# Pontis | Alliances for European sovereignty > Pontis builds decision-led ecosystems that connect founders, investors, industry and policymakers, turning shared priorities into intelligence and action. Canonical: https://pontis.company/ This is a plain-text rendition of the live page for AI agents and text tools. The HTML page above is the canonical, authoritative source. --- # Europe’s sovereign future is built in alliance. Pontis connects people building technology with those who invest in it, use it and shape the rules around it. We help them understand their markets and find opportunities to work together. [Start a conversation](/contact) [See our work](/#our-work) ## Great ideas can’t be built alone. Developing a technology and getting it into use involve different people. The expertise, capital and demand rarely sit in the same organisation. We build ecosystems around shared industrial interests. Research helps people understand where a market is heading; meeting in person helps them get to know potential partners and work out what they could build together. ### Who we bring together - #### Founders and technology companies Understand what customers need and meet people who could help bring your technology into use. - #### Industry and infrastructure operators Find businesses and ideas that address the problems you need to solve. - #### Investors Get a clearer view of markets and the companies working in them. - #### Policymakers and public institutions Hear where businesses see opportunities, what holds them back and how policy affects what they can build. ## Every partnership starts with a clear read of the market. We follow developments in our sectors and bring people together to discuss what they mean. ### We see where the market is moving We track technology, investment, regulation and procurement. Powerful research and expert analysis help explain what has changed and what it means for the businesses involved. Our research continues between events. Participants can use it to assess new opportunities and risks. ### We bring together people with a reason to meet Each gathering has a clear subject and brings together people who have something to contribute. There’s time to compare notes and understand what others need. We want people to leave with a clearer sense of who they could work with and what they might do together. Research gives these conversations a starting point. What we hear in the room helps shape what we look into next. ### We build the information backbone of every vertical Content hubs in every ecosystem: shared knowledge that gives everyone taking part common ground. ## We’ve done this before. ### Human × AI Europe Organised by Pontis 19 May 2026 , Hofstallungen MUMOK, Vienna ![The vaulted hall at Hofstallungen MUMOK during Human × AI Europe: an audience facing the stage, where two speakers are in conversation.](/assets/build/human-ai-europe-hall.CqG91aoG_qvuTy.webp) We organised Human × AI Europe in Vienna as part of ViennaUP 2026. The one-day forum brought founders, investors, industry and public institutions together to discuss how Europe can put AI to work and strengthen its competitiveness. [See Human × AI Europe](/events/human-ai-europe) ## Where Europe can only win together. Our focus is on seven connected areas where Europe needs the technology, investment and industrial capacity to build and compete. - ### Defence & Security Defence capabilities, industrial capacity and procurement, including technologies with both civilian and military applications. - ### AI, Robotics & Automation AI adoption across the economy, autonomous systems, robotics and the use of intelligence in industrial operations. - ### Sovereign Compute & Digital Infrastructure Cloud, semiconductors, data centres and the computing capacity needed to develop and run AI. - ### Energy, Grids & Electrification Electricity generation, storage, grid capacity and the equipment and connections needed to power industry and digital infrastructure. - ### Critical Infrastructure & Intelligent Systems Essential physical infrastructure and the sensors, software and AI used to improve its performance, maintenance and resilience. - ### Critical Materials & Strategic Supply Chains Access to essential materials, processing capacity, recycling and reliable supply networks for strategic industries. - ### Cybersecurity & Operational Resilience Protection of digital and industrial systems, and the ability to keep essential operations running through disruption. ![Gergana Nikolova, co-founder and CEO of Pontis](/assets/images/founder-800.jpg) ## Gergana Nikolova Co-founder & CEO Spot the inflection point. Distil what matters. Put the people who can act in the same room. Gergana Nikolova has built and led Capital’s event business for more than two decades, developing a regional portfolio across the digital economy, AI, defence, cybersecurity, energy, fintech and the future of work. Her work combines pattern recognition with content architecture: identifying shifts, separating signal from noise and translating intelligence into formats in which business, government and investors can make decisions. Pontis scales that method across CEE and the Eastern Flank. ### Education - University of Oxford — Executive Strategy Programme - Columbia Business School — Digital Transformation [Connect on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/genikolova/) ## Our plans for 2027 are taking shape. Stay tuned. We’ll share the details as each project is announced. ## Let’s build it together. We’d like to hear what you’re building and who you’d like to work with. Get in touch about our research, an upcoming gathering or a possible partnership. [Start a conversation](/contact)