PrompTugal.news https://promptugal.news/ Technology and AI, in context. The Web Summit Lisbon 2026 edition. Every fact sourced and dated, for the people who are there. en-gb https://promptugal.news/assets/brand/icon-512.pngPrompTugal.newshttps://promptugal.news/ Brazil's startup mission comes to Web Summit Lisbonhttps://promptugal.news/articles/brazil-startup-mission.htmlhttps://promptugal.news/articles/brazil-startup-mission.htmlFri, 06 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMTBrazil's trade agency and Sebrae bring a national startup mission to Web Summit Lisbon, with a pavilion, training and investor meetings. How many companies come depends on who is counting.Announcements Europe in Pavilion 4: the Commission's week at Web Summithttps://promptugal.news/articles/europe-in-pavilion-4.htmlhttps://promptugal.news/articles/europe-in-pavilion-4.htmlFri, 06 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMTThe European Commission brings a fireside chat, four masterclasses, an IP panel and stands in Pavilion 4 to Web Summit Lisbon, on AI, data, funding and free supercomputing. The Netherlands brings a national delegation with the help of its embassy in Lisbon.Europe Following robotics at Web Summit: from the lineup to Técnico's standhttps://promptugal.news/articles/following-robotics-at-web-summit.htmlhttps://promptugal.news/articles/following-robotics-at-web-summit.htmlFri, 06 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMTTwo robots are listed as Web Summit speakers, a Unitree co-founder is in the lineup, and Técnico's stand shows Unitree robots and its own. A route for anyone following robotics in Lisbon.AI and robotics (Connections: the summit) From the PITCH stage to new markets: Portuguese startups raisinghttps://promptugal.news/articles/from-pitch-to-new-markets.htmlhttps://promptugal.news/articles/from-pitch-to-new-markets.htmlFri, 06 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMTTwo past winners of Web Summit's PITCH competition, Granter and Intuitivo, and a Porto cleantech spin-off, Seamoretech, have raised between 1.1 and 1.6 million euros each in the past fortnight, all to grow beyond Portugal. Two of them put AI at the centre of the product.Portugal Gender in Tech report: 84% see women in leadershiphttps://promptugal.news/articles/gender-in-tech-report-2026.htmlhttps://promptugal.news/articles/gender-in-tech-report-2026.htmlFri, 06 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMTWeb Summit's seventh Gender in Tech report finds women firmly in leadership at their companies, and is plain about what still holds them back. Its figures, as Web Summit published them before the Lisbon summit.Announcements Lisbon's universities at Web Summit: two stands and a pitch dayhttps://promptugal.news/articles/lisbon-universities-at-web-summit.htmlhttps://promptugal.news/articles/lisbon-universities-at-web-summit.htmlFri, 06 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMTThe University of Lisbon and its engineering school, Técnico, bring robots, spin-offs and student projects to Web Summit, and nine Portuguese universities pitch their startups on 10 November.Portugal Road 2 Web Summit: Portugal's startups head for Lisbonhttps://promptugal.news/articles/road-2-web-summit-2026.htmlhttps://promptugal.news/articles/road-2-web-summit-2026.htmlFri, 06 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMTStartup Portugal and Web Summit run the eleventh Road 2 Web Summit, a programme that prepares up to 125 Portuguese startups for the summit, with a bootcamp, cheaper tickets, space on Portugal's stand and two prizes from Galp. Its winner is announced on 12 November.Portugal Tuesday 10 November: Europe on stage, universities pitching, first-timers meetinghttps://promptugal.news/articles/tuesday-10-november-three-ways-in.htmlhttps://promptugal.news/articles/tuesday-10-november-three-ways-in.htmlFri, 06 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMTOn Tuesday 10 November a European Commission Executive Vice-President speaks on Centre Stage, nine Portuguese universities hold a pitch day and first-time attendees have a meetup of their own. Two of the three clash, so newcomers will have to choose.Connections: the summit Web Summit 2026 in numbers: 70,000 people, 10,000 startupshttps://promptugal.news/articles/web-summit-2026-in-numbers.htmlhttps://promptugal.news/articles/web-summit-2026-in-numbers.htmlFri, 06 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMTThe size of Web Summit Lisbon 2026 in Web Summit's own figures, how it picks its startups, and what its first State of the Industry survey found about AI at work.Announcements Web Summit Lisbon: your first day, from airport to arenahttps://promptugal.news/articles/your-first-day-at-web-summit.htmlhttps://promptugal.news/articles/your-first-day-at-web-summit.htmlFri, 06 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMTWhere to collect your wristband, how to get to the MEO Arena by metro, bus or Carris's shuttle, where to buy the transport pass, and what to bring. Every detail from Web Summit and Lisbon's transport operators.The summit The newsroom four days out, in pictureshttps://promptugal.news/articles/newsroom-status-four-days-out.htmlhttps://promptugal.news/articles/newsroom-status-four-days-out.htmlThu, 05 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMTWhere this newsroom stands four days before Web Summit Lisbon: what is live, what the agent desks have found, what is next and what waits on a person. A status report drawn in plain text, so anyone can reuse it.