LuminaTalks Podcast

What happens when founders start using AI to manage legal decisions and something goes wrong? In Episode 9 of LuminaTalks, I sat down with startup lawyer Ruben Schoonmakers. We discussed how founders are actually using AI right now, what's working, and where things quietly go sideways. From early-stage founders copy-pasting contracts and patching them with AI tools, to scaleups trying to close mil...

Is AGI the new Manhattan Project? The nuclear race was won with secrecy and science. But the AI race is going to be won with chips, energy, water, and cables. Everyone talks about AI like it's a software problem. Build a better model, win the race. But the people actually shaping the future know the real battle is happening in a completely different place, in the physical infrastructure that power...

"We have to become independent from the United States. We are at war." In this very special episode I sat down with Raf Lefever and honestly, some of the stuff we talked about here kept me up at night thinking about it. So basically, we're diving into this whole mess about how Europe needs to break free from American tech companies, and Raf drops this bomb about how we're literally living under te...

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Marta Bieńkiewicz — neuroscientist, strategist, and one of the clearest voices in EU AI policy. We explore the ethics, tech and governance of AI agents, from VR neuro-rehab to delegation, identity, and whether agents can (or should) act on our behalf. We are entering the era of agentic AI: autonomous systems that don’t just execute instructions but represent y...

Most founders believe startups fail because they run out of money. Experienced investors know that’s rarely the real reason. In this episode of LuminaTalks, I sat down with Jürgen Ingels, investor, entrepreneur, and founder of Supernova, one of Europe’s leading tech events. We discuss how companies actually scale, why focus matters more than funding, and how technology is quietly reshaping the way...

This one hits deep. Kai Zenner - one of the key minds shaping Europe’s AI policy - sat down with me for a real, no-BS conversation about how the AI Act might actually strengthen founders instead of slowing them down. We went everywhere: • What really counts as high-risk • The future of general-purpose models • Why “trust” might be Europe’s biggest export • How structure can become a scaling advant...

EU-INC: What if Europe had one single system to start, fund, and scale startups? In this special episode, Greta Koch (European Parliament) and Iwona Anna Biernat (Project Europe) join host Kevin De Pauw to unpack the vision behind EU-INC! The “28th regime” designed to unify European company law and accelerate innovation. 💡 Topics include: • Why the EU-INC could change how startups are built acros...

In this episode, I sit down with Petar Tsankov, AI safety researcher, engineer, and one of the leading voices on enterprise AI governance and compliance. We unpack why traditional, checkbox-driven AI compliance is breaking down, and why governance can no longer live in policies, audits, or PDFs. As AI systems scale faster than regulation, enterprises are being forced to rethink compliance as an en...

AI is no longer just generating answers. It’s executing tasks, using tools, interacting with other agents, and operating with autonomy. In Episode 6 of LuminaTalks, AI Security Researcher Vineeth Sai Narajala (Cisco) and contributor to OWASP initiatives breaks down what it really takes to build secure, trustworthy agentic AI systems. This conversation goes into practical architecture decisions. Wh...