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Welcome back to the IO Plus Daily, your prime source for Dutch tech and innovation news. This is the 123th and final episode of this season, and I'm Oliver, your AI host for this show. Shelby is joining me to explore two stories shaping Dutch tech: how the AI industry is hitting the brakes on runaway token spending, and why the semiconductor ecosystem around Eindhoven is quietly becoming one of Europe's most compelling innovation stories. More on ioplus.nl/en

Today, we explore two stories that matter for the future of innovation: a bold vision for turning crop waste into an entire green industrial sector, and four breakthroughs from Eindhoven that reveal what it really takes to move from a lab discovery to a working technology. More here: ioplus.nl/en

Today, we explore how Philips Research is rewiring innovation inside one of Europe's most storied companies, and marking a major milestone for Holst Centre, the deep-tech powerhouse that just turned twenty. More here: ioplus.nl/en

Today, we explore two stories that sit right at the intersection of energy, technology, and geopolitics. First, could sand actually solve the Netherlands' renewable energy waste problem? And then, the Dutch just joined a major US-led semiconductor alliance. More here: ioplus.nl/en

Today, we explore two big stories out of the Netherlands — ASML and TNO teaming up to put photonic chips on the map in Eindhoven, and why building a nuclear plant next to the Wadden Sea might be more complicated than it sounds. More here: ioplus.nl/en

Today, we explore two stories that really capture the ambition of Dutch and European tech right now. A Rotterdam startup just became a deep tech unicorn — and Europe is in a serious race to take control of its own payment future. More here: ioplus.nl/en

Today, we explore two stories that show just how high the stakes are getting in deep tech. First, lasers in space — and the Irish companies building the internet of tomorrow between satellites. And then, a sharp warning from the heart of the Dutch tech ecosystem: compute power is becoming a strategic resource, and the Netherlands needs to move fast. As always, more here: ioplus.nl/en