Former fighter pilot Max Villman shares what aviation training reveals about validation, situational awareness and why much of defense tech is still built for the wrong assumptions.
Europe invents deeptech at scale, but struggles to deploy it. This guest column argues that waiting for TRL 7 is a strategic mistake, and that legacy industry must take responsibility earlier if European deeptech is going to scale.
2026 will accelerate hardtech. AI moves from feature to foundation, energy resilience becomes critical, and Nordic voices point to the shifts that will matter — and the systems that may not keep up.
Consumer hardware is learned by doing. In this week’s feature, Atonemo founder Leo Ballesteros shares when to listen, when to wait, and why hardware always takes longer than planned.
Daniel Wentz shares how Greenely tackles the hard parts of home energy tech — from messy integrations to coordinating battery fleets — and why trust and simplicity now decide which systems actually scale.
Hardtech doesn’t want candles or sweaters. It wants stable supply chains, sane timelines and customers who answer email before Q2. This week, we unwrap what Nordic founders truly wish for.
Nordic hardtech founders are turning early pilots, crude prototypes and real-world friction into long-term defensibility as capital shifts back toward physical tech.
A shock in the Taiwan Strait would hit Nordic hardware long before it hits headlines. This analysis maps the real chokepoints in chips, minerals and manufacturing — and what founders can do now to stay resilient as Asia’s tech landscape shifts.
From industrial storage to waste-heat reuse, Nordic founders are tackling one of Europe’s toughest challenges: decarbonising heat. Ten companies show how thermal innovation is reshaping energy and industry from the ground up.
Europe’s builders are shifting from scale to endurance. From radar satellites to energy storage, the Nordics are putting hardware at the center of resilience. Helsing’s rise shows why not everyone is cheering.
As autonomy meets its limits, collaboration takes the lead. Across Nordic hardtech, the frontier of automation now lies in systems that keep humans in the loop — not as a constraint, but as a strength.
As the silicon era matures, Nordic hardtech founders are rethinking what progress means — turning matter itself into the next platform for innovation and resilience.
