Proton warns against US tech dominance in Europe | The Dip Podcast

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Is Europe too dependent on American tech companies? From cloud services and AI infrastructure to email and data storage, much of Europe's digital economy runs on technology controlled by US firms. At the same time, China is becoming an increasingly powerful competitor. In this episode of The Dip, DW's Kassandra Sundt speaks with Proton COO Raphael Auphan and EuroStack Initiative chair Cristina Caffarra about digital sovereignty, Big Tech dominance, Europe's investment gap, AI, cloud infrastructure and whether European technology companies can realistically compete with Google, Microsoft, Amazon and China's rising tech champions. #dwbusiness #dwdip 00:00 Is Europe becoming a digital colony? 01:00 Meet the guests: Cristina Caffarra and Raphael Auphan 02:27 Why Europe focused on regulating apps instead of infrastructure 04:01 "Europe is already a digital colony" 06:09 What digital sovereignty actually means 07:54 The "kill switch" risk and dependence on US providers 09:22 Cloud, chips

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