Dutch unicorn Bird flees ‘overregulated’ Europe for ‘global hubs’ — and a meditation retreat

Dutch software firm Bird is moving most of its operations out of the Netherlands and opening new global hubs as it seeks a reprieve from “overregulation” in Europe, said co-founder and CEO Robert Vis. “The AI Act, financing, compensation, taxes, employment law — starting and running a company [in Europe] is hard,” Vis told TNW, adding that there are “too many disparate markets that are overregulated with no clear vision for the future while the world around us is changing.” Bird (formerly MessageBird) is one of the Netherlands’ leading tech scaleups, reaching unicorn status in 2018. Bird’s main product is…

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