The EU-Startups Podcast | Interview with Ahti Heinla, Co-Founder & CEO Starship Technologies

This week on the EU-Startups Podcast, we sit down with Ahti Heinla, Co-Founder, CEO, and CTO of Starship Technologies and one of the original engineers behind Skype!

In this episode, Ahti shares his journey from a young programmer in Estonia to building one of the world’s most advanced autonomous delivery companies. He reflects on the lessons he took from Skype into Starship, explains why last-mile delivery became the problem he wanted to solve, and explores how autonomous robots are changing the way goods move through cities.

We also dive into the human side of automation, from concerns around jobs and the evolving role of delivery workers to the importance of sustainability, regulation, an much more!

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Key Points: Ahti’s early start in programming and how it influenced his long-term approach to building technology Key lessons from Skype that directly shaped how he built and scaled Starship Why last-mile delivery stood out as a high-impact, unsolved problem worth tackling How autonomous delivery is reshaping (not simply replacing) jobs in the logistics ecosystem The balance between innovation and regulation when deploying robots in public spaces Ahti’s vision of future cities where autonomous delivery is seamlessly integrated into daily life This episode of the EU-Startups Podcast is brought to you by Vanta. The trust management platform helps more than 12k companies, including Nando’s, Allica Bank and Granola, start and scale their security programmes while building trust with buyers. It saves security teams time and improves programme visibility by automating over 35 compliance frameworks, such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001, as well as GRC workflows like risk management. Click here to learn more!

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