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Text, photos and animation: Petri Kangas / Business Tampere The battery sector is gaining momentum across Europe. EU battery storage capacity grew by 45% in 2025, reports Reuters. Total installed capacity has increased tenfold since 2021, reaching 77.3 gigawatt-hours, according…

Photos, video and text: Petri Kangas / Business Tampere ”I would like to promote physical activity, especially in nature. Robots a bit like our Spot. Capable machines that people could take outdoors for hikes or even wilderness trips without them…

Text and photos: Petri Kangas / Business Tampere A snapped ankle during a basketball game in his early twenties changed the career plans of Dreamloop CEO Joni Lappalainen. Having just completed the Reserve Officer School, he had applied to and…

Text, video and photos: Petri KangasAdditional interview photos: Tapio Yliaho Ukraine’s Ambassador to Finland Mykhailo Vydoinyk considers winning the technological race essential for a favourable outcome to the war. According to Vydoinyk, it is crucial that Finnish and Ukrainian companies…

Startupit, drooniyritykset ja -ammattilaiset ratkovat 21.–23.1.2026 järjestettävässä tapahtumassa yritysten antamia tehtäviä. Palkintoina on 15 000 euroa, joka jaetaan haasteiden voittajien kesken. Lisäksi menestyjä voi valikoitua 17Techin kiihdytysohjelmaan (17tech.fi) ja saada jopa 40 000 € rahoitusta. Mahdollisuuteen sisältyy droonikehityksen asiantuntijatukea Ukrainassa…

The air at Tampere University’s Arvo campus buzzed with quiet anticipation as large group of healthcare stakeholders gathered for the MET Research Days Industrial Pre-event: HealthAI & Digital Twins, organized by Business Tampere and Tampere University. The event brought together…

Text, photos, videos: Petri Kangas / Business Tampere ”LifeGlue Technologies has customers more or less around the world. Our estimate is that the market size, which is currently growing rapidly, will reach about 35 billion dollars by 2034”, says CEO…

  Cooperation between industry and emerging technology companies is being strengthened in Tampere. One possible operating model is the arrival of the international Plug and Play Tech Center in Tampere, as the first location in Finland. Startup Innovation Day Tampere…

Amid the AI boom and growing cyber threats, a Tampere-based company created a service that brings directive- and regulation-compliant security practices within the reach of small businesses. Without EU funding the project would not have been possible. The level of…

Tutkimusorganisaatiot, rakentamisen yritykset ja tekoälyosaajat vauhdittavat rakennusalan digitalisaatiota ja kilpailukykyä AI Champion -aloitteella. Tampereen yliopisto koordinoi hanketta, jossa toimijat rakentamisen elinkaaren eri vaiheista ratkovat haasteita yhdessä tekoälykehittäjien kanssa.  Digitalisaatiokehitys on ollut rakennusalalla useita muita aloja verkkaisempaa. Datan standardointi ja uudenlaiset…