The German startup ecosystem is off to a strong start in 2026: Between January and June, 3,053 new startups were founded. This represents a 52 percent increase compared to the second half of 2025 ...

The German startup ecosystem is off to a strong start in 2026: Between January and June, 3,053 new startups were founded. This represents a 52 percent increase compared to the second half of 2025 and means more startups were founded than in all of 2024.

  • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netEnglish
    7·
    3 days ago

    You already have iode, /e/, Graphene OS and Jolla. How many other startups do you need? The problem is not lack of software. What is needed is legislation to force compatibility with de-googled phones. It’s up to EU, not startups.

    Also, EU needs sovereignty in defense badly. It’s hard to fight American corporations when you still need US to defend you. Defense startups are welcome.

    • Pip@feddit.orgOPEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      Exactly!! It’s a government policy and regulatory problem, not a market problem.

    • kayazere@feddit.nlEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      GrapheneOS is leading Android custom rom, but it isn’t a startup and doesn’t support much hardware.

      The others are LineageOS based and have weak points when it comes to security, privacy, and frequency updates.

      All Android custom roms are still directly tied to Google’s software development (AOSP).

      Sailfish OS (Jolla) is Linux based, but is proprietary, so not really an open platform.

      So seems like Jolla is the only company really developing an independent mobile OS.

      • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        So? You think someone is going to fund a startup and develop a fully independent, fully open source phone OS that will support modern hardware and all the apps stock Android does? Of course not. Jolla, Graphene OS and LineageOS show what a small company can currently do. You also have Ubuntu and Postmarket OS, Fairphone, Murena and couple more. Between them they cover all the niche markets: security, privacy, open-source, Android alternative and independent hardware. No one is investing heavily in them because those markets are really small. New startup trying to develop something from scratch makes no sense.

    • Miaou@jlai.luEnglish
      34·
      3 days ago

      Germans are the least trustworthy partners when it comes to military. So no, we don’t need them to create new ways to slaughter their neighbours.

      We still don’t have an EU replacement for Visa/MasterCard, Intel/amd, nvidia/amd, but building these takes more than a couple of chatgpt prompts