“If you want to go fast, go alone; If you want to go far, accompany; and if you want both, create one ecosystem”. Epic quote to remember that this meeting happened one of the best ecosystems in the world And after 4 years (4YFN) 2023 is officially inaugurated. The host of the show says “masterchefs” on stage: head of the hall, Yossi Vardiand her manager, dad standingboth satisfied with the picture before them (a full room), confident for the future entrepreneurs And ‘beginnings‘ despite macroeconomic and geopolitical situation global, and with plans for this to be just the beginning of a much larger crackdown next year. This is what the organization wants, as Vardi admitted shortly before leaving the stage. salon for beginners related World Mobile Congress, It will occupy twice as much space this year, occupying twice as much in 2024.
At this year’s edition, 700+ companies of all types (almost the same as the year before covid) geographies And sectors And very confused situation. Although there is more than one Catalan delegation (generalitat, Town hall, Mobile World Capital, Barcelona Health Centre, University of Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Pompeu Fabra University…) have a leading role in this field, the remaining ‘stands’ of the group companies confirm this diversity: Andalusia, Asturias And Valencia, until Japanpassing Austria, France, Holland, Britain and even Ukraine. “We have no one else: we have to keep fighting, the soldiers are on the battlefield and we are in the tech,” says one of the group’s representatives. national investment fund of ukraine selected eight ‘startups’ participating in the show. Its purpose is to let people know Potential of entrepreneurs in Ukraine and that they continue to flow despite everything, projects and investment.
“The most important thing about this edition is that after 2 very difficult years due to covid, we can undoubtedly say that the ‘startup’ ecosystem is here in its entirety,” Pere Durán analyzes in his keynote speech. Here is the opportunity to highlight areas that it believes will be central during this week: virtual universe, the artificial intelligence And Sustainability.
Proof of this is his conference, which eventually became an injection of optimism for entrepreneurs (“Ecosystem is flexible enough to manage anything that comes in, and I’m pretty sure ‘starters’ will be at the forefront”, launches this directive).Winston Churchill He said that success is to go from one failure to the next without losing the will,” Vardi concludes, giving another speech that was the first authoritative of this. The ninth edition of 4YFNabout how man is the future of technology. Or the discussion organized by the association after a while Tech Barcelona about her The real impact of artificial intelligence among so many expectations create a queue at the entrance that almost doubles the capacity of the space that hosts it.
The potential of artificial intelligence
“Why are we worried? Because it affects us directly: with every revolution technology has destroyed jobs and challenged definitions of what it means to be human,” explains one of the speakers. expert engineer in this technology, Josep Maria Ganyet. “We still don’t know what will happen, just as we didn’t know what would happen to the United States ten years ago. phones waves social networks”, says this expert, reminding that this latest invention was designed with a purpose. entertainment tool for socializing and finally one main sources of misinformation.
But alongside him, three Spanish companies inadvertently become an example of how things can go well: factual because it uses artificial intelligence so that companies can make better sales forecasts and ultimately fine-tune their processes; relieves for developing a tool to prevent natural disasters with this technology; accessible, because with it you can detect diseases.
In any case, they all confirm that the future of this and many other technologies is human, who will have to work conscientiously to find a way into the future. artificial intelligence Be a really useful tool when it comes to knowing what you’re doing and how you’re doing, with no bias and much more transparency.