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Microsoft exec on Southern Europe’s big AI moment: skills — not technology — will determine who leads the region’s AI future

  • Tasos Zachos--Fortune
  • published date: 2026-08-16 07:30:00 UTC

“I see Greece as more than a market; I see it as an innovation hub,” Charles Calestroupat, Microsoft’s VP for Southern Europe, told Fortune Greece.

This is a conversation with Fortune Greece CEO Tasos Zachos, reprinted with permission.The second act of artificial intelligence will not be judged by models alone. It will be judged by how economies… [+8590 chars]