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FI October 2026

October 2026

18 events

28 From Silicon Valley to Helsinki: What Finnish Founders Learned in the AI Capital 17:00 · Meetup Clair Founder Story 18:00
29 AI in Finance - The Future of Work 17:00 · Meetup Co-Founder Curious 17:30
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1 Hamina Wireless: Atypical Founder & AI Story 18:00 · Meetup
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3 Founders Running Club :: Helsinki 10:00 · Meetup RoboSauna - Aalto Robotics Club 16:00
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7 n8n AI Meetup Helsinki 16:30 · Meetup Vibe Coding Finland: October meetup with Antilooppi at VERK 17:30 Product Design in the AI Era 18:00 Haskell Office Hours 19:00
8 Building in the Real World: Discussion w/ David Helgason (ex-CEO Unity, Partner at Transition VC) 15:15 · Meetup
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10 Founders Running Club :: Helsinki 10:00 · Meetup
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14 Find Your Cofounder 17:00 · Meetup
15 Building Physical AI 17:45 · Meetup
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17 Founders Running Club :: Helsinki 10:00 · Meetup
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19 Upright Project Founder Story 18:00 · Meetup
20 Lypsylehmät ja yksisarviset 12:30 · Meetup Navigating Male-Dominated Environments: Roundtable 16:00 Founder Funding 1: How does fundraising work in hardware startups? 18:00
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22 Prompt Talks 2: Understanding the Quantum AI Business 18:00 · Meetup
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27 Co-founder Matchmaking Helsinki 17:00 · Meetup
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About Helsinki · October 2026

November is the whole story in Helsinki, with Junction and Slush stacked back to back. Junction on Nov 13 puts about 2,000 builders in Hype Areena for 48 hours of AI, hardware and fintech tracks. Slush on Nov 18 brings roughly 6,000 startups and 3,500 investors, with pre-booked matchmaking worth booking before you land. Before that, the Aaltoes Prompt Operations Hackathon runs Oct 24, and Startuplab hosts a Slush dinner on Nov 18.

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