Amsterdam stories
Boards are under pressure to tighten oversight as Software Improvement Group warns many firms lack controls over AI use and related risks.
Lower costs and lighter tax burdens have pushed Bucharest to the top of Europe’s startup rankings, while London fell to 69th globally.
Tighter onboarding could ease Bybit EU’s MiCAR compliance burden as the exchange expands identity verification across eligible EEA markets.
Meshcloud joins CNCF and The Linux Foundation to push open standards, cloud-native tooling and digital sovereignty for multi-cloud platforms.
Banks in tightly regulated markets will get help modernising systems without surrendering data control, compliance or operational resilience.
Banks seeking to cut fragmentation may see Backbase's Forrester nod as validation that its AI-native platform can unify front-office work.
Banks could use the new platform to cut frontline bottlenecks, as Backbase says 80% of such work happens in disconnected system gaps.
European firms can now keep password data in Amsterdam, easing GDPR worries as Passpack adds local-language support for six markets by May 2026.
The framework is designed to expose hidden risks in production AI systems that can be missed by conventional one-off tests.
Banks and insurers could cut implementation times from months to weeks as FintechOS 8 adds governed AI and new product operations tools.
Brands risk losing search traffic as Trustpilot’s new tools track how recent reviews shape AI recommendations and rankings.
A broader spread of AI and software hiring has pushed Seattle to the top of Karat's 2026 engineering talent list, ahead of Amsterdam and San Francisco.
MiCA rules are pushing crypto exchanges to tighten onboarding checks, as Bybit EU seeks smoother customer verification across the EEA.
The expansion will more than double Databricks’ UK and Ireland headcount as it courts AI talent and deepens ties with major customers.
Europe accounted for nearly half of DroneShield's 2025 revenue, underscoring why the defence tech group is deepening its regional base in Amsterdam.
Komodor upgrades Klaudia AI into a multi-agent SRE platform, coordinating 50+ specialised bots to investigate and fix complex outages.
Spacelift launches Intelligence AI suite to bring natural language provisioning and troubleshooting to cloud infrastructure teams.
Spacelift debuts an AI-powered natural-language layer to accelerate cloud infrastructure work while preserving existing IaC and GitOps flows.
Backbase appoints Didier Van der Coelden as CFO to steer growth and AI-led banking platform expansion across its global operations.
Private equity faces rising AI risk as SIG warns fragile software, security and governance are undermining ambitious investment narratives.
