May 21, 2025

From Silicon Valley to Sovereignty: Tech’s Great Power Reckoning, with Ansgar Baums

What happens when the tech industry is no longer built for global scale—but for geopolitical advantage?

In this episode of Navigating Noise, Jonathan Teubner sits down with Ansgar Baums, geoeconomics expert, senior advisor at Sinalytics, and author of The Tech Cold War, to unpack the massive, underreported shifts happening at the intersection of technology, national security, and global power.

From the rise of “Dark Valley” companies that profit from geopolitical friction… to the collapse of Germany’s export-driven worldview… to the slow death of open, global innovation, this episode is a wake-up call for anyone building, funding, or regulating technology today.

We cover:

  • Why the AI talent map has shifted away from Silicon Valley
  • How China is pulling Western industry into its orbit
  • Why Germany is stuck in a strategic identity crisis
  • What founders must understand about fragmented IT stacks and tech sovereignty
  • How tech companies are leveraging national security as a business model

This is one of our most urgent and global episodes yet.

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