Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you ground-level conversations with the founders, corporate leaders, and investors shaping Europe’s innovation future.
In this episode, Jeppe Høier sits down with Nadia Carlsten, VP at DCAI, and Bjarke Ruse Sejersen, CEO of Go Autonomous, to explore how Europe is putting AI hype into practice. From Denmark’s launch of the Gefion supercomputer to startups training proprietary models, this conversation dives into the reality of building AI factories that deliver business value — and what it will take for Europe to compete globally.
Nadia shares why compute sovereignty matters and how Denmark is positioning itself as a hub for large-scale AI innovation, while Bjarke explains how Go Autonomous trained the world’s first B2B foundation model — and why European startups need braver investors to seize the AI-native future.
🎧 Here’s what’s covered:
00:10 Forget the AI hype - why compute sovereignty matters for Denmark and Europe.
01:40 From infrastructure to innovation - Nadia on how Gefion enables Danish startups and researchers.
02:15 Go Autonomous’ leap - Bjarke on training the world’s first B2B foundation model.
03:20 Scale in action - handling €30B annually with tailor-made AI.
04:00 Adoption gap - Nadia on why Denmark must accelerate real-world AI use cases.
05:20 Capital mindset - Bjarke on why Europe lags the U.S. in risky AI-native investments.
06:30 Investor responsibility - Nadia on knowing which startups are fine-tuning vs. building foundational models.
07:30 Green AI - Europe’s unique advantage: pairing supercomputing with sustainability.
08:15 The missing link - Nadia on translating business ambition into compute-ready AI projects.
09:00 Corporate + startup collaboration - Bjarke on why structured partnerships could be Europe’s AI superpower.