Andreas Klinger
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.
23 Jan 2026Ryanair Vs Musk, Davos Reactions, EU INC Join, The Penguin
Andreas Klinger on EU Inc & Prototype Capital's New Fund
Andreas Klinger recounts learning of von der Leyen's EU Inc mention live during a team call, and explains EU Inc as a pan-European legal entity—"Stripe Atlas meets YC SAFE notes"—plus fixes like stock option taxation. He walks through the two-year history: the viral blog post, pivoting from transparent holding companies to the 28th regime, the open-source proposal with 100+ contributors and top legal teams, the March timeline for the Commission's draft, and the enhanced-cooperation fallback if some states opt out. He then details his new €15M Prototype Capital fund focused on European hardware, robotics and manufacturing, argues Europe must fix the incorporation-to-exit loop and build a pan-European stock exchange, and explains his YouTube channel's mission to counter the defeatist narrative about European companies.
19 Nov 2025etn. at Slush 2025
Andreas Klinger: EU Inc, His New Fund & YouTube
Andreas Klinger arrives after missing his earlier slot due to a scheduling mix-up, and gives an EU Inc update: a pan-European incorporation standard plus stock-option reform with ~19,000 signatures, now the top startup item on Brussels' agenda with a proposal expected in Q1. He describes policy work as Groundhog Day repetition and momentum-building, and explains his upcoming Europe-only fund (~$15–20M, first checks into 'absurdly crazy' engineering-heavy companies) plus the YouTube channel — his wife calls it a midlife crisis — showing hyper-ambitious European companies behind the scenes. He also mentions moderating a panel with Henna Virkkunen the next day.
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.'