[the-dude]

What have other continents offered in the same last 5 years?

[nickpp]

Just from what I am using personally Figma and ChatGPT come to mind. The whole AI wave has nothing this side of the pond. Now the success of these AI tools is not yet guaranteed, so maybe I am wrong.

[TrickyRick]

Figma Initial release date: September 27, 2016

Sorry, disqualified according to your own arbitrary rules.

And regarding AI startups there's about a bazillion of them in EU, just as in the US. Sure, ChatGPT was invented by a US company but you can't really claim that there's "nothing" in the EU. Just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

[nickpp]

Yeah, well, I don't have any statistics here, it's just what I notice in my everyday life: many more startups and services coming from USA and almost none from EU. UIPath is the only one I know of, I think.

But I am happy to be proved wrong, thats why I asked in the first place.

[TrickyRick]

Sadly the cert for Let Me Google That For You has expired, so here's a plain old google link for you: https://www.google.com/search?q=eu+unicorns

Off the top of my head, but some of these are older than 5 years: Spotify, Voi, Revolut, Ledger, Aiven.

[victorbjorklund]

ChatGTP isnt a company. It is a product of OpenAI that was founded 7 years ago (so not in last 5 years). Figma is also older than 5 years.

[the-dude]

This is a little thin.