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What the history of web search tells us about the future of consumer AI
What the history of web search tells us about the future of consumer AI
25 years ago, Google won the search engine race by being 10x better than the state of the art (remember Altavista and…
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App Stores for ChatGPT and Claude
App Stores for ChatGPT and Claude
Imagine an app store for your conversational AI assistant. A place where you could browse, install, and purchase…
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What Will Characterize Computer Use in an AI-First World?
What Will Characterize Computer Use in an AI-First World?
In an AI-first world, computer use will be transformed in three ways: Language-oriented: Interaction is shift to our…
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LLMs as the Interface to Everything
LLMs as the Interface to Everything
- The Rise of a New UI Paradigm Look at the recent capabilities of leading LLM environments and squint — and you can…
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We can all be numbers people!
We can all be numbers people!
Working with numbers and data does not have to be so intimidating. We all have a need to explore, explain and…
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A Notebook Environment for Spreadsheets
A Notebook Environment for Spreadsheets
Computational notebooks have taken the Data Science world by storm over the last few years. And for a good reason.
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I'm an introvert. It may be my biggest strength.
I'm an introvert. It may be my biggest strength.
I have founded 5 companies, sold 3 of them with nice returns, raised ~$20M in venture capital, spoken at countless…
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Spreadsheets as a UI pattern — leveraging knowledge workers’ existing skills
Spreadsheets as a UI pattern — leveraging knowledge workers’ existing skills
This article was originally published on the GRID blog After a somewhat quiet decade or so, the last few years have…
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Hjalmar Gislason shared thisA lot of builders are vibe-coding their own personal knowledge bases / "second brains" these days. For several I've met, this is their most ambitious side-project, even hoping to ship it as a product. I'm guilty of this myself. Been gradually building for 2.5 years now. Use it continuously. It feeds on my email and calendar; notes and todo-lists; social media; phone call records and messages; and journal entries for every day all the way back to 2011. The system deduplicates and normalizes entities and connects them in a graph. Semantic search and embeddings across it all. An MCP interface to query it from Claude. Automated and authenticated connections into a range of sources and exports in various formats. I reach for this system dozens of times a day. It is an incredible resource for me and the way I work. And that's the big realization: This is a system built for me and how I work. It makes me better at being me. It is unlikely to fit anyone else's ways of working or thinking. This realization is quite liberating. Now that I accept that it is a system for me, I build it differently, I maintain it differently. I build out features that are just for me without thinking that they won't be useful (or fun) for anyone else. Coming to terms with building for an audience of one should not be a disappointment. It's a sign of a future where we all customize and tweak the software and systems we use to run our lives. P.S. I wrote more broadly about software for an audience of one here: https://lnkd.in/dutPDqQN
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Hjalmar Gislason shared thisNetwork effects. Proprietary data. Regulation. Trust. Production readiness. Deep domain expertise. UX. Go-to-market. Problem selection. Nine things about software that matter more, not less, now that the code is (almost) free: https://lnkd.in/di6aGHvM
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Hjalmar Gislason posted thisAfter more than a decade preferring the Google Suite - and other alternatives - I find myself using Word and PowerPoint again, just because Claude can work with them. Am I alone?
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Hjalmar Gislason shared this"We choose to do it not because it is easy, but because it is hard." Those words haunted me after writing yesterday's post about the software explosion and apps for the audience of one. Instead of jumping on opportunities that have become easy - what are things that were impossible, but are now "merely" hard? https://lnkd.in/dutPDqQN
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Hjalmar Gislason shared thisBuilding for an Audience of One We builders like to build. And when we’ve built something, we believe it deserves an audience. If it was hard to build, it should be of value to others. Only things worth the effort cleared the bar for getting created in the first place. Effort was a filter. Now, this filter is largely gone. Tools like Claude Code, Cursor, Replit, Lovable have collapsed the distance from idea to reality. Non-programmers can ship software. Programmers can ship ten times more of it. But the mindset has not caught up. We are still fixated on a larger audience. And the data says we’re doing this in record numbers: Domain registrations surged in 2025 after two years of near-zero growth. New iOS app submissions, which had been declining steadily since 2016, jumped 24% last year, then accelerated to an 84% year-over-year gain in Q1 2026 alone. Every builder is rushing their new creation out to reach a larger audience. We may have to get comfortable with the idea of building for an audience of one. Post here: https://lnkd.in/dutPDqQN
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Hjalmar Gislason shared thisHybrid AI + UI workflows are the future. Let AI do the grunt-work, but use familiar editing patterns to refine. Double-clicking a spreadsheet cell to edit is a natural reaction. Despite the slickness, this is not an end-user product. Our customers are AI companies, integrating spreadsheets into their solutions - and we power everything from the tool-calls for generation and detailed feedback loops an LLM needs to do its best work, to the editing interface.Hjalmar Gislason shared thisTake a look at what becomes possible when you bring together a Language Model and our Spreadsheet Calculation Engine 🧠 This is a demonstration we built to show what you can create with GRID's technology. A language model that creates spreadsheets step by step, modifies individual cells without having to regenerate everything, and keeps a full version history as you go. When you're done, download it and keep working in Excel or any spreadsheet software of your choosing. The demo brings together two of our core technologies: the Spreadsheet Editor and the headless Spreadsheet Engine. Both are available to license. Get in touch here on LinkedIn or at info@grid.is if you want to build with them.
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Hjalmar Gislason shared thisThis morning, I sat with a group of 3rd-year university students in economics, business, and engineering. The topic of discussion: AI and its impact on the job market and society. I was asked the question: "What skills should I focus on to be well-positioned through these changes?" For me, the answer is simple - and actually the same as before the AI wave hit us: "Curiosity and communication skills." Those who are fast-learners, adopt technology rapidly, use it to their advantage, and can communicate their ideas clearly and understandably will always have countless opportunities. Or, to quote what my friend Kjartan put so well yesterday: "There is always a demand for people who have *the spark*."
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Hjalmar Gislason shared thisWe're all product managers now! Programmers, analysts, designers, end-users - with the rise of AI coding, we've all become product managers. Product management is the art of the *what* and the *why*: * Defining the problem worth solving. * Knowing which feature to prioritize and which to cut. * Understanding the user well enough to build the right thing in the first place. This sounds like good news. But here's the uncomfortable part: Product management has always been one of the hardest, least-defined roles in tech. No formal training. No clear output. And yet some people are extraordinary at it: Genuine user empathy, UX intuition, the ability to say no, and knowing which problem is actually worth solving. Even good PMs will have a hard time explaining what exactly it is that they do and how to become as good as them. So yes, we're all PMs now. The question is: How do we become good ones?
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Hjalmar Gislason reacted on thisVið Stefán Hafsteinsson höfum undanfarið verið að smíða nýja lausn sem er hönnuð til að létta á stjórnum húsfélaga: Húsró. Hugmyndin að verkefninu kviknaði þegar við sáum hversu miklum tíma sjálfboðaliðar í stjórnum eyða í reksturinn og hversu dýrt er að útvista hann. Húsró flokkar færslur, býr til ársreikning og rekstrar- og framkvæmdaáætlun og stillir upp húsfélagsgjöldum eftir eignarhlutfalli. En Húsró sér ekki bara um bókhaldið. Meðal annars er hægt að bóka húsfund og senda boð á alla í húsfélaginu, búa til fundargerð og halda utan um kvittanir og skjöl. Á næstunni verður svo hægt að halda utan um framkvæmdir og óska eftir tilboðum með einföldum hætti. Við erum mjög spennt fyrir framhaldinu og ef þetta hljómar áhugavert getið þið séð meira á https://www.husro.is og skoðað sýnidæmi á https://demo.husro.is Ef þið viljið vera með þeim fyrstu til að prófa, sendið okkur þá línu á hallo@husro.is Shoutout á Naglasúpan fyrir frábært framlag!Hjalmar Gislason reacted on thisCongratulations to Eva Dögg Steingrímsdóttir and Stefán Hafsteinsson who have won the Naglasúpan Hvítlaukur prize with husro.is Húsró is a new option for housing associations looking to save both time and money. There’s always that awkward silence whenever the housing association looks for new administrators. Nobody wants it, and when someone suggests reaching out to a paid service everyone baulks at the fees. Húsró is aiming to automate away the pain of doing this manually and, at 620 kr per apartment, it’s doing so at a price that is impossible to refuse. The platform aims to be a one-stop shop for everything housing-association-related. Bookkeeping, financial statements, organizing house meetings, managing construction and maintenance projects, and even requesting quotes and services from contractors. In combination with the near-term roadmap containing banking integrations, this really looks like it could become an absolute given for housing associations across the country. The site is slick and beautifully designed and it is again testament to the time we live in that two people have whipped this up in their spare time. There’s a demo available at demo.husro.is and you can join the waiting list for a free trial.
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Hjalmar Gislason reacted on thisBig news from us today on EVE Online’s 23rd birthday! Very excited for this new chapter ahead. 🐺Hjalmar Gislason reacted on thisFor nearly 29 years, we have been guided by a bold idea: that virtual worlds can be more meaningful than real life. Today, on EVE Online's 23rd birthday, we are marking one of the most significant transitions in our company's history. We are becoming Fenris Creations: an independent company with its own ownership and governance structure, designed to support long-term investment in persistent live games and the future of the EVE universe. The name Fenris Creations is inspired by Norse myth, but it is also rooted in our own history. Back in 1997, we were captivated by a belief that has shaped us ever since: for a virtual world to have meaning, it must be shaped by risk, loss, renewal, and the people who inhabit it. In short: death is a serious matter. That belief was there from the beginning. Our very first published game carried the name Fenris on the box, a reminder of the kinds of worlds we wanted to build. Nearly three decades later, Fenris Creations carries that first idea forward into a new era. Our name and structure are changing, but our roots and ideals remain the same: building living universes shaped by people, trust, consequence, and time. We are grateful to Pearl Abyss for their partnership and support since 2018, and for the role they have played in this chapter of our journey. As we look ahead, we are excited to begin a research partnership with Google DeepMind, exploring intelligent behaviour in complex, dynamic systems. A new name. An independent future. Another important step on the path to EVE Forever. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dqiGe9qR
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Hjalmar Gislason liked thisHjalmar Gislason liked thisStikla komin fyrir Um tímann og vatnið, Time and Water. Myndin er framleidd af National Geographic Documentary Films og hin Óskars tilnefnda Sara Dosa er leikstjóri (fyrir Fire of Love), aðalframleiðandi er Shane Boris sem fékk Óskarinn fyrir Navalni ásamt Elijah Stevens og Jameka Autry. Myndin er sýnd á kvikmyndahátíðum um allan heim þessa dagana. Myndin er að miklu leyti ofin úr myndefni sem fjölskylda mín hefur tekið – úr verður einhverskonar ástarbréf til Íslands og jökla og kynslóða fortíðar og framtíðar. Þarna eru myndir sem Árni afi tók á 16mm filmu frá 1955, Kristín Björnsdóttir móðir mín tók frá 1975 á 8mm filmu og það sem ég hef skotið frá 1995. Semsagt þrjár kynslóðir að kvikmynda í 70 ár. Það er síðan bundið saman af kólombískum tökumanni Pablo Alvares Mesa. Efnið var umfangsmikið þannig að mikið mæddi á klippiteyminu Erin Casper, Jocelyne Chaput, and Mark Harrison. Þarna birtist öll fjölskyldan Magni Jónsson í sólbaði og mamma í 10 ára afmælinu sínu, Hulda amma og afi og brúðkaupsferðin á Vatnajökli ásamt ferðum með Jöklarannsóknafélag Íslands Iceland Glaciological Society. Þarna eru Jón og Dísa og grágrýtisbrúðkaupið þeirra á Sléttu, þarna er Margrét Sjöfn Torp og Hlynur Snær Andrason, nýfæddur Hulda Filippía Andradóttir Elín Freyja Andradóttir og Kristín Lovísa Andradóttir, þarna er Jón Pétur Magnason bróðir minn og Hulda Brá Magnadóttir systir mín og John frændi bregður fyrir Friends & Amigos John Thorbjarnarson. Myndin hefur verið þrjú ár í vinnslu á vegum Nat Geo en það eru 17 ár síðan Halldóra Jóhanna Þorláksdóttir hratt verkinu af stað og ég byrjaði að safna í sarpinn fyrir alvöru. Öflugt teymi stendur á bak við myndina heima og erlendis. Teiknimyndir og grafík gerði Lucy Munger, Hljóðheiminn gerði Björn Viktorsson, íslenskir framleiðendur eru Heather Millard og Kristín Ólafs, Heimir Freyr Hlöðversson, Freyja Kristinsdottir og Karólína Stefánsdóttir. Það er sjaldgæft að heimildarmyndir rati í kvikmyndahús, hún fer í sýningar 29. maí og verða sýndar í London, New York, LA, San Francisco og víðar, Síðan verður hún í streymi á Disney+. Ég er að gera íslensku talsetninguna í næstu viku – vil ekki koma heim með mynd og tala ensku á hvíta tjaldinu. Hún ætti að fara í sýningar í lok sumars. https://lnkd.in/gnRHA6b3Time and Water | Official Trailer | National Geographic Documentary FilmsTime and Water | Official Trailer | National Geographic Documentary Films
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Hjalmar Gislason liked thisHjalmar Gislason liked thisGot my new site over the line, which means the thoughts I've been knocking around in my head finally have somewhere to go 🎉 Starting with one I keep seeing in my own circles: senior devs with AI are wildly more productive, which is quietly changing the math on hiring juniors in a way nobody's loudly admitting 👀 I don't think we're really talking enough about what that does to the pipeline 5-10 years from now. Are you seeing this where you are? Has your team's hiring pattern actually shifted, or is the conversation just doom-y but the numbers haven't moved yet? 👉 https://lnkd.in/dMvxXU9S
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Hjalmar Gislason liked thisÞað er orðið mjög brýnt að stjórnvöld fari að taka tillit til þeirra áhrifa sem gervigreindin kemur til með að hafa. Þar á meðal í atvinnustefnu.Hjalmar Gislason liked thisÉg skrifaði grein um yfirsjón stjórnvalda við mótun atvinnustefnu til ársins 2035. Engin heildstæð greining liggur fyrir á því hvernig áhrif gervigreindarknúin sjálfvirknivæðing mun hafa á íslenskan vinnumarkað næstu ár. Umræðan hér á landi byggir að mestu á erlendum rannsóknum sem eru síðan yfirfærðar á íslenskar aðstæður án þess að við vitum hvort þær eigi hér við. En jafnvel erlendar rannsóknir á áhrifum gervigreindar á vinnumarkað eru ekki til umfjöllunar í nýrri atvinnustefnu stjórnvalda. Tökum fiskeldi sem dæmi. Í atvinnustefnunni er fiskeldi kynnt sem mikilvægt vaxtartækifæri fyrir landsbyggðina og útflutning þjóðarinnar. En hversu lengi verða þessi störf til í þeirri mynd sem við þekkjum í dag? Ég set hlekk á greinina í athugasemdir 👇
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Hjalmar Gislason liked thisHjalmar Gislason liked thisUSA, here we come! I'm excited to share that Treble Technologies has now officially begun building out our operations on the US west coast, with Vineet Ganju leading the effort as US General Manager. For a while, the US has been one of our most important markets, home to many of our largest and most forward-leaning customers, and much of the innovation we care about. This is an important step for us and one that brings us closer to many of the people we’re building for. Vineet brings decades of experience taking deep, technical products to market, especially in audio. But beyond the resume, what stood out to me immediately was his clarity of thought, his energy, and how naturally he connects with both the technology and the people behind it. After spending time together over the past weeks, I couldn’t be more excited to work with him as we scale Treble in the US. Big moment for us - exciting times ahead! Stay tuned, we'll be bringing more people on board soon.
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Hjalmar Gislason liked thisHjalmar Gislason liked thisVil benda á mjög kjarnyrta greiningu sem Hjalmar Gislason kom með um gervigreind á Íslandi og ákall um tafarlausir aðgerðir á Facebook; https://lnkd.in/dDe_Di5f og nánar hér https://lnkd.in/ddXmRb_n. Hjá Reykjavíkurborg höfum við Píratar þegar komið af stað innleiðingu, áætlunum og frekari aðgerðum tengt mörgum af þessum tillögum, allavega að hluta, og langaði mig að fara yfir þær hér að hluta; - Aðgerð 1 - Skýr og sameinuð stjórnsýsluleg ábyrgð: Stafrænt ráð sem við komum á laggirnar strax í upphafi þessa kjörtímabils nær þvert yfir öll svið borgarinnar og er með pólitíska ábyrgð. Þjónustu- og nýsköpunarsvið sem við stofnuðum 2019 heldur svo utan um alla framkvæmdina. Þá erum við í stöðugu samstarfi við m.a. Stafrænt Ísland, Samband íslenskra sveitarfélaga og Samtök sveitarfélaga á höfuðborgarsvæðinu, en þörf er á því að taka það á samstarf á næsta stig og þá sérstaklega tengt gervigreindinni líkt og við ávörpum í nýju stafrænu stefnu borgarinnar sem gáfum út á dögunum. - Aðgerð 2 - Regluverk innleidd hratt: Reykjavík samþykkti í júní 2025 tilmæli um notkun gervigreindar, byggð á AI Act ESB og öryggisflokkun gagna ríkisins. Fyrst sveitarfélaga á Íslandi. Sjá nánar hér; https://lnkd.in/dyBak-PV - Aðgerð 3 - Uppbygging fullveldisinnviða: Áhættuflokkun gagna og tóla innan borgarinnar er nákvæmlega til þess gerð að viðkvæm gögn rati ekki í opin erlend tól. Í aðgerð 2.5 í stafrænu stefnu borgarinnar kemur auk þess eftirfarandi fram; ,,Greina forsendur stafræns fullveldis og út frá niðurstöðum innleiða opnar hugbúnaðarlausnir með áherslu á gagnaöryggi, samvirkni, eignarhald innviða og endurnýtanleika.” - Aðgerð 4 - Stóraukin fræðsla og valdefling: Meginmarkmið 3 í stafrænu stefnu borgarinnar tekur vel utan um þessa aðgerð. Torgið, stafrænt fræðslukerfi borgarinnar, á að efla stafræna hæfni starfsfólks og stjórnenda með sérstaka áherslu á m.a. hagnýtingu gervigreindar og ábyrga notkun. Þá hefur verið mikil áhersla á fræðslu um stafræna borgaravitund innan skóla- og frístundastarfsins. Næsta skref er í auknum mæli fræðsla til íbúa, tæknilæsi og ábyrg hegðun í stafrænum heimi til að tryggja aðgengi, jöfnuð og öryggi. Þar þurfum við að fara í stórt átak með ríkinu og efla gagnrýnið upplýsingalæsi fyrir alla aldurshópa . - Aðgerð 5 - Þverfaglegt gervigreindarráð: Þessu þarf að koma á strax! Meginmarkmið 2.1 í stafrænu stefnu borgarinnar kemur einmitt inn á þverfaglegt samstarf og samnýtingu innviða. Þar leggjum við m.a. til að formfesta samstarf um sameiginlega stafræna opinbera innviði, m.a. net- og upplýsingaöryggi, gervigreind og þjónustulausnir þvert á stjórnsýslustig. Takk fyrir að halda þessari mikilvægu umræðu á lofti Hjálmar!
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Hjalmar Gislason liked thisHjalmar Gislason liked thisHvernig get ég bæði sagt að einkabíllinn sé skilvirkasti OG óskilvirkasti ferðamátinn? WTF hugsar þú - en lof mér að útskýra. Þessi þversögn er einmitt ástæðan fyrir því að samgöngu- og bílastæðamál eru svo erfið. Þegar íbúi á höfuðborgarsvæðinu tekur ákvörðun um hvernig eigi að fara ferð af ákveðinni lengd, fær ferðatími mikið vægi. Af því við höfum í áratugi byggt dreifða byggð og góða innviði fyrir einkabílinn er hann í mörgum tilfellum ennþá hraðasti valkosturinn. Hann er oft skilvirkastur (þeas sneggstur í einstökum ferðum) af því að kerfið er honum í hag. En við höfum gert okkur bjarnargreiða með því að veðja öllu á einkabílinn, af því að hann er óskilvirkasta leiðin til þess að leysa ferðaþörf okkar sem samfélags. Einkabíllinn krefst miklu meira rýmis en aðrir ferðamátar, bæði á götunum og í bílastæðum. Hann krefst meiri innviða miðað við afkastagetu en aðrir ferðamátar. Hann er líka dýrasta leiðin til að leysa ferðaþörf okkar sem samfélags. Hann kostar samfélagið í innviðum og kostar einstaklingana í innkaupum, lánum og rekstri. Hann kostar okkur líka í heilsu - sem vill oft gleymast. Ergo - oft skilvirkasta lausnin í einstökum ákvörðunum (enn sem komið er) en óskilvirkasta fyrir okkur sem samfélag. Þess vegna er hvort tveggja satt á sama tíma: að við þurfum að breyta um stefnu - og að margir eigi erfitt með að skilja af hverju. Breytingin er byrjuð en hún mun taka tíma og aðlögunarhæfni hjá okkur öllum. Viltu vita meira? Hlustaðu á hlaðvarp Gímaldsins, þar sem ég fékk að deila loftinu með goðsögninni Ásdísi Hlökk. Asdis Hlokk Theodorsdottir Ekki er gestgjafinn heldur af verra taginu, Eyrún Magnúsdóttir. Ert þú ekki örugglega að styðja frjálsa og óháða blaðamennsku? Fáðu þér áskrift á www.gimaldid.is. Gímaldið https://lnkd.in/dtRamg9vBörn og bílastæði: Reykjavík er unglingur í borgarþróunBörn og bílastæði: Reykjavík er unglingur í borgarþróun
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DOPA: source and data platform for economic and financial information in Europe
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A data market for European financial information, integrating structured and web sources.
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DataMarket helps business users find and understand data, and data providers efficiently publish their data and reach new audiences.
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DOPA: Data Supply Chains for Pools, Services and Analytics in Economics and Finance
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DOPA, an EC FP7 project, has been designed to provide solutions to gaps observed in the EU environment, pointing out the need to develop and implement a source and exploitation platform for economic and financial information in Europe that would altogether:
- Have the right scale, to leverage the wealth of information that is created and circulated in today’s information economy especially on the Internet
- Lower the technical and financial barrier to access and use, especially for SMEs…DOPA, an EC FP7 project, has been designed to provide solutions to gaps observed in the EU environment, pointing out the need to develop and implement a source and exploitation platform for economic and financial information in Europe that would altogether:
- Have the right scale, to leverage the wealth of information that is created and circulated in today’s information economy especially on the Internet
- Lower the technical and financial barrier to access and use, especially for SMEs and research groups with limited capacity
- Reflect Europe’s diversity (in terms of languages and countries but also in variety of industries, size etc.) To address these challenges, the DOPA consortium will focus on developing the first large scale and multi-vertical economic and financial data platform useful for all economic actors, regardless of their industry, size and country. It will also open new possibilities for researchers in this domain to design and conduct large-scale data intensive experiments.
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5V Media
🎥 IBC 2025 Interview Series - Ville-Veikko Mattila Kicking off our IBC conversations with Ville-Veikko Mattila (Head of Multimedia Technologies Unit at Nokia) - a true pioneer in multimedia research and standardisation. We spoke about: ✨ The importance of interoperability in media tech 📡 The role of standards in driving global innovation 🎮 Volumetric & 360° video as the next wave of immersive content 🚀 How emerging codecs like VVC are shaping scalable distribution ⏳ The challenge of bringing breakthrough technology to market faster From redefining viewer control and perspective in 3D environments to closing the gap between research and real-world adoption, this one sets the tone for the future of media. And stay tuned… we’ll be sharing insights from all the brilliant leaders we met at IBC over the coming days and weeks. #IBC2025 #5VMedia #Nokia #FutureOfMedia #VolumetricVideo #VVC #MediaTech #StreamingInnovation #IBCShowreel Frederique Slezak-Doreau I Keith Chow I Steph PARSONS I Georgia HARRIS-EVERITT I Josh SEELEY I Dan BURRELL I 5V Video
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✪ Alan Gray (LION)
Dacke Industri’s acquisition of Milan-based Blink S.r.l. is more than another mid-market M&A headline. Blink’s CANbus keypads sit right at the human–machine interface in marine, off-highway and agricultural machines. We looked at what the deal actually changes for OEMs and integrators, and how it fits into Dacke’s broader European control-systems strategy. 🔗 Read the NewsBlaze follow-up: https://lnkd.in/gq8RaTbe If you’re in industrial automation, off-highway, marine or M&A and have thoughts on where HMI and control systems are headed, I’d love to hear them. #CANbus #HMI #IndustrialAutomation #OffHighway #MarineIndustry #MandA Lars Åleby Riccardo Arienti
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Karel Boek
The hourly license model for Ant Media Server is here. It’s been many years since media server providers offered hourly licensing*. Now, hourly BYOL for the Enterprise Edition is back. As a trusted Ant Media technology partner and system integrator, Raskenlund helps customers design, deploy, and operate Ant Media Server solutions at scale. Per-hour licensing is also great match for Infragrip. With the right contextual triggers and autoscaling, expenses can closely follow the revenue stream, providing full control and clear insight into the sustainability of your media platform, hour by hour. (* 𝘖𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘻𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘞𝘚 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦.
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RedTech News
Local content is expanding. Production teams are spreading across more locations. The question is whether broadcast workflows are keeping up. In this guest commentary, Jorma Kivelä, co-founder and CTO of Jutel Oy RadioMan, argues that mobile tools and centralized automation are reshaping how broadcasters manage regional output and multisite production. He describes how some broadcasters are replacing hardware-heavy regional setups with mobile reporting and centralized playout, allowing journalists to file reports directly into automation systems while maintaining synchronized regional windows and consistent scheduling. The same approach, he says, can also support fast-paced sports coverage across multiple venues without traditional outside broadcast infrastructure. 👉 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eN9_yCbd #RedTechNews #RadioAutomation #BroadcastWorkflows #Jutel
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Ruth Kuehn
It’s exciting to see this partnership between the EBU and NVIDIA take shape – a result of ongoing dialogue and collaboration that began, in part, during our EBU Technical Committee Study Tour to the U.S. earlier this year. I had the privilege of being part of that journey, and our day with NVIDIA in Santa Clara left a strong impression: open, respectful, and deeply constructive. And we had fun on top. Now, this collaboration goes beyond technology. It is a bold step towards sovereign, responsible AI for public service media – built on European values like transparency, accountability, cultural identity, and sustainability. As someone who has long worked at the intersection of media, technology, and innovation – including as Senior Technology Manager and Chief AI Officer Technology at Deutsche Welle – I see this as a defining moment. Public broadcasters are not just catching up with AI trends. We are shaping how AI is developed and applied, in ways that reflect our unique mandate to serve the public interest. The focus on secure, locally governed cloud and AI infrastructure is crucial. It’s not only about performance and scalability, but also about data control, compliance with EU regulations, and preserving editorial independence in an increasingly automated world. This is where the EBU’s Dynamic Media Facility (DMF) and Media eXchange Layer architecture come in – enabling an ecosystem where AI and cloud services can grow responsibly, and with real sovereignty. Combined with NVIDIA’s training resources and technical expertise, we now have a platform to build trustworthy solutions that are both cutting-edge and compliant. Responsible AI isn’t just a buzzword. It’s a necessity – and a shared responsibility. I’m proud to contribute to this important direction. #ResponsibleAI #SovereignAI #PublicServiceMedia #AIForGood #EBUTech #DigitalSovereignty #TrustworthyAI #EuropeanValues #DWTech #mind4media
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Matti Nevala
Software Factory Last week, Google introduced the Gemini 3 Deep Think model and released its benchmark results late Thursday evening Finnish time. It is worth noting that the model is still operating in research mode and builds on previously developed architectures. Even so, it delivered exceptional performance across multiple benchmarks while using significantly less energy. New announcements are coming on a weekly basis. In many ways, this is a natural progression as the world’s leading technology companies compete to build more efficient and capable models. However, the results of Gemini 3 Deep Think prompted a more practical question: what happens when models like this move into full production use? How will they reshape our organizations and the way we operate? This line of thinking led me to reflect on a concept that has gained traction recently: the “software factory.” Within our team, we maintain an active dialogue around AI development. People are continuously experimenting with new tools, and I see it as essential that we leverage the experience of our current team when exploring how to apply emerging technologies. At the same time, we must remain open to rethinking processes and established ways of working. For a software company, the accelerating pace of tooling innovation challenges traditional development processes. They need to be redesigned. One clear observation is that seamless integration between tools is critical. At the same time, we must ensure that advancements in models consistently accelerate our work rather than slow it down. This leads toward an operating model where key areas of software development are supported by agents that continuously leverage improving models. When executed well, development becomes not only faster but also higher in quality. What does this mean for recruitment and talent? The focus shifts even more toward experienced full-stack architects and product builders. Modern tools can quickly elevate the productivity of junior developers, but the ability to critically assess where tools or agents fall short requires deeper experience. When the bar is set high and the team consists of top-tier professionals, it creates a virtuous cycle that attracts more exceptional talent. At the same time, the importance of people at the customer interface only increases. We must deeply understand our customers’ processes, operational challenges, and real-world constraints. This understanding enables us to define stronger product specifications, and with AI-assisted workflows, execute against them faster than ever. The pace is already intense. Companies are well advised to focus on their core operations and increasingly rely on SaaS-based solutions to run mission-critical functions. Based on what I see that is the most effective way to ensure continuous access to the industry’s evolving best practices.
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EU-Startups
Yrdvaab Ltd, an indie game studio based in Oulu, has secured over €130k in new funding from the ELY-keskus - Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment of Northern Ostrobothnia 🇫🇮🕹 The new funding adds to a €200k private investment round closed earlier this year from unnamed German backers, enabling the small team to not only keep development alive but grow its technical capabilities. “While this year has been challenging for the game industry in general, we have been quite fortunate,” says Tuomas Pöyhtäri, the lead designer and programmer for Ephemeris. “Earlier in the year, we received a substantial amount of private funding, which is now supplemented by this support from the EU. We have already been able to hire a second programmer, allowing us to take a giant leap ahead in game development.” https://lnkd.in/dpji6cBQ
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Amarile
We are pleased to announce that Petoro, just joined the RE-Studio user community, adopting our pre & post processor RE-Studio for ECLIPSE®. RE-Studio is particularly effective for analyzing FMU ensembles, addressing the common challenges Norwegian companies face when interpreting complex ensemble data. Interested in learning more about RE-Studio and our other solutions? 👉 contact us at info@amarile.com or visit our website www.amarile.com. #ReservoirEngineering #SimulationSoftware #EnsembleModelling #FMU
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