On 14 April 2026, the Business and Trade Select Committee opened oral evidence for its inquiry into Artificial Intelligence, Business and the Future of the Workforce with a panel focused on frontier AI and policy. Giving evidence were Professor Neil Lawrence, DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Cambridge, and Dame Wendy Hall, Director of the Web Science Institute at the University of Southampton.

As AI changes how work gets done, the most valuable employees will be those who can own outcomes, orchestrate systems and direct expertise. Simon Hill explores why the rise of the “Full Stack Employee” demands a rethink of how companies hire, structure roles and create value.

We’ve turned the biggest themes from the Silicon Valley Tour into an Insights Report for the wider Boardwave community, designed to be a practical guide for tech and AI leaders scaling across Europe.

There is a conversation circulating through boardrooms, investor committees and tech conferences that goes roughly like this: SaaS is dead. AI is going to eat the entire software industry. The seat-based model is finished. If you haven’t already rebuilt everything around agentic AI, you are already too late. Like many sweeping narratives, this one contains a significant kernel of truth wrapped in a layer of exaggeration. Let me offer a more measured view - from someone who has spent decades building, running and investing in enterprise software companies, and who cares deeply about the future of European technology.

Boardwave’s first Polar Leadership Expedition, co-hosted with WellFounded in Norway, offered a vivid lesson in what leadership looks like when plans change, conditions harden and teams have to adapt together.

Boardwave and OakNorth host former Chancellor Philip Hammond to discuss UK economic outlook and policy ahead of Rachel Reeves’ upcoming Budget.

Insights from 15 leading VC firms shared in Menlo Park with 300 public market investors, covering enterprise tech trends, portfolio performance, and Europe’s scaling challenges.

Vodafone, Ocado, Deliveroo and the NHS on what AI really means for their industries, and for your business as leaders navigate its real-world impact and opportunities.

The UK is one of the best places in the world to start a company. But, one of the hardest to scale. Discover how a new investment scheme could unlock funding and global growth.

Your customers aren’t searching anymore, they’re getting answers. Learn how AI is replacing search and what it means for your visibility and growth.

We heard from some of Europe’s top tech leaders, here are five takeaways from Boardwave Live 2025 you shouldn’t miss.

Europe has the ingredients to build global tech giants: talent, regulation, and cost advantage. But lacks the confidence to...

This week’s state visit by the US President, Donald Trump, to the UK is expected to bring another raft of investment and,...

From fragmented go-to-market strategies to outdated tax regimes, European tech faces.

Despite growing investment and a swelling ecosystem, Europe’s most promising tech companies are still struggling to scale

A convergence of world-class talent and technology, free-flowing capital, and shifting.

We sat down with Hg, one of the continent’s most active private equity investors in B2B software, to understand how they identify.

By: Felix Mitchell , co-CEO and co-Founder of Instant Impact , a provider of AI-powered talent solutions for small and medium.