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E 781 — Deep Tech Europe: Strong Labs, Weak Patent Links

Podcast: Deep Tech Germany – AI, Robotics & Frontier Innovation by Startuprad.io™ · Startuprad.io™ – Europe’s Voice on Startups, VC, Innovation & Growth

Opublikowano: 2026-10-08

Deep tech in Europe has a lab-to-market problem you can measure. Jörn "Joe" Menninger reads the European Commission's study of 168 European and 144 US hubs: close to US levels on joint research, far behind on joint patents, widest in AI, biotech and quantum. Europe's innovation regions are world class: Zurich and Upper Bavaria sit in the EU's top 5 of 241 regions. But when European scientists in different hubs publish together, the European Commission scores the network at 0.76 against America's 0.81. When inventors patent together, Europe falls to 0.40 against 0.68. Full article and sources: startuprad.io In this episode:</p...