28 May 2026etn. Live at Panathenea
EU Inc: Europe's 'Delaware' Proposal + Prototype's Robotics Push
The team behind EU Inc gives an update on the European Commission's startup-law proposal: rather than a fully separate 28th-regime entity, it works as a 'plugin' into each country's legal code where founders pick a registration seat, similar to Delaware Inc. After a months-long legal deep dive, they are publishing a position paper the next day arguing that the choice of registration seat must survive Brussels, hopefully triggering competition between member states to become the Delaware of Europe, including per-industry hubs. They describe the stakeholder work with trade unions and notaries, the non-discrimination clause, and the push for a fully digital pan-European standard. The guest — Project Europe's CEO, working part-time — also covers Prototype: weekly robotics and automation videos, 12 investments since October with markups above $100 million, and the thesis that Europe is ideally placed to 'automate ourselves into abundance.'
25 Jan 2026Davos 2026 Reactions, EU INC goes Mainstream, Nihilist Penguin, Ryanair Vs
Andreas Klinger on EU Inc, the New Fund & Fixing Europe
Andreas Klinger, co-founder of Prototype Capital and co-initiator of EU Inc, joins the show after announcing a new €15M fund focused on hardware, robotics, and manufacturing in Europe. He recounts the chaotic moment von der Leyen said 'EU Inc' at Davos during his team call, explains what EU Inc is, the two-year timeline from blog post to open-source legal proposal, and the hurdles around member-state opt-in and enhanced cooperation. He also argues Europe must fix its capital markets loop and explains why his YouTube channel aims to shift the defeatist narrative about Europe.
21 Jan 2026ElevenLabs $11B, Sequoia Eyes Anthropic, $1M Article Payout, King Klinger
23 Nov 2025etn. - LIVE from Slush
Andreas: EU Inc.'s Brussels Push, a New Europe-Only Fund & YouTube
Andreas, who missed his earlier slot, gives an EU Inc. update: the push for a pan-European standard for incorporating and fundraising (Stripe Atlas meets Delaware Inc. meets YC SAFEs) is now the top startup item on Brussels' agenda, with a proposal expected Q1 next year after ~19,000 signatures including Patrick Collison. He explains the negotiation — keep employment and taxation national while standardizing corporate law, and avoid being 'niched to oblivion' — and describes policy work as meme-and-momentum driven. He also previews his upcoming Europe-only early-stage fund targeting 15–20 million for 'absurdly crazy' engineering bets and his unstaged, behind-the-scenes YouTube channel on hyper-ambitious European companies.
15 Oct 2025Episode #1: EU Tech Optimism, $21m for Paid, Swedish Stealth Launch, Rishi Sunak at Anthropic
Andreas Klinger on EU Inc & European tech
Andreas Klinger reviews the ETN launch party, then marks EU Inc's first birthday: 18,000 signatories including Patrick Collison and Paul Graham, and the issue is now the Commission's number one strategy item with a law targeted by March. He describes his YouTube channel visiting European hardware workshops, argues 'mindset is an output of the system,' and says Europe needs continental-scale legal infrastructure. He also assesses US techno-nationalism among investors and champions tight-knit communities — Freight in Helsinki, Aura in Berlin, CDTM — as 'safe spaces for ambition.'