McAfee: without a Silicon Valley, EU lacks the startups needed to revitalize its industries
amcafee · x · 2026-09-25
The core argument in Andrew McAfee's thread: because the EU lacks a Silicon Valley, it also lacks a wellspring of innovative upstarts to revitalize its industries. He acknowledges some recent high European startup valuations but says the overall numbers don't bode well for a European Silicon Valley, pointing readers to his book The Geek Way for how and why Silicon Valley-style expansion happened.
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