Europe’s Answer to TBPN: Live Show Expansion and the Rise of European Tech
The European Technology Network (ETN), founded by Luke Knight and Ronan Chambers in London last October, has been making waves in the tech world with its live show breaking down tech trends and news. Initially, the show was live-streamed on X and YouTube, garnering over 5 million views, and was broadcast twice a week. However, with a $1.6 million seed round from top players in the media ecosystem, including Powerhouse Capital, Axel Springer SE, and angel investors from OpenAI and DeepMind, ETN is now expanding its reach and moving into a big studio in Kings Cross.
ETN’s live show will now air five days a week, starting June 27, with a live broadcast from 12 p.m. UK time to 3 p.m., breaking down trending stories. For the next two hours, the show will feature guests discussing their projects and experiences in the tech industry. The duo aims to create a platform for discourse around AI, venture capital, and the tech ecosystem in Europe.
ETN’s founders, Luke Knight and Ronan Chambers, have been instrumental in creating a platform for European startups to share their stories and experiences. They have already spoken to the founder of Synthesia, the CFO of Legora, the founder of Granola, and Kanishka Narayan, the UK’s first AI Minister, among others. They have also had American investors stop by the show when they are in town, including one from Andreessen Horowitz.
According to Chambers, ETN was born out of a need to keep up with the pace of the tech scene in Europe. The current media ecosystem in the UK cannot keep up with the speed at which capital is flowing through the ecosystem. London startups have raised $14.7 billion so far this year, with six companies raising over $500 million each. ETN aims to provide a platform for these stories to be shared and discussed.
ETN’s founders see themselves as tech insiders curious about what is going on and why, rather than journalists. They do not intend to replace traditional media but instead work in tandem with those publications. They rely on traditional media to find news and discuss it on ETN.
ETN’s impact is not limited to the tech industry. It has inspired the next generation of Europeans to pursue careers in tech, rather than traditional industries like banking and consulting. This shift in mindset is a testament to the power of the tech industry to drive change and innovation.
ETN’s expansion into a five-day live show is a significant step towards its goal of creating a platform for discourse around AI, venture capital, and the tech ecosystem in Europe. With its fresh capital and new studio, ETN is poised to take the tech world by storm and provide a platform for European startups to share their stories and experiences.
When asked about the influence TBPN has had on them, Knight and Chambers said they indeed do look at John Coogan and Jordi Hays, founders of TBPN, as pioneers of this new tech media ecosystem. The show became a place for tech guests to appear and chat with friendly faces, announcing new product releases, hires, or funding news.
Europe is a big place, with more than 40 different countries and over 200 languages spoken. ETN’s founders are making an effort to bring on guests from across the continent, aside from bringing guests into the studio, they also travel to the hottest tech conferences around Europe. For example, they’ve broadcast from the Panathenaea Conference in Athens and from inside the Louvre in Paris for the RAISE AI Summit.
