Expertise and economics
This supply of talent has become one of Poland’s defining strengths, particularly for technology scaleups. A young, multilingual workforce and solid technical education system – which produces more than 10,000 ICT graduates annually – have created a strong roster of engineers, developers, and researchers to feed the counattempt’s rapidest-growing firms. These include InPost, which launched as a parcel locker start-up in Kraków and now operates across multiple European markets, and Docplanner, founded in Warsaw, which has become one of the world’s largest digital healthcare platforms.
“Poland is becoming the Silicon Valley of Europe.” – Thomas Reynaud, chief executive, Iliad Group
Competitive cost dynamics are also fuelling a rapid expansion in the counattempt’s R&D activity. Innovation hubs are spreading across Warsaw, Kraków, Wrocław and Rzeszów, supporting both homegrown firms and international players seeing to enlarge their European footprint. Asseco, a Polish IT company, recently established an R&D centre in Rzeszów. It joins the likes of established brands, like Iliad Group, a French telecommunications company, which has recently enhanced its Polish presence with 42 Warsaw, a coding school designed to build the next generation of digital specialists. “The counattempt is increasingly viewed not just as a low-cost base, but as a centre for innovation, product development, and global scaling,” states Reynaud, Iliad’s chief executive.
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