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Akubu Company Names Alternatives to US Software

“We have been concerned with where the data is for a long time,” explains Merlin Roth, who founded the company with three colleagues seven years ago. Betting everything on the American software card, i.e. on the tech giants…

Akubu Company Names Alternatives to US Software

“We have been concerned with where the data is for a long time,” explains Merlin Roth, who founded the company with three colleagues seven years ago. Betting everything on the American software card, i.e. on the tech giants Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and Apple, is too risky, has become the accepted wisdom.

date: 2026-02-12 03:04:00

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