business’
- Nick Clegg: ‘Europe is competing with one arm tied behind its back’
Nick Clegg: ‘Europe is competing with one arm tied behind its back’
- ElevenLabs founder Mati Staniszewski: ‘It’s not just about voice anymore’
ElevenLabs founder Mati Staniszewski: ‘It’s not just about voice anymore’
- 'Huge companies adopted new technologies thanks to FDEs’: H Company COO's Palantir-inspired hiring spree
'Huge companies adopted new technologies thanks to FDEs’: H Company COO's Palantir-inspired hiring spree
- ‘I hate that there’s still a big difference’: Neura Robotics CEO on chasing decacorn status, pursuing M&A and the China ‘blueprint’
‘I hate that there’s still a big difference’: Neura Robotics CEO on chasing decacorn status, pursuing M&A and the China ‘blueprint’
- The ex-Macron advisor taking on healthtech: ‘I was frustrated by everything we weren’t achieving’
The ex-Macron advisor taking on healthtech: ‘I was frustrated by everything we weren’t achieving’
- Matt Clifford: It’s rational for British founders to move to the US
Matt Clifford: It’s rational for British founders to move to the US
- EU startups commissioner Zaharieva: ‘There’s a lot of propaganda against the AI Act’
EU startups commissioner Zaharieva: ‘There’s a lot of propaganda against the AI Act’
- Climeworks CEO: ‘We needed layoffs to right-size the company’
Climeworks CEO: ‘We needed layoffs to right-size the company’
- Why investors are going gooey-eyed over 'Chrome killer' Strawberry Browser
Why investors are going gooey-eyed over 'Chrome killer' Strawberry Browser
- Mikołaj Firlej: Peace in Ukraine won’t stop the defence tech rally
Mikołaj Firlej: Peace in Ukraine won’t stop the defence tech rally
- ‘Too few investors have actually run businesses’: Former Uber exec joins Plural as partner
‘Too few investors have actually run businesses’: Former Uber exec joins Plural as partner
- Robotics startup Sereact aims to upend the labour market: ‘It will require a massive amount of capital’
Robotics startup Sereact aims to upend the labour market: ‘It will require a massive amount of capital’