“Get out of Big Tech” is a nice impulse, but not a strategy. In this episode, Tobi explains why digital sovereignty is an architecture decision—and how Leaders of AI puts it into practice.

**In this episode:**

- Why “Europe only” is just as risky as “put everything in the US cloud”

- The three tension fields: data protection, competitiveness, convenience

- What must stay with you—and what is allowed to be replaceable

- How Leaders of AI rebuilt its own stack in summer 2025

- Three concrete steps you can implement this week

**Sources:**

- Bitkom: Definition of Digital Sovereignty.

**Further links:**

- AI Integration Expert (120 hours, university certificate, Fresenius University of Applied Sciences):

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