Entreprenuial spirit in Europe

Europe is feeling the "Internet cashcow" with the rise of some Tech Entreprenuial spirit. A good article on NYTimes here. One of the products specified in the article which allured me was spleak. Spleak is a virtual chat friend living in NY which is powered with AI capabilities to respond more like human. Its a pretty cool idea. I havent yet tried spleak but probably will check out to see how well it responds.