Francesca Bria is also an incredible human being—a leading innovation economist working at the intersection of technology, geopolitics, and society. Francesca is an honorary professor at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose at University College London and a fellow at Stiftung Mercator in Berlin, where she leads the EuroStack initiative on Europe’s digital sovereignty. She’s a member of Spain’s International Council on Artificial Intelligence, established by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, and president of the Italian Innovation Agency in Bologna. I could go on forever, but I think I’ve embarrassed you both enough.