# [Americans got more capital than brains](https://nikodemskrobisz.substack.com/p/americans-got-more-capital-than-brains) [The Americans have more capital than brains; Europe has more brains than capital](https://x.com/nikodem_js/status/2015205355635036647?s=20). We in Europe have world class education and research and development. Especially in fields like AI and robotics, our universities produce the brightest minds. Just look at how many Germans for example work at OpenAI. Or how much foundational [research](https://mcml.ai/) is actually taking place in Europe. But: Our researchers and young entrepreneurs, our brightest minds, often do not stay in Europe, instead they go to Silicon Valley. And even if they stay in Europe, their European StartUps and businesses often end up getting bought by American companies, like how Google bought up english DeepMind, that is now powering Gemini AI. Buy why do the Americans have so much more money, so much financial capital, to basically buy up our human capital, to braindrain Europe? Well for one, they were not fragmented for decades, they were not colonized by the communist Soviet Union, as half of Europe was. They have had an unified market for two centuries, while European Economic Integration is still ongoing and incomplete. And more crucially, the US Dollar was and still is the worlds reserve currency, because the United States have been seen as an anchor of stability for global trade; so financial capital from all over the world was flowing to the United States as trusted safe harbour. But this is changing now. The United States are plunging into Disorder. Trump is raising tariffs, breaking trade agreements and destroying trust. Smart people like scientists and smart money, so financial capital, are fleeing the United States. And they are fleeing to Europe. Five Centuries ago the Renaissance began with all the smart people fleeing from the collapsing Byzantine Empire to Western Europe. The second European Renaissance will start with all the smart Europeans and Smart Money fleeing the collapsing American Empire. And it is already happening. This is for example, why the US Dollar lost ~ 13% of its relative value to the Euro in 2025. Money is moving to Europe. And at the same time, we Europeans are starting to turn around and to finally overcome legal fragmentation along national lines and cut red tape with initiatives like [EU Inc](https://www.eu-inc.org/). A future capital markets and banking union would also allow together with a harmonised legal system, for european financial capital to be effectively allocated and invested into European Enterprises. The trend of the collapsing American Empire, and of an increasingly united Europe will just continue; especially if we Europeans work together firmly. And that is, why i believe that in the coming decade we will see an unprecedented boom in StartUps, Scale Ups and also economic growth in Europe. Especially when all the shitty, Y Combinator backed ChatGPT wrappers and other forms of cheap capital fueld irrational exuberances in the USA go bust with the popping of theAI Bubble. If you too want to see Europe prosperous and united - **join Ave Europa today**! because that is what we are standing for: a Europe strong, prosperous, sovereign, competitive and united. Check out our pitchdeck here: [https://ave-europa.my.canva.site/](https://ave-europa.my.canva.site/)