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Benchmark, the storied venture firm, sees the AI race as still wide open

Yesterday in Helsinki, this editor interviewed four of the six general partners at Benchmark, the nearly 30-year-old Silicon Valley firm that’s known for some notable bets (Uber, Dropbox), paying ea

Helsinki rides the Slush wave toward a booming startup future

In September 2020, Helsinki’s City Council approved plans for an expansion of the existing “Maria 01 Campus,” a former downtown hospital complex. Even before it starts spreading its

Talking the future of media with Northzone’s Pär-Jörgen Pärson

We live in the subscription streaming era of media. Across film, TV, music, and audiobooks, subscription streaming platforms now shape the market. Gaming and podcasting could be next. Where are the st

Update: Jolla Crowdfunds $380K+ To Build An iPad Alternative

Finnish smartphone startup Jolla has revealed the next step in its hardware journey: it's making a tablet, albeit The Jolla Tablet will be crowdfunded. So this is mostly a pitch for pre-orders right n

After Divorcing Microsoft, Nokia Reveals The N1, An Android Tablet Hitting China First

Today at the Slush conference in Helsinki, home-town hero Nokia — the part of the business that did not get sold off to Microsoft, that is — has revealed its first device: the N1, a i