Thiel: Europe's AI Lag in 2026 Echoes France's Minitel Mistake
victor_explore · x · 2026-09-26
Peter Thiel argues Europe is further behind on AI in 2026 than France was with Minitel, the 1990s state-run network meant to make the internet French that instead dug France into a deeper ditch.
Quoting the take, victorexplore draws the product lesson: any AI product built around one market's rules has the same ceiling as Minitel.
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