Christian Klein

“He said he felt bad for European startups, pointing to the lack of a digital union in Europe, which makes scaling more difficult and reduces resilience.”

“Some companies are saying, 'You know, you're going to get hit by tariffs. Okay, let's look into certain alternatives,'”

“I speak a lot to young founders in Europe and a lot of times, US investors come in and say, 'Please move to the US' It's not new...there's one market, you have scale, you can hire people, and they can start in two weeks. When you hire a good developer in Germany, it takes you four months! That matters in a world which is moving so fast, especially in AI.”

“He's seeing increased interest for integration with Alibaba's AI models across Asia and even within Europe.”