Nordic Hardtech Weekly #56: The Business of Hard Problems
Complexity is rarely the easiest path to growth. It may, however, be one of the Nordics' greatest strengths.
Complexity is rarely the easiest path to growth. It may, however, be one of the Nordics' greatest strengths.
Planning to visit Almedalen, or following from afar? We've curated the programme to highlight the discussions on industrial AI, robotics, defence, energy, manufacturing and deeptech that matter most to the Nordic hardtech community.
Football's biggest innovations don't happen on the pitch. We explore the hidden hardtech behind the modern game, and why elite sport has become a proving ground for AI, sensors and computer vision.
Europe doesn't suffer from a lack of innovation. According to Lisa Eriksson, the bigger challenge is helping promising technologies survive the journey from lab to market.
Guest columnist Margherita Carrozzo breaks down Norway’s growing role in defence, robotics and industrial deeptech.
Some hardtech companies scale by leaving. Others scale by staying close to factories, infrastructure and industrial reality. Here are 8 Nordic companies proving geography still matters.
Issue #50 explores the rise of Physical AI and Europe’s fight to stay competitive. Guest columnist Mala Valroy zooms out on deeptech, China and industrial resilience.
Sweden builds world-class tech, but scaling production is harder. Monica Bellgran explains why industrialization still enters too late in hardtech.
Charging rails, battery fleets, virtual power plants and grid logic — we serve you seven founder conversations worth revisiting this long weekend.
Mashup is pulling founders, investors and Physical AI builders to Malmö. We’ll be there too, before Nordic Hardtech Weekly returns on April 29.
Software is moving off the screen and into the factory. A new generation of startups is building the industrial stack that will run robots, production lines and physical systems.
New collaborations, funding signals and invitations are emerging across the Nordic hardtech ecosystem. Some of them may be worth acting on.