Report: State of AI in the Netherlands - ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ'๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐
๐ณ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐: ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ'๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐
We're sitting on a goldmine. The Netherlands has one of the most dense AI talent hubs in Europe - 8% of the continent's AI professionals in just 2.8% of the population. Yet our startup ecosystem is failing to launch while our best minds migrate to Silicon Valley.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ต: We risk becoming Europe's feeder club for American tech giants.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐
๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐๐น: ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐...
โข 70% of Dutch AI experts work in old-economy companies
โข Only 43% of Dutch people regularly use AI (lowest in Europe!)
โข Amsterdam ranks #18 globally for growth capital despite being #5 for talent
โข Our pension funds sit on billions but barely invest in Dutch AI startups
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด: Five years ago, we were at the AI forefront. Today, we're mostly consuming American AI models. We risk being unable to finance our welfare state if our economy becomes fully dependent on US-built AI.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐: Become an AI shaper or remain an AI taker.
The Netherlands can either shape AI's future or watch others shape ours. We have the talent, capital, and infrastructure. We just need the will to act.
๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐
๐๐ต๐ถ๐:
1. ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฏ - Campus-style center in Amsterdam
2. ๐ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ - 1% allocation = Billions for AI scale-ups
3. ๐๐ฎ๐๐-๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ for international AI talent
4. ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ for sovereign model development
5. ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ of AI solutions
6. ๐ฅ๐ฒ-๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ for Dutch talent at Big Tech
7. ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ป
8. ๐ ๐ผ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ the whole ecosystem can rally behind
It was a privilege working with Dealroom.co, Prosus and Techleap on this deep dive. Huge thanks to the all that contributed including: Fabricio Bloisi , Euro Beinat, Constantijn Van Oranje-Nassau, Jelle Prins, Julien Puls, Lorenzo Chiavarini , Yoram Wijngaarde, Tamara Franssen, and Chiara Parisi.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป๐น๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐: https://lnkd.in/emf5smgZ