The Digital Iron Curtain: How the EU AI Act Is Strangling European Innovation

Brussels has dropped a digital iron curtain. The EU AI Act locks 99.8 percent of European firms out of the global race. While US rivals leverage Google Personal Intelligence, local startups face setup costs of 330,000 euros in an Impact Assessment. A developer in Tallinn hits a sclerotic paywall while a peer in Austin hits deploy. EU citizens get second-class tech. It is a slow-motion economic amputation.