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{Tech: Europe} - The Builder's Brief - Agency Is Eating The World and Builders Are Taking Over
Why speed, guts, and AI are reshaping Europe's next wave of startups.
Bela from {Tech: Europe}
April 30, 2025
{Tech: Europe} - Europe’s Builder Community
🧠 Agency Is Eating The World - Why Builders Are Winning
Last week, Gian Segato from Replit published "Agency is Eating the World" — and it nails what we're seeing across Europe’s builder community:
In the AI era, specialization matters less.
Agency — the drive to ship without permission — matters more.
The critical dividing line in our economy is no longer simply education or specialization, but rather agency itself: the raw determination to make things happen without waiting for permission.
This shift isn't theoretical. It’s happening.
And it’s why hackathons, solo founders, and wild side projects are exploding across the ecosystem.
→ Read Gian's full essay (worth it): Agency Is Eating the World →
⚒️ Building Post-YC: Lessons from Seb (Founder @ telli)
At our recent AI Fireside Chat in Berlin, we sat down with Seb, founder of a Berlin-based YC startup, for a conversation about scaling early-stage AI companies.
We just dropped the recording — now live on both YouTube and Spotify.
Why it matters:
How Seb navigated fundraising and shipping post-YC
What he wishes he knew before starting
Why they chose to build in Berlin and not stayed in SF
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