The European Union’s AI Continent Action Plan rests on five pillars designed to make Europe a global AI power. From 2026, we at Finnish AI Region take on a new gateway role at the centre of the architecture, backed by a first term in which we supported hundreds of Finnish organisations on their AI journey.
Companies using FAIR, Finland’s EU-funded artificial intelligence support hub, grew their collective revenue by 76% and headcount by 30% between 2020 and 2025, outpacing both the national economy and the ICT sector. A new survey finds the strongest gains in digital capability and AI adoption, with demand for deeper support growing across the customer base.
Let’s state the fact. Finland is using AI. It just isn’t profiting from it yet. Across the Nordic region, 79% of organisations report efficiency gains from AI — but only 18% report revenue growth. That gap is not a technology problem. It is an organisational one.
Finnish companies are adopting AI at a faster pace than ever. But adoption and impact are not the same thing. Drawing on four primary data sources — including FAIR’s own consultancy findings — this article examines why the gap between AI activity and measurable business value persists, and what it will actually take to close it.
Finnish water treatment company Kemira and British AI startup CuspAI say they have designed new materials capable of removing some of the most persistent pollutants in global water supplies — though the candidates must still prove themselves under real-world conditions.
Enviable set out to demonstrate that the underutilised real-time data generated by commercial buildings can be analysed with artificial intelligence and transformed into concrete actions that improve performance, reduce costs, and ultimately enable partially autonomous building management. With the support of FAIR, the company was able to validate its idea at an early stage and lay the foundation for a commercial product.
Finland has quietly become one of Europe’s fastest-growing data centre markets. A new report from DC Byte explains why — and what could derail it.
A new survey by Statistics Finland reveals that artificial intelligence has become part of everyday working life for Finns. Highly educated professionals are leading the way, but office workers and students are also embracing the technology with remarkable speed.
Two of Europe’s most digitally advanced governments have agreed to jointly test AI systems under new EU law — positioning themselves as rule-shapers rather than rule-takers in the continent’s emerging AI governance framework.
We are living through an exceptional era. The most expensive technology in human history has been handed to us for almost nothing — and that is becoming a problem. When the price tag is invisible, learning doesn’t happen. When it becomes visible, being too late will cost you.
