Europe's first Startup & Scaleup Scoreboard reveals a surprising reality: Ireland and France rank side by side among Europe's top innovators, yet rely on radically different models. What can each ecosystem learn from the other?

Europe leads quantum hardware deployments. Yet without bold investment now — before the killer app exists — US giants will simply acquire that lead away. France just committed €1.55bn. The race isn't about the application. It's about who owns the infrastructure when it arrives.

France's digital sovereignty strategy is moving from political slogan to operational policy. Thomas Courbe's essay in Réalités Industrielles maps three concrete pillars — and what they mean for Ireland and Franco-Irish digital cooperation.