EU AI regulation favors incumbents over startups

Levels argues that heavy European regulation creates regulatory capture, benefiting large incumbent companies that can afford compliance while blocking newcomers. He contrasts this with America, where he claims he can start an AI startup immediately by just opening his laptop.

Pieter Levels·Published Aug 20, 2024

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Pieter Levels on Bootstrapping Startups, AI Image Models, and Indie Development

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regulation is very good for big companies because they can follow it. I can’t follow it, right? If I want to start an AI startup in Europe now, I cannot because there’s an AI regulation that makes it very complicated for me. I probably need to get notaries involved.

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