June, 2026

• 17 June

  Confirmed: Musk buys Swede’s company

  

  Elon Musk is buying the AI company Anysphere, co-founded by Swede Arvid Lunnemark, among others. The sale has been finalized for $60 billion.There have long been rumors that Elon Musk’s SpaceX might buy Anysphere, and now the deal is done, Breakit reports. Anysphere has developed the AI tool Cursor, which competes with services from tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon. …

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• 17 June

  Commodore returns to phones — and it chose Jolla’s European operating system to do it

  

  The iconic computer brand returns to phones with the Commodore Callback 8020, built on Jolla’s Sailfish OS — a quiet alliance of two names that shape computing history. Two pieces of computing history just came together. Commodore — the brand behind the best-selling computer of all time — is returning to the phone market with the Commodore Callback 8020, a …

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• 17 June

  European ThisCussion Safeguards Your Discussions

  

  HELSINKI  — As the tech and creative worlds met in Helsinki last week for the Arctic15 and ODDfest festivals, a homegrown startup is launching a quiet revolution against the status quo of modern internet culture. After a three-week, invite-only beta phase involving several hundred users, the Finnish platform ThisCussion has officially opened its doors to the public. But do not …

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• 9 June

  Helsinki City Center Transforms into a Celebration of Culture and Creativity by Oddfest

  

  Helsinki — While summer urban festivals are increasingly held outside the immediate city center, this week brings an exception. First organized last year, the multidisciplinary ODDfest returns to the heart of Helsinki this week as an even larger, more comprehensive event. The three-part festival will spread across several iconic venues in the city center, including the Lasipalatsi Square, Bio Rex …

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• 9 June

  Arctic15 Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary in Helsinki

  

  Helsinki — The European startup landscape has undergone a profound transformation over the last decade and a half. What was once a fragmented ecosystem of localized tech hubs has matured into a deeply interconnected, cross-border network. At the center of this evolution in the Nordic and Baltic regions has been Arctic15, an annual gathering that has quietly subverted the typical, …

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May, 2026

• 31 May

  Latitude59: Defense Tech Takes the Focus in Nordics and Baltics

  

  Tallinn,, Estonia — From defense innovations to green tech breakthroughs: this year’s Latitude59 demonstrated Estonia’s evolving tech landscape, drawing global leaders to Tallinn. Last week, Latitude59, Estonia’s flagship tech conference, drew over 3,500 attendees from 70+ countries to Tallinn. Breaking with tradition, Latitude59 awarded equal victories to three Baltic startups, who secured a combined €675,000 in investments through a new …

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• 24 May

  Manje Health and Preventum Labs are the Winners of the MASSIV and FINITIV Programs

  

  During this year’s Latitude59 event, Mastercard announced the winners of the leading startup partnership program Mastercard Lighthouse in the Nordics and Baltics, consisting of two parallel classes: FINITIV, for fintech companies, and MASSIV, for startups in sustainability and social impact tech.Swedish Manje Health won the MASSIV program and Swedish Preventum Labs is the overall FINITIV winner.Manje Health is building compliant …

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• 24 May

  7Sense is Redefining Sight through the Power of Touch

  

  The intuitive nature of the technology is perhaps its most startling feature. Rather than overwhelming the user with complex audio cues or digital commands, the system communicates naturally through the sense of touch. Users can instantly feel the proximity, motion, speed, and size of surrounding objects. This immediate feedback loop is so effective that early testers have been able to …

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• 21 May

  Latitude59 Opens New Nordic Hard-earned Lessons to the World

  

  Tallinn, Estonia — Latitude59, the most international and influential startup and technology conference in the Baltics and the Nordic region, opened in Tallinn today, bringing together 3,000 participants from 70 countries.In his opening speech, the President of the Republic of Estonia Alar Karis, emphasized that AI has already transformed many jobs, and even bigger changes are likely still ahead. “If …

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• 21 May

  Latitude59 Opening Was an Intro to a Learning Excursion going on right now globally

  

  Tallinn — Minister of Economic Affairs & Industry of Estonia Erkki Keldo said Estonia wants to be a place where bold new ideas could be tested safely and quickly. “The next generation of billion-scale companies will be born where technology develops faster than legislation, and where the state dares to say ‘yes’ while others are still hesitating. Estonia does not …

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