Tampere University has won backing from Business Finland for a €20 million initiative that aims to deploy 100 AI agents to tackle chronic productivity problems in building services engineering, marking one of Finland’s largest data economy pilot schemes.
AI can make us more efficient, but research warns of a price tag. When working with AI, we overestimate our abilities, our brain activity weakens, and our critical thinking diminishes. The solution is hardly to avoid new technologies, but rather to use them more wisely.
Tesi’s December study reveals a paradox in Finnish deep tech: while the sector celebrated a €1.6 billion investment milestone, the headline figure obscures a worrying decline in early-stage funding and ongoing commercialisation struggles.
Finnish AI Region (FAIR) EDIH has been selected to continue operations for a second term with excellent ratings. European Union continuation funding enables service expansion from the beginning of 2026.
Nordic and Baltic countries dominate AI adoption rankings with usage rates approaching 50%, whilst Eastern European nations lag significantly behind with less than a quarter of their populations using the technology.
A Hong Kong-based technology company has signed an agreement to develop a major artificial intelligence data centre in Finland, as demand for AI infrastructure continues to grow across Europe.
Finnish-led consortium completes groundbreaking project bringing energy-efficient artificial intelligence to edge computing.
VTT and Millog sign partnership to speed up deployment of new technologies for Finnish Defence Forces.
Finnish Freepress plans international expansion with revenue-sharing model that gives publishers up to 50% of platform income. The model positions Freepress as both a tech company and a media infrastructure play.
AI is transforming industries worldwide, yet finance and accounting remain surprisingly hesitant adopters. New research from Haaga-Helia reveals the real barriers holding the sector back—and the human-centred solutions that could unlock AI’s potential.
