Startup Events in Espoo

! This invite is for the public. If youre a challenge participant or a specially invited guest you do not need to sign up here ! Join us on 13.9 as the Summer robotics challenge concludes. 8 teams with 8 robots left exactly 3 months ago to build what they thought was the best minimum viable product with this open source robotics hardware. On Sunday they will pitch and demo their robotic products/services in order to try to sell it to the judges as the best minimum viable product of the whole batch. 7000e prize pool The evening concludes on an experimental bonus event regarding sharp blades and robot teleoperation Sign up sign up

Prompt Workshop 5 — Build Agents for Studies Study season is back. Most people use AI to answer individual questions — one prompt, one response, done. A study agent does something different: it runs the whole workflow. Input a topic, research it, compress what matters, quiz you on it. No manual hand-off between steps. Agents can also act as personal assistants for you along your study journey, managing your calendar, following deadlines, helping you with communications and finding interesting events and opportunities. For this workshop, we're building one from scratch. By the end of the session, you'll have a working study agent. Join us for a hands-on workshop on: How study agents differ from a single AI prompt — and why the gap matters Building a multi-step agent loop Live build-along: everyone ships a working agent before we close Debugging and improving agent reliability Skill level: Intermediate — assumes you've used Claude or another AI tool before; we won't cover first principles 14 September — 18:00 Startup Sauna

How do you build a startup in one of the world’s most traditional industries and make sustainable materials easier to access? Join us at Startup Sauna for Ambio Founder Story, an evening with Ambio’s founders, Tommi Bergstöm and Elmo Pakkanen. Ambio is an AI-driven physical commodity trader on a mission to accelerate the transition to sustainable materials. This mission is progressing fast in our primary domain, recycled plastics. In this founder story, we’ll dive into what it takes to build in the circular economy, how the idea for Ambio came together, and what the early journey of a sustainability-focused startup actually looks like — from finding the right customers to navigating an industry that is ready for change but hard to move. Together with Tommi and Elmo, we’ll explore: Building a startup around sustainability and materials Finding product-market fit in B2B Selling into traditional industries What CEO and COO roles look like in an early-stage company Lessons for students and aspiring founders curious about climate, circular economy, or B2B startups Whether you’re interested in startups, sustainability, materials, or just want to hear what founding a company really looks like, this is a great chance to learn directly from the founders building Ambio. Come by, bring your questions, and get inspired. We will offer snacks and refreshments!

Join us in person on September 16 as Innofactor hosts our first autumn Data Platform meetup at Innofactor’s office and restaurant, Keilaranta 9, 02150 Espoo. Let’s kick off the autumn season together with an evening of practical insights, fresh ideas, and great conversations around the latest developments in Data Platform. Expect plenty of discussion around Microsoft Fabric, AI, analytics, and real-world data challenges — with a few details still being shaped, so come and be part of the conversation. We would love to see you there. Seats are limited, so please register only if you genuinely plan to attend. If your plans change, that is completely fine — just remember to release your spot early so someone on the waiting list has a chance to join. Light refreshments provided Innofactor will also offer snacks, beverages, and light food during the event — pientä syötävää tapahtuman ohessa — so you can enjoy the evening comfortably while networking with the community. Agenda • Running dbt on Microsoft Fabric: From Development to Orchestration - Innofactor Carl Räihä • Improving retrieval quality with vector index embeddings - Vesa Tikkanen Interested in speaking at a future meetup? If you have a topic idea or would like to share your experience with the community, please get in touch with Vesa Tikkanen, Oskari Heikkinen, Heini Ilmarinen, or Aleksi Partanen.

Data has become the most valuable asset organizations run on. As GDPR and the EU AI Act tighten, the question isn't just "can we build it?" anymore. It's "who controls the data, and can we trust the AI?" This is your chance to work on tech that actually matters, real problems around privacy, trust, and control that European companies are wrestling with right now. Over one weekend, you'll go from a challenge brief to a working prototype, alongside Finland's best technical talent, mentored directly by engineers from the partner companies who brought the problems to the table. Join Finland's largest student-led AI community for a weekend of building AI systems that don't just work, but also earn trust. Our partners: Microsoft Verda Norrin Relex IBM Elisa 📍 Design Factory, Espoo 📅 18–20 September 2026 ⏱️ 48 hours 💰 €10,000 prize pool Ready to build trust? See you in September!

Are you interested in sustainability, critical data/technology studies, and/or art and design? Do you want to imagine an alternative model for the cloud and AI infrastructures that is more communal, playful, and thoughtful? If yes, join our collective sculpting + prompt-making workshop at Space 21! Together, we will research data infrastructures, trace bodily and ecological experiences related to digital technologies, and generate questions + prompts regarding the cloud. The final outcome will be a "cloud" sculpture we make together with paper and beads. No previous design or research experience required. Tea + Cloud-shaped Snacks + Materials Provided! 🤝 Workshop facilitated by artist-designer-researchers Lù Chén (https://l-lu-u.github.io) and Heya Kwon (https://heya.world/). ☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁ The second part of this workshop is optional and will be held in two weeks here: https://luma.com/pc088roy FREE // Snacks + Tea + Workshop Materials Provided.

"I have a hardware project, how do I know if there's a company in it?" That's the question this evening is built around. Rethink Robotics built genuinely good robots and shut down anyway. Building the thing is rarely what kills a hardware startup. Finding out whether anyone actually needs it, before you spend two years on it, is the hard part. Kiuas will be running this session. They're a non-profit Founder Collective in Otaniemi with ten years of knowledge watching startups fail and succeed. They'll take us through how to pressure-test an idea properly: who feels the pain, who actually pays to fix it, and what you can put in front of a real customer within a week. Hardware doesn't follow the software playbook. In robotics the person suffering from the problem almost never holds the budget, and there are usually five people who can say no before anyone gets to say yes. This makes validation all the more important. Bring your laptop, your own project, or pick an idea from a list we provide. This workshop is hands-on. You'll leave with a plan you could start executing the next morning. Open to everyone. No startup experience needed, and no robotics background either.