Four out of ten AI start-up companies in Europe are considering leaving the EU, according to an Amazon Web Services survey.

Omissions

• The survey figure is 38%, i.e. 'nearly four in ten', not an exact four in ten; the speaker rounded up.
• The surveyed population in the AWS/Amazon release is 'European startups' generally, not specifically AI start-ups as stated in the claim.
• The wording of the survey question is 'would consider relocating outside Europe to scale' — a hypothetical willingness to consider relocation, and a geographic scope broader than the EU (which would include the UK, Switzerland, Norway, etc.).
• The survey was conducted by Amazon Web Services, a commercial actor with an interest in EU cloud/AI regulation and in arguing for a lighter regulatory and funding environment; the figure was first presented by an AWS executive in media interviews rather than in a peer-reviewed or independently audited study.
• The Amazon release notes that the share rises among certain subgroups ('rising to ...'), suggesting the 38% is a headline average that may differ for specific segments such as AI-intensive start-ups.

Sources

• PrimaryAbout Amazon Europe (Amazon/AWS official newsroom)"Without change, Europe risks losing its best innovators: 38% of European startups would consider relocating outside Europe to scale, rising to ..."
• SecondaryReuters"Nearly 4 in 10 European startups would consider leaving the region to scale, she said, citing an AWS survey of companies."
• SecondaryPYMNTS"An Amazon Web Services executive said nearly 4 in 10 European startups have told the company that they would consider leaving the region."