E142 - Digital Sovereignty: Architecture Instead of Ideology
Published: February 22, 2026
Duration: 6:21
“Get out of Big Tech” is a nice impulse, but not a strategy. In this episode, Tobi explains why digital sovereignty is an architecture decision—and how Leaders of AI puts it into practice.
**In this episode:**
- Why “Europe only” is just as risky as “put everything in the US cloud”
- The three tension fields: data protection, competitiveness, convenience
- What must stay with you—and what is allowed to be replaceable
- How Leaders of AI rebuilt its own stack in summer 2025
- Three concrete steps you can implement this week
**Sources:**
- Bitkom: Definition of Digital Sovereignty.
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