Right now, policymakers around the world are setting their 2026 agendas on the same core questions: how to protect consumers online, how to govern AI responsibly without stifling innovation, how to strengthen privacy and security, and how to drive economic growth. From Brussels to London to Washington, across the [...]
ACT’s Annual Global App Economy Conferences (GAECs) bring our startup and small tech members together for three days of founder-to-founder networking and direct engagement with policymakers. GAECs are the culmination of what we do at ACT, bringing our three pillars together in one event that fosters community, provides resources [...]
A few weeks ago, the Ways and Means Committee held a hearing titled “The Role of Trade Policy in Maintaining American Innovation and Technology Leadership.” ACT | The App Association submitted testimony for the record, which you can read here. I want to pull back the curtain on why [...]
Mike Griffin doesn’t do hype cycles. He’s a UK-based developer with decades of experience working across EU and UK innovation and research programs. He’s spent enough time in the ecosystem to recognise the difference between rules that enable trust and scale and those that create confusion. As the founder [...]