Berlin-based Langdock moves its parent company from the US to Germany(www.euronews.com)
48 pointsby jethronethro5 hours ago5 comments
  • thih92 hours ago
    It’s not surprising. With abrupt changes regarding tariffs, policies and AI in particular, US became increasingly unstable.

    Perhaps trust could be regained if the country was renamed to Lower Canada by popular vote. I’m not sure anything else would help at this point.

    • alfiedotwtfan hour ago
      Unstable? I think you mean actively hostile… unless of course you’re Russia or North Korea
  • gleezard3 hours ago
    This is an amusing puff piece. I’m reading through it waiting for them to pull the other one.
  • booi4 hours ago
    let me guess.. regulatory capture?
    • fakedang4 hours ago
      Maybe don't guess and read the article? European data sovereignty and CLOUD act.
      • dalemhurley3 hours ago
        Same thought I had.
      • guywithahat3 hours ago
        But "European data sovereignty" is regulatory capture, although it sort of reads like they had a US parent company to attend y combinator and raise money, but are now moving fully to Berlin, which is what they intended from the start.
        • 17186274403 hours ago
          Isn't regulatory capture when a company shapes regulation to achieve business interests? How is this the case here?
          • nickff3 hours ago
            Excluding foreign competitors is a classic ‘regulatory capture’-style approach. Regulatory capture is (typically) a ‘bootleggers and baptists’ scenario where there are both good and bad reasons to enact the rules.
        • greggoB3 hours ago
          > But "European data sovereignty" is regulatory capture

          This doesn't match my understanding of regulatory capture [0] - is there any evidence that this company specifically orchestrated the EU's data protection laws in order to benefit from by blocking out competitors? Would be unexpected, since laws like GDPR predate its founding.

          [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture

        • fakedangan hour ago
          The difference between data sovereignty and regulatory capture is that the populace generally wants data sovereignty. The populace does not want big corporations dictating the rules of the trade.
  • dalemhurley3 hours ago
    Sovereign AI is going to be the next frontier. It’s apparent that all nations need to prepare themselves for possible challenges from foreign hyperscalers facing laws that are being rushed through to alleviate fear caused by fear mongers.
    • cyanydeez2 hours ago
      dont you mean laws being completed ignored by hyperscalers?
  • vrganj4 hours ago
    > US laws, including the Cloud Act, have created concerns across the market that American authorities could seek access to customer data.

    The CLOUD Act is becoming a bigger and bigger deal here in Europe. It definitely kills deals.

    • leonidasrup3 hours ago
      "Is the CLOUD Act only applicable to U.S. cloud service providers?"

      "No. The CLOUD Act applies to all electronic communication service or remote computing service providers that operate or have a legal presence in the U.S. For example, the CLOUD Act is also applicable to a cloud service provider that is headquartered in the EU and has operations in the United State"

      https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/cloud-act/

      • buildfocus3 hours ago
        Seems intentionally misleading. While I agree exposure to US surveillance in non-US providers likely isn't zero, it's significantly harder for the US to do this internationally for legal, practical & political reasons. AWS is not a neutral voice on their competitor's limitations.
      • bananzambaan hour ago
        The difference is with European data stored by American companies
      • 17186274403 hours ago
        > also applicable to a cloud service provider that is headquartered in the EU and has operations in the United State(sic)

        As if any company isn't going to create a subsidiary for that.