Join The New Stack’s editorial team to review the week’s hottest news in cloud-native technologies and at-scale application development. Editorial Director Libby Clark, Managing Editor Joab Jackson and TNS Founder and Publisher Alex Williams put more context around the stories we’re covering each week and look ahead to topics we expect will gain more attention in coming weeks. Guests include TNS writers and correspondents who join us to discuss what they’re hearing from tech industry insiders.
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Alex Williams, founder of The New Stack, hosts "The New Stack Analysts," a biweekly round-table discussion covering The New Stack's latest data research, and topics related to app development and back-end services. Listen to our other TNS Podcasts on SoundCloud: The New Stack Makers: https://soundcloud.com/thenewstackmakers The New Stack Context: https://soundcloud.com/thenewstackcontext The New Stack @ Scale: https://soundcloud.com/thenewstackatscale
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The Chip Mahoney Show delivers financial intelligence for the Digital Dollar era — helping investors and advisors understand how crypto, stablecoins, and new monetary rails are being built beneath the global economy. Hosted by Chip Mahoney, the show breaks down Bitcoin’s role in the evolving financial system, the rise of stablecoins and tokenized assets, ISO 20022 settlement rails, AI-driven markets, and the infrastructure quietly reshaping money and power. Each episode cuts through headline ...
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FinTech Germany – Innovation, Banking & Venture Capital by Startuprad.io™
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FinTech Germany, powered by Startuprad.io™, is Europe’s definitive podcast on financial innovation and venture capital in the DACH region. Hosted by Joe Menninger, the show reveals how startups, banks, and investors collaborate to reshape finance for a digital, sustainable future. From Frankfurt to Zurich and Vienna, FinTech Germany examines the pioneers building Europe’s next-generation financial infrastructure — covering everything from open banking, embedded finance, and regtech to digita ...
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Fintech and Finance Review 2025: AI Risk Becomes Banking
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A structural review of what became irreversible in finance in 2025: AI embedded in core decisions, enforcement-era regulation, real-time payment constraints, trust limits in automation, and tokenization as infrastructure control. This episode argues that the next phase of financial innovation is defined by resilience, governance, trust, and capital…
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This Month in German, Swiss and Austrian Startups - December 2025 Deep Dive
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A decision-grade map of DACH execution signals for 2026: where regulation creates demand, where AI credibility is earned, and which business models are being repriced. This episode breaks down what actually changed in the DACH startup ecosystem heading into 2026. - Europe's AI advantage in regulated and industrial applications - Why integration and…
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This Month in German, Swiss and Austrian Startups - December 2025 Deep Dive
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A decision-grade map of DACH execution signals for 2026: where regulation creates demand, where AI credibility is earned, and which business models are being repriced. This episode breaks down what actually changed in the DACH startup ecosystem heading into 2026. - Europe's AI advantage in regulated and industrial applications - Why integration and…
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The DACH startup ecosystem closed 2025 with unusually clear signals for 2026 — AI mega-rounds, defense-grade dual use, and a restructuring of Europe’s venture capital stack. What you’ll learn in this episode: – Why €3B AI valuations change Europe’s startup narrative – How dual use moved from story to category – What founders must understand about c…
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The DACH startup ecosystem closed 2025 with unusually clear signals for 2026 — AI mega-rounds, defense-grade dual use, and a restructuring of Europe’s venture capital stack. What you’ll learn in this episode: – Why €3B AI valuations change Europe’s startup narrative – How dual use moved from story to category – What founders must understand about c…
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A short update on our publishing schedule. A technical issue caused a brief pause — all content is safe, and we’re back to regular releases from here. 🚪 Connect with Us Partner with us: [email protected] Subscribe: https://linktr.ee/startupradio Feedback: https://forms.gle/SrcGUpycu26fvMFE9 Follow Joe on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/c…
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A short update on our publishing schedule. A technical issue caused a brief pause — all content is safe, and we’re back to regular releases from here. 🚪 Connect with Us Partner with us: [email protected] Subscribe: https://linktr.ee/startupradio Feedback: https://forms.gle/SrcGUpycu26fvMFE9 Follow Joe on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/c…
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Start here: Own The Economy — how I track the Digital Dollar shift and early market Signals. 🔶 https://tokentrust.substack.com/p/start-here-own-the-economy Crypto didn’t invent tokens. Nepotism did. Long before blockchains, DAOs, or proof-of-work, power was already being distributed through a closed system — last names, family ties, and insider acc…
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The New Stadium Economy — Why Owning an Asset Isn’t Enough Anymore
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Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free — or upgrade for member rewards — at https://tokentrust.substack.com Owning an asset used to be enough. You bought it, held it, and waited. But today’s economy doesn’t reward spectators — it rewards participants. In this episode, Chip Mahoney breaks down T…
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American Bailout 3.0 — Bitcoin Is Now Policy
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Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free — or upgrade for member rewards — at https://tokentrust.substack.com Texas just built a state Bitcoin reserve. Bank of America is guiding clients toward crypto exposure. The signal isn’t “buy Bitcoin” — it’s align with the new rails or get left behind. In …
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German Startup Ecosystem 2025: AI Becomes Infrastructure & DeepTech Booms
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AI is no longer the shiny object. It’s becoming infrastructure. And that single shift is transforming the German startup ecosystem in 2025 faster than most founders expected. This month, the DACH region crossed a new threshold: AI is moving from hype into the industrial backbone of Europe — compute scarcity is now strategic, sovereign cloud has bec…
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German Startup Ecosystem 2025: AI Becomes Infrastructure & DeepTech Booms
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AI is no longer the shiny object. It’s becoming infrastructure. And that single shift is transforming the German startup ecosystem in 2025 faster than most founders expected. This month, the DACH region crossed a new threshold: AI is moving from hype into the industrial backbone of Europe — compute scarcity is now strategic, sovereign cloud has bec…
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The $540M Signal: How a Tiny Biotech Exposed Wall Street’s Real Crypto Plan
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Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free — or upgrade for member rewards — at https://tokentrust.substack.com A tiny biotech nobody was watching just raised $540 million — not for FDA trials, not for M&A, but to build a Digital Asset Treasury and Super Validator operation tied to the institutiona…
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European Tech Sovereignty: The November 2025 DACH Startup News Briefing
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Europe's startup narrative is changing fast — from apps and valuations to sovereignty, infrastructure and resilience. In this month's DACH Startup News, we unpack the moves that made European tech sovereignty the defining theme of 2025. What you’ll learn: – Why sovereign cloud is becoming foundational for startups and enterprise buyers – How AI, ro…
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European Tech Sovereignty: The November 2025 DACH Startup News Briefing
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Europe's startup narrative is changing fast — from apps and valuations to sovereignty, infrastructure and resilience. In this month's DACH Startup News, we unpack the moves that made European tech sovereignty the defining theme of 2025. What you’ll learn: – Why sovereign cloud is becoming foundational for startups and enterprise buyers – How AI, ro…
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Camel Startups: How Capital-Efficient Founders Scale in the DACH Region
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What if you could build a startup that survives downturns, grows profitably, and never depends on constant fundraising? That’s the core of the camel startup strategy — and in this episode, STS Ventures investor Stephan Schubert breaks it down with 25+ years of operator-investor experience. From founding OnVista in the early internet era to backing …
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Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free — or upgrade for member rewards — at https://tokentrust.substack.com Bitcoin has pulled back hard from its $125K high, and fear is everywhere. But beneath the volatility is a structural truth most people overlook: Bitcoin is now woven into the U.S. financi…
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AI Agents Are the New Attackers — Inside the Identity Security Platform Built for 2025
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What if the biggest cyber risk inside your company wasn’t malware — but identity? In this episode, I sit down with Santhosh Jayaprakash, founder & CEO of UnoSecur, to unpack one of the fastest-moving transformations in cybersecurity: the rise of identity as the new perimeter. Attackers don’t break in anymore — they log in. And with AI agents, LLM w…
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The Liquidity Break: Bitcoin’s Drop, BRICS De-Dollarization, and the New Corporate Bank Stack
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Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free — or upgrade for member rewards — at https://tokentrust.substack.com Bitcoin didn’t fall 25% because of politics — it fell because U.S. dollar liquidity snapped. And at the same time BRICS nations are fully ditching the dollar for settlement, Citadel is qu…
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Black Friday Capital: The Doorbusters Are ETFs
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This week on The Chip Mahoney Show, we’re not talking about TVs or toasters — we’re talking about ETFs. With the U.S. government set to reopen and markets gearing up for a Q4 liquidity wave, a new kind of Black Friday is here — one where capital itself goes on sale. From Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF filings to the quiet rails being built under ISO 2002…
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The 500 Million Signal: When the Smartest Money Moves Quietly
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Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free — or upgrade for member rewards — at https://tokentrust.substack.com Citadel’s $500M bet on Ripple just confirmed what I’ve been saying for months — the real money is building rails, not chasing price. In this episode, I break down what that move means, wh…
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Sunk-Cost Maxxing: The Social Disease Killing Crypto
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Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free — or upgrade for member rewards — at https://tokentrust.substack.com Every 18 months, crypto crowns a new narrative — DeFi, GameFi, AI-Fi, RWA — and then pivots away before anything real is finished. It’s what Rosie Sargsian calls “sunk-cost maxxing.” Inst…
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October 2025 Deep Dive – AI Startups, Venture Capital & Fintech in DACH
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🏁 The Deep Dive is here. Germany, Austria and Switzerland enter a new startup cycle where the headline isn’t “Who raised the biggest check?” but “Who’s building the most defensible foundation?” Hosts Jörn ‘Joe’ Menninger and Chris Fahrenbach break down October 2025’s most important stories in AI, fintech, venture capital, and climate tech. 🔎 What Y…
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October 2025 Deep Dive – AI Startups, Venture Capital & Fintech in DACH
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🏁 The Deep Dive is here. Germany, Austria and Switzerland enter a new startup cycle where the headline isn’t “Who raised the biggest check?” but “Who’s building the most defensible foundation?” Hosts Jörn ‘Joe’ Menninger and Chris Fahrenbach break down October 2025’s most important stories in AI, fintech, venture capital, and climate tech. 🔎 What Y…
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Europe’s AI Supercluster: How DACH Startups Are Outpacing Silicon Valley
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What if Europe — not Silicon Valley — defined the future of AI? In this October 2025 episode of Startuprad.io Startup News, hosts Jörn “Joe” Menninger and Chris Fahrenbach break down the latest stories shaping Europe’s AI Supercluster, led by DeepL, Black Forest Labs, and N8N. From record climate tech funding to biotech breakthroughs and industrial…
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Europe’s AI Supercluster: How DACH Startups Are Outpacing Silicon Valley
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What if Europe — not Silicon Valley — defined the future of AI? In this October 2025 episode of Startuprad.io Startup News, hosts Jörn “Joe” Menninger and Chris Fahrenbach break down the latest stories shaping Europe’s AI Supercluster, led by DeepL, Black Forest Labs, and N8N. From record climate tech funding to biotech breakthroughs and industrial…
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From FTX to Free Throws: The House Still Owns the Court
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Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free — or upgrade for member rewards — at https://tokentrust.substack.com Now that the NBA gambling scandal has come to light, I’m thinking less about the bets and more about the setup. The rim’s still ten feet high — even when players like Victor Wembanyama co…
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Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free at tokentrust.substack.com — or tap here: tokentrust.substack.com Kadena is gone — another “revolutionary” chain built by ex-JPMorgan engineers that ran out of oxygen before it ran out of promises. And while real builders fade quietly, the spotlight chaser…
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How Xaver Lehmann Recovered from Burnout After a $60 M Startup Exit
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He sold his AI startup for $60 million — and fell apart. In this raw and powerful conversation, Xaver Lehmann, co-founder and former CEO of e-bot7, opens up about burnout, loss, and recovery after one of Europe’s biggest AI exits. What happens when you achieve everything you ever wanted — and it breaks you? 💡 What you’ll learn in this episode: – Ho…
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How Xaver Lehmann Recovered from Burnout After a $60 M Startup Exit
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He sold his AI startup for $60 million — and fell apart. In this raw and powerful conversation, Xaver Lehmann, co-founder and former CEO of e-bot7, opens up about burnout, loss, and recovery after one of Europe’s biggest AI exits. What happens when you achieve everything you ever wanted — and it breaks you? 💡 What you’ll learn in this episode: – Ho…
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Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free at tokentrust.substack.com — or tap here: tokentrust.substack.com In this episode, I dissect the implosion of the Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) narrative — the rush by public companies, funds, and pseudo-institutions to stack crypto assets as balance-sheet …
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How to Start a Company in Germany — The LegalTech & Fintech Revolution
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Starting a company in Germany used to mean paperwork, notaries, and patience. But now, a new wave of LegalTech and Fintech innovation is tearing down bureaucracy for founders — and turning incorporation into a digital-first experience. In this episode of Startuprad.io, we sit down with Alexander Müller (Holvi) and Felix Gerlach (Beglaubigt.de) to e…
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Tariffs, Knights, and the Next Wave of Web3 — with Aly Madhavji of Blockchain Founders Fund
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When tariffs return, power redistributes. From medieval tolls to modern trade wars, control has always taxed movement — and crypto was built to break that pattern. In this episode, I talk with Aly Madhavji, Managing Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund and one of the Knights on CryptoKnights, the Web3 Shark Tank–style show now streaming on Amazon Pr…
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The Other SBF: How a Wall Street Hedge Fund Hid $500 Million in Losses
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Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free at tokentrust.substack.com — or tap here: tokentrust.substack.com A New York hedge fund that claimed to be “diversified and protected” just got caught running one of the biggest TradFi cover-ups in years. Prophecy Asset Management and its CEO, Jeffrey Spot…
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Flow State Rituals for Founders: Deep Work, Distraction Hacks & AI Focus
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In this episode, Steven Puri, CEO of The Sukha Company and former Hollywood VFX executive (Independence Day, Godzilla, Transformers Prime), shares the rituals, behavioral frameworks, and AI-powered systems he uses to help founders reach deep work in distraction-heavy environments. Steven’s journey from blockbuster sets to startup leadership reveals…
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Flow State Rituals for Founders: Deep Work, Distraction Hacks & AI Focus
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In this episode, Steven Puri, CEO of The Sukha Company and former Hollywood VFX executive (Independence Day, Godzilla, Transformers Prime), shares the rituals, behavioral frameworks, and AI-powered systems he uses to help founders reach deep work in distraction-heavy environments. Steven’s journey from blockbuster sets to startup leadership reveals…
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Morgan Stanley Confirm What Advisors Have Been Hiding
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Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free at tokentrust.substack.com — or tap here: tokentrust.substack.com Morgan Stanley just confirmed what financial advisors have been hiding — crypto isn’t a fad, it’s a new reserve system. Starting October 15, they’re opening access to Bitcoin, Ethereum, and …
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Flow State for Startup Founders: Deep Work That Actually Ships
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Steven Puri, co-founder/CEO of Sukha, shares the flow state for startup founders playbook: body doubling, the coffee-shop effect, chronotype time-blocking, demo-first standups, and outcome-based leadership. You’ll learn how to beat the 22-minute context switching tax, design deep-work rituals for remote teams, and build a best-idea-wins culture tha…
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