Europe doesn’t want AI sovereignty — it wants US AI with a local postcode

Europe talks constantly about AI sovereignty. But in practice, much of the continent still seems to want American AI with a European postcode. Kim Isenberg and Peter Thum sit down with PandaOS co-founders Philipp Türker and Marco Szeidenleder to examine what technological sovereignty actually means when European companies remain dependent on US models, cloud providers, chips, APIs and infrastructure.

Philipp and Marco argue that sovereignty should not mean owning every layer of the AI stack. It means keeping control over the systems and data that are essential to your business — and being able to switch providers without rebuilding everything. The real test: can you switch models or providers on a random Tuesday without everything breaking?