The German startup ecosystem is off to a strong start in 2026: Between January and June, 3,053 new startups were founded. This represents a 52 percent increase compared to the second half of 2025 ...

The German startup ecosystem is off to a strong start in 2026: Between January and June, 3,053 new startups were founded. This represents a 52 percent increase compared to the second half of 2025 and means more startups were founded than in all of 2024.

    • kayazere@feddit.nlEnglish
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      11 days ago

      Companies focused on digital sovereignty. The EU, both companies and end users, are completely dependent on US software and operating systems. There is a bit of movement around governments using Linux, but there is nothing happening around replacing iOS and Android.

      • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netEnglish
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        11 days ago

        You already have iode, /e/, Graphene OS and Jolla. How many other startups do you need? The problem is not lack of software. What is needed is legislation to force compatibility with de-googled phones. It’s up to EU, not startups.

        Also, EU needs sovereignty in defense badly. It’s hard to fight American corporations when you still need US to defend you. Defense startups are welcome.

        • Pip@feddit.orgOPEnglish
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          11 days ago

          Exactly!! It’s a government policy and regulatory problem, not a market problem.

        • kayazere@feddit.nlEnglish
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          10 days ago

          GrapheneOS is leading Android custom rom, but it isn’t a startup and doesn’t support much hardware.

          The others are LineageOS based and have weak points when it comes to security, privacy, and frequency updates.

          All Android custom roms are still directly tied to Google’s software development (AOSP).

          Sailfish OS (Jolla) is Linux based, but is proprietary, so not really an open platform.

          So seems like Jolla is the only company really developing an independent mobile OS.

        • Miaou@jlai.luEnglish
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          11 days ago

          Germans are the least trustworthy partners when it comes to military. So no, we don’t need them to create new ways to slaughter their neighbours.

          We still don’t have an EU replacement for Visa/MasterCard, Intel/amd, nvidia/amd, but building these takes more than a couple of chatgpt prompts

      • Pip@feddit.orgOPEnglish
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        10 days ago

        That’s a political problem. Most voters don’t want housing to be affordable. Urban development is in the hands of councils mostly.

          • Pip@feddit.orgOPEnglish
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            10 days ago

            Because the voters are mostly old people who have better rental agreement prices (differences of hundreds of euros) or landlords.

        • doben@lemmy.wtfEnglish
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          9 days ago

          Please provide sources for your claims, that „most voters don‘t want housing to be affordable“ and „urban development is in the hands of councils mostly“. You can use websearch.

          For me, my impression is different, considering Deutsche Wohnen & Co. enteignen and the state‘s reaction not to consider the public‘s interest, but to instead change expropriation laws to block the possibility to let it happen by demand of the common folk.
          Maybe it‘s a systemic problem, have you considered that?