2023 was an amazing year!
Hinrik the Founder and CEO of Atlas Primer talks about the phenomenal progress that has been made in Generative AI in the last year and how it will transform all startups that need to use language models
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The Mind, mental health and public healthcare
WHO has published a new report on the status of Mental Health and Mental Healthcare around the world and the result is not good. Most countries are falling short and the need is only growing rapidly. There are several solutions in the market that can help but they are not part of the mainstream healthcare.
Oddur Sturluson – SI 2022
Oddur has been a member of the Icelandic startup and innovation community since starting his first business while at university …
90 second pitch from founders
During the Startup Iceland Conference we allow small startups to come up on stage and do a 90 second pitch …
Mike McEvoy – Startup Iceland 2022
Mike McEvoy is the founder and CEO of OmniLayers , which is releasing a Space Time Registry as well as applications built …
Jón Ásgeirsson – Speaker Profile – SI 2022
Jón Ásgeirsson is an Executive Vice President for Strategy & Resource Park at HS Orka. The Resource Park is the …
Brad Burnham – Speaker Profile – SI2022
Brad Burnham will participate in Startup Iceland 2022. Brad is the other VC who came to Iceland on the inaugural event in 2012. Brad is a friend of Iceland and has shared a lot of insight on how policy matters for innovation and I am excited to listen to him
Booths for founders and entrepreneurs at SI 2022
We will be allowing Founders and Entrepreneurs to setup booths during Startup Iceland 2022. However, access to the event and …
Indó – Reinventing Banking
Indo is the first challenger bank in Iceland to have received a banking license. The founders will be hosting a meetup in partnership with Startup Iceland on May 12th to share their experience.
Björn Örvar – Speaker Profile – SI 2022
Bjorn Orvar the founder and chief scientist of ORF Genetics will be a keynote speaker in Startup Iceland 2022.
Haraldur Diego (Haddi) – Pilot, a good friend and human
Haraldur Diego (Haddi) my good friend, pilot and Volcano Pilot passed away last week in a bizarre accident. I will always remember him as a warm and generous friend. Rest in Peace my friend, I know you will always be flying over Iceland!
The Future of hemp concret in Iceland
Hempcrete. Hempcrete (hemp concrete) is one of the most environmentally friendly solutions worth considering when choosing a future material for …
The Art of Slowing Down to Speed Up
How often do you as a leader take time off? Not as in “watch Netflix for one night” or even …
How to have an open mind
Thoughts and ideas are based on what we expose our senses to, original thought is quite rare. If you are …
FutureCast #10 Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson – Space Iceland
In our newest edition of the FutureCast we talk to recovering politician Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson. Helgi is a software developer …
Icelandic Companies and Institutions that are supporting Innovation and Entrepreneurship
It’s no secret that there’s a vibrant community of startup companies in Iceland. In order for such a community to …
FutureCast #9 Ari Jónsson – NASA, CASSINI AWAREGO and Reykjavik University
A new episode of FutureCat is up on the web, this time we talk to Ari Jónsson. Ari is a …
Orca! The world’s best bet against climate change?
Today, the Swiss company Climeworks formally opened the air purification plant Orca in Iceland. It has only been sixteen months …
Preventing the “Us and Them” Company Culture – with Katie Keich
Every one of us wants our project to become something great and to grow rapidly. However, the balance between healthy …
The CASSINI Hackathon: EU Space data and protecting the Arctic
Startup Iceland will host the 2nd CASSINI hackathon in Reykjavik on Nov 5-7. The theme is using Space technologies to protect the Arctic region. Submit your ideas for the challenges.