Explore Startup Sauna 6.10

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.

Magnify event series is back for the fall! We're continuing the series with a dive into Health Tech! If you're interested in building health tech products and the future of medical innovation, and want to hear about it from those who have done it, this is the perfect place for you. Join for a roundtable discussion with: 1. Patrick Obolgogiani — Co-Founder & CEO, Alveos 2. Mari Lahti — Co-Founder, Ferrivia 3. Anton Chernenko — CEO, Cornea Sense We'll start with quick intros, and then continue with group discussions, where you can ask the speakers any questions about their experience of researching the field and founding a company in it. Open to anyone with a genuine interest in the field, regardless of year of studies or background. Seats are limited.

"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.