AI startup Optivian bags €1.7m to replace sales teams with autonomous agents
Helsinki firm emerges from stealth with backing from Silo AI co-founder, promising to end the need for linear sales headcount growth
How (Not) to Destroy Your Business with AI
Every week, another company announces its bold AI transformation. A few months later, that same company has a pilot project gathering dust, a confused team, and an executive quietly wondering where the budget went. The pattern is predictable. The pain is avoidable. AI can unlock genuine business value — but only if you stop making the same strategic mistakes everyone else is making.
Finnish Agileday Secures €6.4M Series A to Transform Professional Services Sector
Finnish start-up Agileday aims to modernise how consulting and professional services firms plan, deliver and scale their operations. Recently announced Series A funding will definitely help.
Finland eyes specialised AI as next major global export
Voiko digitaalinen koontisäädös olla ratkaisu EU:n sääntelytulvaan? Komission ehdotus lupaa helpotusta yrityksille, mutta samalla se herättää kysymyksiä siitä, kuka hyötyy eniten ja pääsevätkö pk-yritykset mukaan digitaalitalouden kilpajuoksuun.
Three in Four Nordic Youths Use AI, but Concerns Over Speed and Reliability Persist
Voiko digitaalinen koontisäädös olla ratkaisu EU:n sääntelytulvaan? Komission ehdotus lupaa helpotusta yrityksille, mutta samalla se herättää kysymyksiä siitä, kuka hyötyy eniten ja pääsevätkö pk-yritykset mukaan digitaalitalouden kilpajuoksuun.
Finnish Deep Tech Scene Needs an Ecosystem, Not Just Heroes
Finnish deep tech companies raised a record €1.6 billion in funding last year. The figure is impressive, until you understand its true meaning. Take away three giant companies and the year was quieter than usual. So the real question isn’t whether Finland can produce industry titans, but whether we can replicate the recipe for success.
Tampere University Secures €20m to Deploy AI Agents Across Construction Supply Chain
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.
Is AI Making Us Confident Idiots? (And We Don’t Even Notice)
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.
When One-Third Isn’t Enough – AI Is Widening Inequality Across Europe
Birthday poems. Cake recipes. AI memes. Europeans are using artificial intelligence, just not at work. The technology that promised to transform productivity has become a pastime instead of a tool. And whilst the Nordics integrate AI into their workplaces, southern Europe watches from behind.
Finnish Deep Tech Celebrates Record Funding — But Critical Gaps Remain
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.