Europe is not good at monetizing their inventions while being far slower than their competitors to scale in emerging markets.
Unity is now headquartered in america
Nokia is pretty far from the “RIP” state, lol.
I notice a few errors. Skype was mostly Estonian and Nokia is Finnish. Also Poland has CDprojekt RED makers of Cyberpunk 2077 and Witcher, not sure if it qualifies but is somewhat tech-related.
This list really shows how poorly Europe is doing because half of it are not even company’s but free software (which by definition is located in any single country) some do not exist any longer (Nokia) or are in really bad shape(Bosch, Bayer, Thyssenkrupp? For real? Innovative?) and some are not even European (anymore) like black forest labs (who emigrated due to high tax), hugging face and clarity AI.
There’s some pretty strawclutching examples in there- Skype (hasn’t existed for ages), Mastodon. Clarity AI is a US company. Hugging Face is US based, having been founded *New York*.
says a lot when you have to put iLovepdf on the list doesn’t it
If “iLovePDF” makes the cut, we are fucked
This graphic kinda proves the opposite point. This list represents 11 countries worth and I would argue at least half could not be considered current innovators (and that’s being generous)
Oh no. Now I feel worse.
Seeing a slide titled European innovation, and seeing SAP listed there..🤮 Like maybe it was innovative in the 80s-90s.
Eleven Labs is a poor example, it was funded by Polish migrants to US in the US.
RIP Portugal
Interesting list but for me it is not completely clear what type of companies are included and excluded as some of them are not necessarily innovators and it is a lot but completely tech & AI focused.
For Germany some interesting ones could be Biontech, Telekom, DeepL, Trumpf, Schwarz Digits, Infineon, Helsing and more
I can hear ameribros laughing already…
If this is all you can pull, then we’re truly fucked. Apart from 2 or 3 companies, this literally nothing. We should’ve de-americanized long ago.
This is a great list.
You also forgot the Albanian Virus which is a great innovation.
Is it me, or most of the companies are just next to the wgong country?
Indeed, Europe needs no change whatsoever! Carry on as is!
Needs more Rheinmetall. Even the US buys very innovative products from them.
Yes. Where is the european innovation? This only proves the burgers point.
Not good enough. Europe needs better access to capital and the ability to retain talent that is currently leaving for the US.
Since Siemens bought Varian, you guys control 100% of cancer radiation therapy. Really internet, AI, the “computer” space is the only area you are really missing/ bad at.
Was this supposed to make us feel good? It did the opposite.
Nokia RIP?!
It’s one of the world’s largest telecommunication networks companies, with mobile and fixed network technology in pretty much every country on the planet.
How could you skip over Phillips for the Dutch?
“SAP” and “innovation” in the same post is funny to read lol
Supercell swedish? Oh no
Roche is Swiss, could’ve put Schneider electric instead of roche.
As a Finn i’m a bit butthurt about this picture. Nokia and Supercell Swedish!?
Bitdefender maybe?( as an example) It’s Romanian
Many errors…
* nokia ist modtly finnish – and not RIP -> they are one of the leading companies for radio networks like 5G
* Fraunhofer ist not a robotics company – it is a non-profit with over 70 autonomous institutes along different topics – the largest institution for applied Reasearch in europe
* by size, telekom would also be part here?
* skype was estonian (?)
* supercell is finnish
* expected phillips for NL?
…
Blender is not a company. It’s an open source software. Linux is the same. Unity Technologies, the company that makes Unity is American…
Fraunhofer is an institution. This list is just terrible.
There are some RIPs for companies that are probably not on their highest point but still pretty decent. For example the Swedish-mislabeled Nokia from Finland.
Roche is not French. Basel is close but still not France.
Let me go cry EU does not have as huge companies as the US or China. I’d totally trade it for our longer life expectancy, healthier food, and higher happiness index. /s
How about we stop this dick measuring contest and focus on societal indicators that matter. EU is not a corporate oligarchy, and that’s a good thing.
Romania – Bitdefender; one of the world leaders in cybersecurity
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Europe is not good at monetizing their inventions while being far slower than their competitors to scale in emerging markets.
Unity is now headquartered in america
Nokia is pretty far from the “RIP” state, lol.
I notice a few errors. Skype was mostly Estonian and Nokia is Finnish. Also Poland has CDprojekt RED makers of Cyberpunk 2077 and Witcher, not sure if it qualifies but is somewhat tech-related.
This list really shows how poorly Europe is doing because half of it are not even company’s but free software (which by definition is located in any single country) some do not exist any longer (Nokia) or are in really bad shape(Bosch, Bayer, Thyssenkrupp? For real? Innovative?) and some are not even European (anymore) like black forest labs (who emigrated due to high tax), hugging face and clarity AI.
There’s some pretty strawclutching examples in there- Skype (hasn’t existed for ages), Mastodon. Clarity AI is a US company. Hugging Face is US based, having been founded *New York*.
says a lot when you have to put iLovepdf on the list doesn’t it
If “iLovePDF” makes the cut, we are fucked
This graphic kinda proves the opposite point. This list represents 11 countries worth and I would argue at least half could not be considered current innovators (and that’s being generous)
Oh no. Now I feel worse.
Seeing a slide titled European innovation, and seeing SAP listed there..🤮 Like maybe it was innovative in the 80s-90s.
Eleven Labs is a poor example, it was funded by Polish migrants to US in the US.
RIP Portugal
Interesting list but for me it is not completely clear what type of companies are included and excluded as some of them are not necessarily innovators and it is a lot but completely tech & AI focused.
For Germany some interesting ones could be Biontech, Telekom, DeepL, Trumpf, Schwarz Digits, Infineon, Helsing and more
I can hear ameribros laughing already…
If this is all you can pull, then we’re truly fucked. Apart from 2 or 3 companies, this literally nothing. We should’ve de-americanized long ago.
This is a great list.
You also forgot the Albanian Virus which is a great innovation.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/3l65rp/albanian_virus/](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/3l65rp/albanian_virus/)
Is it me, or most of the companies are just next to the wgong country?
Indeed, Europe needs no change whatsoever! Carry on as is!
Needs more Rheinmetall. Even the US buys very innovative products from them.
Yes. Where is the european innovation? This only proves the burgers point.
Not good enough. Europe needs better access to capital and the ability to retain talent that is currently leaving for the US.
Since Siemens bought Varian, you guys control 100% of cancer radiation therapy. Really internet, AI, the “computer” space is the only area you are really missing/ bad at.
Was this supposed to make us feel good? It did the opposite.
Nokia RIP?!
It’s one of the world’s largest telecommunication networks companies, with mobile and fixed network technology in pretty much every country on the planet.
How could you skip over Phillips for the Dutch?
“SAP” and “innovation” in the same post is funny to read lol
Supercell swedish? Oh no
Roche is Swiss, could’ve put Schneider electric instead of roche.
As a Finn i’m a bit butthurt about this picture. Nokia and Supercell Swedish!?
Bitdefender maybe?( as an example) It’s Romanian
Many errors…
* nokia ist modtly finnish – and not RIP -> they are one of the leading companies for radio networks like 5G
* Fraunhofer ist not a robotics company – it is a non-profit with over 70 autonomous institutes along different topics – the largest institution for applied Reasearch in europe
* by size, telekom would also be part here?
* skype was estonian (?)
* supercell is finnish
* expected phillips for NL?
…
Blender is not a company. It’s an open source software. Linux is the same. Unity Technologies, the company that makes Unity is American…
Fraunhofer is an institution. This list is just terrible.
There are some RIPs for companies that are probably not on their highest point but still pretty decent. For example the Swedish-mislabeled Nokia from Finland.
Roche is not French. Basel is close but still not France.
Let me go cry EU does not have as huge companies as the US or China. I’d totally trade it for our longer life expectancy, healthier food, and higher happiness index. /s
How about we stop this dick measuring contest and focus on societal indicators that matter. EU is not a corporate oligarchy, and that’s a good thing.
Romania – Bitdefender; one of the world leaders in cybersecurity
Where’s Philips?
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