VivaTech 2026 marks its 10th anniversary with a record-breaking edition [Sponsored]

From June 17 to 20, 2026, VivaTech welcomed more than 200,000 visitors at Paris Porte de Versailles, setting a new attendance record for its 10th anniversary edition. Held under the joint presence of …

OpenAI told Cannes it is “clearly in the advertising business now.” The numbers say it is barely in the door.
OpenAI told Cannes it is “clearly in the advertising business now.” The numbers say it is barely in the door.

OpenAI made its debut at the Cannes Lions advertising festival this week, but it did not book a beach club on the Croisette alongside Meta, Amazon, and Google. Instead, the company summoned reporters and agency executives to a semi-secluded villa near …

Cannes insights: What a two-time major champion knows about marketing that CMOs don’t
Cannes insights: What a two-time major champion knows about marketing that CMOs don’t

For one week every June, the advertising industry decamps to the French Riviera to take its own temperature. The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, now in its 72nd year, ran from 16 to 20 June 2025 and drew roughly 15,000 delegates from…

Small country, big ambitions: What Nexus Luxembourg 2026 revealed about Europe’s tech future
Small country, big ambitions: What Nexus Luxembourg 2026 revealed about Europe’s tech future

One of the best parts of my job is discovering lesser-known cities and exploring their tech and startup ecosystems. Often, it’s the places that attract the least attention that leave the biggest impre…

London Tech Week 2026: the AI billions, the US build-out, and a royal first
London Tech Week 2026: the AI billions, the US build-out, and a royal first

London Tech Week wrapped its 12th edition this week, after three days of main-stage programming at Olympia from 8 to 10 June, with fringe events running across the city through Friday. The festival drew more than 30,000 people from over 130 countries, …

Two days to go: TNW’s Amsterdam gathering on what it takes to win in AI-native SaaS
Two days to go: TNW’s Amsterdam gathering on what it takes to win in AI-native SaaS

If you have been meaning to register for the TNW, Oneflow & Flexas Gathering Amsterdam and have not got round to it, this is the moment. The event takes place on Wednesday 3 June at De Weesper on Weesperstraat, and the guest list is nearly full. Ti…

EU-Nough tech rules? Founders, policymakers, and operators meet in Amsterdam to discuss Europeʼs scaling reality
EU-Nough tech rules? Founders, policymakers, and operators meet in Amsterdam to discuss Europeʼs scaling reality

Independent research by DutchBasecamp and Ogni, based on 150+ founder perspectives acrossEurope, will be revealed at an exclusive Amsterdam event co-hosted with CCIA Europe on June 30. Across Europe, startup and scale-up founders are increasingly warni…

Meet the speakers: Who is taking the stage at the TNW, Oneflow & Flexas gathering in Amsterdam?
Meet the speakers: Who is taking the stage at the TNW, Oneflow & Flexas gathering in Amsterdam?

Four guests, one question: when everyone has AI, what will actually make a SaaS company win? The panel on 3 June in Amsterdam will try to answer it. There is a moment, somewhere between the third and the fourth AI feature release of the quarter, when e…

The SEO conference circuit in 2026 is one long argument about what comes next
The SEO conference circuit in 2026 is one long argument about what comes next

One of the confirmed sessions at MozCon’s New York date is titled “Preparing for the Death of the Open Web.” The speaker is Mike King, founder of digital marketing agency iPullRank. It is not the most alarming talk title on the 2026 conference calendar…

2026 America Innovates | Responsible For All Our Digital Maps, Jack Dangermond Loves The Word ‘Where’

Alex Knapp sits down with Jack Dangermond at America Innovates in San Francisco, California.