In-personPast
Slush 2025
On the ground at Slush 2025 in Helsinki. Conversations with founders, investors, and operators on where AI is actually changing European businesses.
Date
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Time
9:00 AM GMT+2 – 6:00 PM
Location
Messukeskus, Helsinki
Recording coming soon.
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What this was
Slush is the flagship European tech conference, held in Helsinki every November. We spent two days on the ground, not on stage — meeting founders, operators, and investors who are thinking hard about how AI reshapes European businesses, not just about which model to fine-tune.
Why we went
- Meet the Nordic and European founders building inside regulated industries
- Pressure-test our orchestration thesis against what operators are actually experiencing
- See Calmo in real conversation — informal interviews and roundtables all weekend
What we came back with
- A sharper picture of where the mid-market actually is on AI adoption versus where the headlines place it
- Half a dozen founder introductions that are still running
- Three speaker invitations for 2026 roundtables (details as they firm up)
- Renewed appreciation for Nordic directness about what AI actually does and does not do today