Finding solutions and making the world not only simpler but also better – that is what the startup and tech industry likes to take on itself. But what if the entire system is based on problematic power structures in which individual actors do not want to save the world, but rather control it?
About Aya Jaff
Aya Jaff, born in 1995 in the Kurdish part of Iraq, taught herself to program early and quickly worked in the world of startups – as a founder, participant in well-known incubators and with commitments from investors for her own ideas. As the author of the bestselling book Moneymakers (2020), she wrote about the world of finance and tech. Today she asks bigger questions: Who benefits from progress, and how can business and innovation become fairer? She was host of the ARD show “How to get rich, Aya?”, was included in the Forbes 30 under 30 and is a Max Planck Fellow.
The author Aya Jaff deals with this in her book “Broligarchy” (published at the end of November by Ullstein Verlag). Jaff was part of the startup and tech scene herself – as a programmer, founder and consultant. Today she questions who actually benefits from technological progress. Their thesis: The tech industry increases social inequality, undermines diversity and undermines democratic structures.
In an interview with Gründerszene, Jaff explains why she believes regulations are drivers of innovation, what digital sovereignty could mean in concrete terms and why she believes it is fatal that German startups are systematically overlooked in public tenders.
