Why Peter Thiel is both right and wrong about Europe
THE SO WHAT
The Thiel-Europe debate is really about risk capital, regulatory posture, and defense appetite — not culture. If you’re building or backing in Europe, the move is to arbitrage the gap: raise where risk is priced correctly, build where talent and subsidies are underexploited.
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