The lineup
Who's speaking at Slush 2026?
The full announced lineup for Slush 2026. Names without a full profile are open to claim.
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Ahti Heinla Co-founder & CEO, Starship Technologies
AJ Tennant Founder & GP, Tenacity Capital; Ex-Glean, Slack & Facebook.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Alex Ferrara Managing Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
Alex Schmitt Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Alexandre Prot Co-founder & CEO, Qonto.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Andreas Klinger Investor, Prototype & EU-INC
Anne Sraders Senior Reporter, Sifted
Anton Osika Founder & CEO, Lovable
Arpan Shah General Partner, Spark Capital.png&w=3840&q=75)
Avery Klemmer Investor, Thrive Capital
Benedict Evans Analyst, Independent
Cal Henderson Co-founder & CTO, Slack
Carl Pei Co-founder & CEO, Nothing
Charlotte Jee News editor, MIT Technology Review
Chetan Puttagunta General Partner, Benchmark
Christopher Sacca Founder & Managing Director, Lowercarbon Capital
David Reger Founder & CEO, Neura Robotics
Deann Evans Managing Director, EMEA, Shopify.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Dianne Na Penn Head of Research Product Management, Anthropic.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Eileen O'Mara Chief Revenue Officer, Stripe.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Fabian Hedin Co-founder, Lovable.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Filip Dames Founding Partner, Cherry VC
Gabe Pereyra Co-founder & President, Harvey.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Gabriel Hubert Co-founder & CEO, Dust
Gabriel Vasquez Investment Partner, a16z
Georgia Stevenson Partner, Index Ventures
Gorkem Yurtseven Co-founder & CTO, fal.png&w=3840&q=75)
Greg Jackson Founder & CEO, Octopus Energy
Hanno Renner Co-founder & CEO, Personio.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Harry Nelis Partner, Accel
Hélène Huby Founder & CEO, The Exploration Company.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Hemant Taneja CEO, General Catalyst.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Henna Virkkunen Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, European Commission%2520(1).png&w=3840&q=75)
Iain Martin Senior Editor, Forbes
Ilkka Paananen Co-founder & CEO, Supercell
Ilya Fushman General Partner, Kleiner Perkins
Irina Haivas Venture Capital Investor | Atomico Partner Transforming Healthcare & AI, Formerly Atomico
Jacomo Corbo Co-founder & CEO, PhysicsX.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
James Hawkins Co-founder & Co-CEO, Posthog
Jan Goetz Co-CEO & Co-Founder, IQM Quantum Computers
Jan Oberhauser Founder & CEO, n8n
Jane Alexander Partner, CapitalG
Jarek Kutylowski Co-founder & CEO, DeepL
Jason Karaian Deputy Business Editor, The New York Times.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Jeannette zu Fürstenberg Managing Director & Head of Europe, General Catalyst.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Jennifer Li General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
John Hanke Founder & CEO, Niantic Spatial Inc.
John Thornhill Founder & Tech Columnist, Financial Times; Sifted
Julien Bek Partner, Sequoia Capital
Justine Palefsky Co-founder & CEO, Kindred
Kaarel Kotkas Founder & CEO, Veriff
Lara Smith Weber Chief Financial Officer, Inari
Laura Modiano Startups Lead EMEA, OpenAI
Laurent Sifre Co-founder & CTO, H Company
Leah Hodgson Senior VC reporter, PitchBook News
Luciana Lixandru General Partner, Sequoia Capital
Lucy Liu Co-founder & President, Airwallex
Manny Medina Co-founder & CEO, Paid.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Marc Lemaître Director-General DG RTD, European Commission
Marcus Räder Founder & CEO, Hostaway
Marianne Vikkula Head of Wolt, Wolt
Mark Thompson Co-Founder & Chief Technologist, PsiQuantum
Markus Villig Founder & CEO, Bolt.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Max Junestrand Co-founder & CEO, Legora
Meera Clark Partner, Redpoint
Merritt Hummer Partner, Bain Capital Ventures
Miki Kuusi CEO of Deliveroo & Head of DoorDash International, DoorDash.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Mirko Novakovic Founder & CEO, Dash0
Moritz Baier-Lentz Partner and Head of Gaming & Interactive Media, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Munjal Shah Co-founder & CEO, Hippocratic AI
Musa Tariq Former Marketing Leader, Airbnb, Apple & Nike
Neil Rimer Partner, Index Ventures
Nicolas Kopp Co-founder & CEO, Rillet
Ott Kaukver Investor, Independent Board Member & ex-CTO, Veriff, Checkout.com, Twilio, Skype.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Pepe Agell Partner, Pear VC
Philipp Schröder Co-founder & CEO, 1KOMMA5°
Pieter van der Does Co-founder & co-CEO, Adyen
Pim de Witte CEO, General Intuition
Qasar Younis Co-founder & CEO, Applied Intuition.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Rob Snyder Founder, Waffle.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Robert Gentz Co-founder & co-CEO, Zalando.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Robin Rombach Co-founder & CEO, Black Forest Labs.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Seth Bannon Founding Partner, FIfty Years
Seth Pierrepont General Partner, ICONIQ.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Shensi Ding Co-founder & CEO, Merge
Staffan Helgesson Founder & General Partner, Creandum
Stanley Tang Co-Founder & Head of DoorDash Labs, DoorDash
Taavet Hinrikus Partner, Plural
Théau Peronnin Co-founder & CEO, Alice & Bob
Thomas Ohr Founder & CEO, EU-Startups
Thomas von der Ohe Co-founder & CEO, Vay
Thomas Wolf Co-founder & Chief Science Officer, Hugging Face
Tim Zheng Co-founder & CEO, Apollo.io
Timo Ahopelto Founding Partner, Lifeline Ventures.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Tom Hale CEO, ŌURA.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Tom Hulme Managing Partner & Head of Europe, Google Ventures
Varun Anand Co-founder & COO, Clay.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Zhenya Loginov Partner, Accel
Cristóbal Valenzuela Co-founder & CEO, RunwayIs this you? Claim →.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Jacob Wallenberg VP International, RampIs this you? Claim →
We have 100 announced speakers for Slush 2026. Missing someone, or is this your event?
Frequently asked
- Who's speaking at Slush 2026?
- 100 announced speakers, including Ahti Heinla, AJ Tennant, Alex Ferrara, Alex Schmitt, and Alexandre Prot.
- What does Slush 2026 cover?
- Topics include Startup Founder Journey, Venture & Fundraising, AI Strategy & Implementation, Generative AI & LLMs, AI in the Enterprise, and Emerging Tech.
- When and where is Slush 2026?
- Nov 19-20, 2026 in Helsinki, Finland.
What this lineup's speakers cover
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Industries represented
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Speakers here who tour together
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