Insights from Radical.
Field notes on hiring AI talent, the human side of automation, and what European scale-ups are learning along the way.
From how many employees does the EU AI Act apply?
No article says you are exempt below fifty or two hundred and fifty people. Size counts in exactly three places, and none of them is an exemption.
Why AI projects run aground in mid-sized companies
They do not crash. They go quiet. Five places an AI project runs aground in a mid-sized company, and why more technology fixes none of them.
How do you know whether your organisation is ready for AI?
Ready for AI sounds like a state you reach. It is four separate readinesses, and the one that stops most companies has nothing to do with technology.
What does an AI implementation cost in a mid-sized company?
Almost nobody in this market names a number. Here are ours, the four cost items behind any quote, and the reason the biggest one never appears on the invoice.
The EU AI Act for mid-sized companies: what you need in place now
One part of the AI Act starts to bite on 2 August 2026. The part most companies feared was postponed by seventeen months, one week ago. Here is the difference.
What APAC Measures (and Why CVs Miss It)
A CV is a record of the past. APAC measures the four human qualities that decide whether an AI professional will thrive in a real team: Adaptability, Personality, Awareness, Connection.
Tech Sovereignty in AI Recruitment: Why Portability Beats EU-Hosted
Hosting in the EU is a sensible default today, not a guarantee of sovereignty tomorrow. Real sovereignty is portability, on open standards, on every layer of the stack.
Community-Driven Recruitment: Why the Best AI Engineers Don't Apply
Senior AI engineers do not browse job boards. They ship, contribute, mentor, and learn in communities. This is why hiring through reputation beats hiring through ads.
[Translation pending] AI Talent Market Netherlands 2026: Salary Benchmarks & the 30% Ruling
English translation pending. This article is currently only available in Dutch.
The Reality of the European AI Talent Market in 2026
Artificial intelligence is no longer a localized experiment confined to research and development labs; it is an infrastructural necessity embedded across all sectors. Organizations across Europe are engaged in an unprecedented race to secure the engineering talent necessary to build,