Valarian Blog

Part 1: Lessons From Building EU Native Enterprise AI Stacks

The discussion around AI often gravitates toward which model is smartest. After spending the last year implementing these environments, that feels increasingly like the wrong question. The organisations likely to navigate the next decade successfully will not be those that happened to choose the right model in 2026. They will be the organisations that built architectures capable of adapting as everything else changes.

CEO Max Buchan in the Financial Times

Valarian CEO Max Buchan spoke to the Financial Times about Europe's digital dependency crisis. Here's why the Greenland dispute changed everything -- and what it means for military tech sovereignty.

Valarian x Second Front Systems

Valarian and Second Front Systems Form Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Sovereign Defence Software Deployment Across UK and Europe

Scaling Europe: Building infrastructure to secure critical systems

Valarian CEO, Max Buchan, joined Scaling Europe to talk about building systems that are meant to keep working even when trust, borders, and assumptions break down.

Valarian on ETN: Fighting to Keep Deep Tech British

Valarian CEO Max Buchan made the case for keeping deep tech British on the ETN podcast. Here's why cultural risk aversion is a sovereignty problem — not just a business one.

Valarian's CEO on Building Category-Defining Companies in Britain

Valarian CEO Max Buchan recently appeared on the $100m Exits podcast, sharing insights on building category-defining companies in Britain, the evolution of defence tech funding, and the contrarian approach behind Valarian's mission to build secure infrastructure for hostile environments.

THE UK STILL HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A SUPERPOWER ON DATA AND INTELLIGENCE

Last week, we convened a private forum in London: off record, under Chatham House Rule - focused on the evolving edge of defence, AI, and national capability.

CEO Max Buchan in Entrepreneur UK

Valarian CEO Max Buchan diagnosed Britain's tech challenges in Entrepreneur UK. Here's how to move from problems to proof points—starting with sovereign digital infrastructure.

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