Welcome to the first episode of TNW Podcast — our new show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry.

In today's episode, Andrii and Linnea talk about Mistral AI's jumbo funding round, the future of the AI Act, big eVTOL news from Lilium, and a few things in between.

In the interview section, we're featuring a conversation with Constantijn van Oranje-Nassau, Special Envoy at Techleap.nl.

Let us know how we did and get a chance to win a ticket to the TNW Conference 2024! Fill out the form here: https://tnw.typeform.com/to/VnX8cjg3

Music and sound engineering for this podcast is by Sound Pulse. 

Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at andrii@thenextweb.com.