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# Nextcloud's Karlitschek says Europe can't wait, industry must drive sovereignty
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-09-25-nextcloud-karlitschek-sovereignty-interview/
- Published: 2026-09-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-30T03:54:03.000Z
- Description: Nextcloud CEO Frank Karlitschek marks ten years without venture capital. He says private industry must drive sovereignty from the bottom up, since "Europe can't wait", and that freedom of choice, not just data location, is core to digital sovereignty.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, Policy and law, #news, #verified, #opinion, #ai-drafted

Verified Opinion AI-drafted [Cloudmagazin, 25 September 2026](https://www.cloudmagazin.com/en/2026/09/25/nextcloud-ten-years-without-venture-capital/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish any change to EU law, public funding or Nextcloud's market share.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. No question moves: a company CEO's published position, not an institutional act. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)