etn. — the European Technology Network — is Europe's daily live technology show. It broadcasts three hours a day from a studio in King's Cross, London, covering European startups, frontier AI labs and technology policy, and streams free on X and YouTube.

etn. is hosted by its co-founders, Luke Knight and Ronan Chambers, who started the show in October 2025.

etn. is live every weekday, Monday to Friday, from 12:00 to 15:00 UK time, followed by long-form guest interviews.

Where can I watch etn.?

etn. streams live on X and YouTube, and full episodes are published as a podcast on Spotify. Watching is free and requires no subscription.

Who has appeared on etn.?

Guests have included former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the UK's first AI minister Kanishka Narayan, Sequoia partner George Robson, and founders from Synthesia, Legora and Granola.

etn. raised a $1.6 million seed round announced in July 2026, backed by Powerhouse Capital, Axel Springer SE, a co-founder of LADbible, and angel investors from OpenAI and Google DeepMind.

Mathias Döpfner

CEO at Axel Springer

2 episodes · 2 moments · last on 28 Sep 2026

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Mathias Döpfner on Media, AI & Journalism

The Axel Springer CEO joins the show, with the hosts teeing up topics including how media is changing, the £575M Telegraph acquisition, European technology, and the intersection of AI and journalism. The interview opens with the hosts asking how he sees the wave of lean new-media entrants and the relationship between traditional and new media.

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Axel Springer CEO Matthias Döpfner on Media, Europe & AI

Matthias Döpfner, CEO of Axel Springer, argues legacy media is struggling while digital-native, curiosity-driven journalism can rebuild trust through factual accountability. He details plans to expand The Telegraph (1.1 million digital subscribers) internationally, targeting a structurally underserved center-right US audience, alongside transatlantic assets like Politico, Business Insider, Welt and Onet. On Europe, he blames overregulation and weak risk culture, rejects 'Europe-only' tech sovereignty as a path to disaster, and urges a US-Europe alliance on AI. He dismisses AI-disclosure debates (the em-dash trend) as outdated, saying responsibility for truth matters more than 'AI-free' promises, and closes with 'no risk, no fun.'