--- title: "Founder & Expert Podcast Interviews — Bright Signal" url: "https://brightsignal.fm/episodes/" description: "Explore Bright Signal interviews on AI, company building, European tech policy, and entrepreneurship. Listen to founders and experts and read the show notes." --- ALL EPISODES · 8 # Founders and experts. Conversations about the decisions, technologies, and conditions behind building ambitious companies. 7 EPISODES ## Recent founders Builders talk through the choices, trade-offs, and lessons behind their companies. [![Episode 41 artwork](https://img.transistorcdn.com/DvDz7aecNuVArET3j9F2HDiD60B5dgBK8UxYNk8KApk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81NGE1/MWNkNWVmZTBmYTFh/ZTBlYWNhOWQ5ZGRj/OGY4OC5wbmc.jpg)](https://brightsignal.fm/episodes/interviewing-heidi-van-dyck-from-athena-studio-fixing-fashions-coordination-problem/) Founder E41 07 OCT 2026 46:58 ### [Fixing fashion's coordination problem](https://brightsignal.fm/episodes/interviewing-heidi-van-dyck-from-athena-studio-fixing-fashions-coordination-problem/) With Heidi Van Dyck from Athena Studio A fashion collection takes shape across spreadsheets, Miro boards, emails and product lifecycle management systems, with hundreds of people trying to keep… [Listen to episode](https://brightsignal.fm/episodes/interviewing-heidi-van-dyck-from-athena-studio-fixing-fashions-coordination-problem/) [![Episode 40 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[![Episode 28 artwork](https://img.transistorcdn.com/YZK7U046ek1nyJXH--YaFVYXGIxlGnjiUXk0qo34g8o/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wYmI2/NTllNWYwYWMyOTBh/ZWZhOGJmNDg0NWYw/MmYwNi5wbmc.jpg)](https://brightsignal.fm/episodes/interviewing-charlotte-verhamme-belgium-s-ai-strategy-meets-the-eu-ai-act/) Expert E28 19 DEC 2025 55:43 ### [Belgium’s AI strategy meets the EU AI Act](https://brightsignal.fm/episodes/interviewing-charlotte-verhamme-belgium-s-ai-strategy-meets-the-eu-ai-act/) With Charlotte Verhamme In this episode, we sit down with Charlotte Verhamme, Attaché Digital Affairs, to unpack what actually happens inside the EU “digital dossiers” machine:… [Listen to episode](https://brightsignal.fm/episodes/interviewing-charlotte-verhamme-belgium-s-ai-strategy-meets-the-eu-ai-act/)