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Plenty of business owners have built something good and can see what AI and tech could do, but not how to put them to work. Others are already trying things, and none of it really pays off. On 17 November 2026 a small group talks it through at StartDock on the Singel in Amsterdam. Emmo Elshof, co-founder of Backstage IT, invites business owners to this Rubicon evening.
Read moreAI is one reason open-source projects are getting far more security reports this year than in previous years. For anyone with their own software product, that means more updates someone has to apply.
Read moreMoldova joined SEPA on 6 October 2025 and the EU roaming area on 1 January 2026. The country has held candidate status since June 2022 and has been negotiating accession since June 2024.
Read moreThe Dutch ICT market has cooled, yet specialised talent stays hard to find and the tech sector is adopting AI faster than the rest of the economy. Five figures from the Dutch statistics office and the national labour market agency, and what they change about the developers a company needs next.
Read moreAI agency What's Next needed more development capacity, without slowing delivery and without spending months hiring AI developers locally. Here is how it started with one developer in Moldova and grew that into an extended team of five that works as part of the company, not as an outsourced supplier.
Read moreNeed more development capacity but unsure about the shape? We put three models side by side (software agency, in-house, and nearshore extended team), with the honest best fit for each, so you make the right call the first time.
Read moreThe gap between companies experimenting with AI and the ones actually shipping it isn't a technical one. It's a structural one. Here is what separates the teams that ship from the teams that stall.
Read moreA fast-growing Dutch e-commerce agency could not find experienced Shopify developers locally. Here is how a nearshore extended team in Moldova helped it take on more projects and ship faster.
Read moreA cryptocurrency investment platform needed to scale its development team fast, without the steep rates of Dutch agencies. Here is how it built a nearshore extended team in Moldova across Python, blockchain, and React.
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