The quiet chip superpower: How the Netherlands is building the backbone of AI semiconductor era — TFN

The quiet chip superpower: How the Netherlands is building the backbone of AI semiconductor era — TFN

Nearfield Instruments closed $380M Series D at $1.6B with Qatar and Singapore backing — largest Dutch deeptech raise. Nanometre-scale chip metrology is now AI's bottleneck; Europe's semiconductor sovereignty depends on inspection infrastructure.