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Nasir Zubairi and the business of being useful
He left a trading desk to learn something new, then spent nearly a decade building Luxembourg’s fintech meeting place. Now the LHoFT’s founding CEO is back in payments, leading Paytm Europe.
Salonkee and the secret life of an empty chair
Five founders wanted an easier way to book a haircut. They ended up building software for the business behind the mirror - where a missed appointment, a forgotten formula and an unpaid bill all belong to the same story.
LOGDIRECT: The machinery behind the horoscopes
Now operating as Digikod, LOGDIRECT brings copywriters, developers and customer service into the same astrology business. Its most revealing work happens between the prediction and the inbox.
LHoFT wants banks to share their homework
Luxembourg’s fintech hub is tackling the work financial firms keep repeating. Its toolkit now stretches from a shared-data competition to an AI showroom and investment opportunities for financial-inclusion startups.
Luxembourg put its startup network under one roof
At the House of Startups, the neighbours include incubators, investors and potential customers. The bet: a shorter walk can help turn a young company into a working business.
Gwendolyn Carpenter
Gwendolyn Carpenter is the Head of Artificial Intelligence Division at the European Investment Bank (EIB), where she defines and executes the Group's AI strategy, builds its enterprise AI platform, and leads EU AI Act compliance efforts. A veteran European policy practitioner, she has shaped digital innovation agendas across smart cities, social innovation research, and cybercrime policy - most recently turning her expertise toward the frontier challenge of governing AI inside one of the world's largest development finance institutions.