Greece
2 published articles
AIFeatured3 min read
AI Geopolitics
Why Small European States Keep Handing Money to the Same Voice AI Startup
Greece and Poland both struck deals with ElevenLabs within weeks of each other, one a public-services contract, one a state investment. Different instruments, same underlying strategy: buying proximity to a winning European AI company rather than trying to build a frontier lab of their own.
2026-07-29
AI3 min read
Digital Government
Greece just did what three governments haven't: it bet voice AI on a dying dialect
Greece is partnering with ElevenLabs to bring voice AI to gov.gr, tourism portals, and preservation of regional dialects like Cretan. The deal was signed by the Minister of Digital Governance and AI, Dimitris Papastergiou, and marks the first state-level voice AI pact in Southern Europe.
2026-07-27