AI Already Manages Half of Finland’s Knowledge Workers, New Book Finds
Haaga-Helia’s “AI as a Boss” shows algorithmic management has moved from concept to daily reality — and that managers trust the machines more than expected.
AI Can Now Tell Trees Apart From the Air Almost as Well as Humans Can
Finnish researchers have taught computers to identify individual tree species from helicopter-mounted laser scanners with striking accuracy — a breakthrough that could reshape how forests are surveyed, managed, and protected.
Aiforia secures €20m EU financing for AI cancer detection
The European Investment Bank has signed a €20m venture debt agreement with Finnish life-science company Aiforia, backing further development of its AI platform for detecting cancer in tissue samples. The financing is supported under the…
Helsinki startup STRGY AI raises €1m in angel funding for AI strategy platform
Helsinki-based STRGY AI has raised €1m in angel funding to grow StrategyOS, a platform that helps leadership teams track whether corporate strategy is actually being executed day to day. The round drew investors from the…
ICEYE secures first investment from EU’s Scaleup Europe Fund in €1bn round
The Finnish satellite company, valued at more than €10bn, becomes the first backing for a European Commission-backed fund set up to keep promising tech firms from being bought out or relocated abroad.
From Conspiracy to Mainstream: Is the Internet Dying Before Our Eyes?
A decade ago, the Dead Internet Theory was a fringe conspiracy theory confined to the darker corners of the web. Now traffic figures, content-production statistics and AI research all point in the same direction. Bots…
EU bets €10bn on AI ‘gigafactories’ to catch up with US and China
The European Commission has opened bidding for seven large-scale AI computing facilities, backed by €10bn ($11.4bn) in public funding, as the bloc tries to close a widening gap with the United States and China in…
Aiven Snaps Up Flow AI to Keep AI Agents Reliable at Scale
Helsinki data platform Aiven has acquired Finnish startup Flow AI, bringing its tools for running AI agents reliably on live business data into Aiven’s open-source platform. Financial terms were not disclosed.
OP Pohjola and quantum-AI startup Qutwo launch joint Helsinki research unit for banking and insurance
The unit, named the Quantum and AI Research Centre, builds on years of prior AI and quantum research at the Finnish financial group and is expected to grow to around 60 specialists by mid-2027.
Finland’s plan to let AI ‘replace’ public workers gets the question backwards, argues researcher
Finland’s top civil servant on public finances says AI will effectively replace public sector staff by 2031. An AI researcher who studies the technology’s use in Finnish organisations says that framing starts from the wrong…