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Swenode.AI at NVIDIA GTC 2026
Swenode.AI led the Swedish industry delegation program at NVIDIA GTC 2026 – the world’s leading applied AI conference – and co-led the Nordic AI & Quantum Node activations alongside Innovation Norway, Nordic Innovation, Innovation Centre Denmark, Business Finland, and Automation Region. Together, the delegation brought founders, industry leaders, investors, researchers, and government representatives from Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark to Silicon Valley for a week of structured networking and discussions across sovereign AI, industrial AI, healthcare, quantum computing, and startup innovation.
Events were produced in close collaboration with NVIDIA, Dell Technologies, Nordic Innovation House, Nordic AI & Quantum Node, and Lovable.
By numbers
- 600+ unique attendees across events
- 400+ Nordic participants
- 24 activities across the week
Highlights
Love at Scale — AI Hackathon (March 13) A curated, invite-only hackathon for 100 AI-native builders at the pre-seed and seed stages, held at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto. Teams had 10 hours to build on Lovable’s platform using NVIDIA compute. Co-produced by Swenode.AI and Lovable.
Silicon Valhalla: The Nordic AI Momentum (March 16) A flagship showcase of Nordic AI startups, opened by Howard Wright, VP Ecosystems at NVIDIA. Featured a live product demo from Strawberry Browser (Sweden) and a live product launch from Tana (Norway), alongside an ecosystem panel with founders from Sweden, Denmark, and Norway.
Aixia × evroc × Opper.AI Release Party (March 16) A product launch event at Delfina, Palo Alto, marking the announcement of a joint initiative between Aixia (NVIDIA’s exclusive DGX Elite Partner in the Nordics), evroc (Europe’s sovereign hyperscale cloud), and Opper.AI, focused on building sovereign Nordic AI infrastructure (buildnordics.ai). Love at Scale hackathon winners were announced here.
Nordic Reception (March 17) The official Nordic flagship event at GTC, co-created with NVIDIA and held at the Hilton Santa Clara. Brought together the full Nordic network in Silicon Valley: founders, investors, government representatives, and NVIDIA HQ leadership.
AI for Precision Prevention (March 18) A session on predictive healthcare AI, featuring researchers and clinicians from Region Halland, Stanford University Hospital, and Skåne University Hospital, alongside representatives from AstraZeneca and Mavatar.
The NVIDIA ‘AI 5 Layer Cake’ Ecosystem in EMEA (March 18) A structured ecosystem session on NVIDIA’s five-layer AI Factory model, opened and closed by David Hogan, VP Enterprise EMEA at NVIDIA, and co-moderated by Swenode.AI CEO Minna Sandberg. Panellists included leadership from Zenseact, NCC Sweden, EcoDatacenter, and HyCom Core (Finland).
VIP Startup Tours Two rounds of curated NVIDIA Inception Pavilion tours for Nordic industry delegates, focused on AI agents, healthcare, and physical AI.
Site Visits: NASA Ames & PsiQuantum (March 19) The week concluded with visits to NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View and PsiQuantum in Milpitas, one of the world’s leading photonic quantum computing companies.
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About the Nordic AI & Quantum Node
The Nordic AI & Quantum Node is a consortium coordinated by Swenode.AI, Nordic Innovation, Innovation Norway, Innovation Centre Denmark, Business Finland, and Automation Region. Its mandate is to strengthen the Nordic AI and quantum computing ecosystem and build sustained connections between the Nordics and global technology hubs.
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