Bolt šŸ©·'s Starship, a Code Red, an iron fist at the EIB, AI a-plenty, Tech City, and it's Pollen season

This week we're joined by Earlybird Venture Capital's Marieke Gehres to garner a VC's take on this week's news items that you need to know about.
Bolt šŸ©·'s Starship, a Code Red, an iron fist at the EIB, AI a-plenty, Tech City, and it's Pollen season

Shhhh. Can you hear it? Listen in. Very carefully. Yes, yes, that's the unmistakable sound of an ecosystem that's staring down a summer full of iced tea and days by the lake. Or, is that just me?

Either way, due to popular demand stemming from her appearance at our Summit just last month, we're welcoming Earlybird Venture Capital's Marieke Gehres to the show today where she brings a unique opinion to this week's news.

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We're talkin':

- Finally, Bolt + StarshipĀ haveĀ ā€˜shippedā€™!
- Bolt's new scootersĀ are on the lookoutĀ for bad riders
- Are new immigrant policies a threat to the Finnish start-up ecosystem?
- Crappy photosĀ no moreĀ thanks to generative AI
- How do youĀ getĀ the US Marine Corps as a client? The power of partnerships
- ā‚¬100 million tech campusĀ plannedĀ for Vilnius ā€“ Tech Zity to create ā€˜largest tech campus in Europeā€™
- EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager isĀ in the runningĀ for the top job at the European Investment Bank
- Open AI - stolen EMEA account detailsĀ for sale
- EasyTranslate is using generative AI toĀ drill downĀ to client-specific language models
- Wimbledon and IBM forĀ AI tennis
- The BBC documentary about London-based events startup Pollen and its collapse:Ā Crashed: $800 million festival fail
- Sequoia'sĀ new toolĀ to help find talent: Atlas.

All this, and a whole lot more on this week's episode of the Drive at Five!

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