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Interview

Why Is a $700M Startup “Testing” Its AI in the Balkans?

By Ana Marija Kostanic 10 February 2026 7 mins read

Wonderful, the Amsterdam-based platform for autonomous enterprise AI agents, which secured $134 million in total […]

Ecosystem

Why the Sofia-Paris Tech Bridge is Open to Everyone

By Teodora Atanasova 22 January 2026 4 mins read

Over the past few years, French Tech Sofia has quietly become a connector between the […]

Sustainability

“The Judgment Call of Your Existence”: Lubomila Jordanova on the Weight of Acquisition Offers

By Teodora Atanasova 16 January 2026 5 mins read

Last week, sustainability software company Plan A, with a Bulgarian founder at its helm, announced […]

Interview

“Products Don’t Hold Companies Together, People Do”: Victoria Repa on Building BetterMe

By Teodora Atanasova 13 January 2026 5 mins read

Nearly half of workers globally (about 48%) report struggling with burnout symptoms in their jobs. […]

Ecosystem

Why Emergency Powers Are Democracy’s Stress Test

By Teodora Atanasova 30 December 2025 6 mins read

States of emergency are no longer exceptional. Between 1985 and 2014, at least 137 countries […]

Events

What It Takes to Win From CEE? Learn This February at Unlockit

By Ana Marija Kostanic 22 December 2025 4 mins read

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has long been known for its engineering talent. Yet, despite […]

Leadership

Identity After the Merger: A Case Study on Turning the Strengths of Seven Companies Into One Coherent Story

By Etien Yovchev 11 December 2025 8 mins read

Brand is often treated as surface. An afterthought added after direction, structure, and strategy are […]

Investors

“There is One Non-Negotiable Trait for Backing University Spin-Offs…”

By Teodora Atanasova 9 December 2025 6 mins read

Europe is quietly filling up with university-born companies. A recent analysis of EU-27 ecosystems identified […]

Ecosystem

How Europe Can Win in Global Innovation: Insights from How to Web’s “Keep Building” Roundtable

By The Recursive 3 December 2025 3 mins read

“Keep building” was the slogan of this year’s How to Web conference in Bucharest. To […]

AI

“AI Shouldn’t Be English-Centric”: Meet Latvian Foundation Model Optimized for 34 European Languages

By Ana Marija Kostanic 3 December 2025 6 mins read

If you used ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity in any other language than English, I bet […]

Ecosystem

From Sofia to Riyadh: Strengthening Bulgaria’s Startup Ties Abroad

By Teodora Atanasova 2 December 2025 5 mins read

Alexandra Todorova is a familiar face in the Bulgarian startup ecosystem. For years, she has […]

Interview

Jeta Zagragja: Outsourcing Makes (More) Sense for Emerging Markets

By Ana Marija Kostanic 1 December 2025 7 mins read

Outsourcing has been a “very natural and organic course of growth” for many regional tech […]