# Evening edition: Monday 9 November

> What happened today, the latest from PrompTugal.news, and what is next.

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## Published today

- [Sports tech at Web Summit: IBM's startup challenge ends in Lisbon](../../articles/ibm-sports-tech-challenge.md). IBM's year-long challenge for sports tech startups ends at Web Summit Lisbon: a showcase of six startups on Tuesday 10 November, and an invitation-only prize challenge on Wednesday 11 November.
- [Portugal on the programme: a masterclass, a meetup and three announcements](../../articles/portugal-on-the-programme.md). Five Web Summit sessions for anyone following Portugal's startup scene, from Startup Portugal's masterclass on Tuesday to a meetup for founders who moved to Portugal on Thursday, with three press conferences in between.
- [Web Summit's press conferences, day by day](../../articles/press-conferences-day-by-day.md). Web Summit lists 24 press conferences this week, all on Stage 2 in the Media Village: 11 on Tuesday, 9 on Wednesday and 4 on Thursday.
- [Beyond Lisbon: where Road 2 Web Summit's 78 startups come from](../../articles/road-2-web-summit-beyond-lisbon.md). Startup Portugal's Road 2 Web Summit class of 2026 has 78 startups from 14 places.
- [Web Summit's nineteen passes: who is who, by colour](../../articles/web-summit-passes-and-colours.md). Web Summit Lisbon 2026 has nineteen kinds of pass, from attendee and ALPHA to crew and volunteer, each with its own colours in the official app.
- [Web Summit wristbands: where the queues are short, and when](../../articles/web-summit-wristband-queues.md). Pick up your lanyard and wristband today if you can.
- [Where to find Portugal at Web Summit: Pavilion 1, stand E145](../../articles/where-to-find-portugal.md). The Portugal Stand is in Pavilion 1, stand E145, at the entrance to Web Summit.

## The latest

1. [![Glovo's restaurant partners meet 80 AI agents on WhatsApp, GetVocal says](../../design/infographics/out/glovo-restaurant-agents-getvocal--paper--thumb.png)](../../articles/glovo-restaurant-agents-getvocal.md) [Glovo's restaurant partners meet 80 AI agents on WhatsApp, GetVocal says](../../articles/glovo-restaurant-agents-getvocal.md). GetVocal, a French startup on Web Summit's featured list, says the delivery platform Glovo uses its AI agents on WhatsApp to check restaurants are open, keep them online and bring new ones on board.
2. [![AI agents are spreading faster than their security, Gravitee's survey finds](../../design/infographics/out/gravitee-agent-security-survey--paper--thumb.png)](../../articles/gravitee-agent-security-survey.md) [AI agents are spreading faster than their security, Gravitee's survey finds](../../articles/gravitee-agent-security-survey.md). A survey by Gravitee, which sells tools to secure AI agents, finds most teams already testing or running agents, while few have full security approval for them.
3. [![What failed first as Teamworks builds an AI assistant for coaches](../../design/infographics/out/teamworks-coaches-agent--paper--thumb.png)](../../articles/teamworks-coaches-agent.md) [What failed first as Teamworks builds an AI assistant for coaches](../../articles/teamworks-coaches-agent.md). Teamworks is building an AI agent that answers coaches' football questions from PFF's data.

[Every article](../../articles/index.md)

## Tomorrow

Five things to plan around tomorrow.

- **10:30** [Press conference: PitchBook Goes Free for Startups + New Platform for Finding Them First](../../events/press-conference-pitchbook-goes-free-for-startups-new/index.md) *until 10:50 · [Stage 2](../../places/stage-2/index.md) · Press conference · also at Stage 2, 11:30 · also at Stage 2, 12:30 · also at Stage 2, 15:30*
- **11:00** [Guardrails for Doomsday: Can AI be regulated? (Press conference)](../../events/guardrails-for-doomsday-can-ai-be-regulated-press-conference/index.md) *until 11:20 · [Stage 2](../../places/stage-2/index.md) · Press conference*
- **12:00** [What do the US midterms tell us about the future of America? (Press conference)](../../events/what-do-the-us-midterms-tell-us-about-the-future-of-america/index.md) *until 12:20 · [Stage 2](../../places/stage-2/index.md) · Press conference*
- **14:00** [Press conference with Xpeng Aridge Founder and President, Deli Zhao, and Xpeng Aridge CFO, Michael Du](../../events/press-conference-with-xpeng-aridge-founder-and-president/index.md) *until 14:20 · [Stage 2](../../places/stage-2/index.md) · Press conference*
- **14:30** [Press conference with Gravitee CEO Rory Blundell: Collapsing confidence in agent AI security after six months of reality](../../events/press-conference-with-gravitee-ceo-rory-blundell-collapsing/index.md) *until 14:50 · [Stage 2](../../places/stage-2/index.md) · Press conference*

[The whole day](../../days/2026-11-10/index.md)

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