Announcements

What companies and the summit announce, before and during.

At the summit

The summit's own track "Press Conference" is bridged to this topic (our judgement, declared in data/topics/announcements/topic.json). The sessions in our programme on it:

• 12:30 Press conference: RWS launches the world’s first culturally intelligent content platform Tue 10 Nov, until 12:50 · Stage 2
• 14:00 Press conference with Xpeng Aridge Founder and President, Deli Zhao, and Xpeng Aridge CFO, Michael Du Tue 10 Nov, until 14:20 · Stage 2
• 15:00 Press conference with Replit President Michele Catasta Tue 10 Nov, until 15:20 · Stage 2
• 15:30 Otter.ai Announces Its Biggest Multilingual Leap Yet (Press Conference) Tue 10 Nov, until 15:50 · Stage 2
• 16:00 Press conference with Press Conference with NXTPLAY Capital Co-Founder & Professional Football Player, Thibaut Courtois, and NXTPLAY Co-founder & Managing Partner, Gonzalo Vila Tue 10 Nov, until 16:20 · Stage 2
• 16:30 Press conference with Gravitee CEO Rory Blundell: Collapsing confidence in agent AI security after six months of reality. Tue 10 Nov, until 16:50 · Stage 2
• 11:00 Press conference with Web Summit CEO and Founder Paddy Cosgrave Wed 11 Nov, until 11:20 · Stage 2
• 11:30 Press conference with Qualcomm SVP & General Manager, Durga Malladi Wed 11 Nov, until 11:50 · Stage 2
• 12:30 Open or Closed AI models: which types of future do they represent? (Press Conference) Wed 11 Nov, until 12:50 · Stage 2
• 15:00 Press conference with NordVPN CTO Marijus Briedis Wed 11 Nov, until 15:20 · Stage 2
• 15:30 Press conference with Skyfall AI Co-founder & CEO Sam Pasupalak Wed 11 Nov, until 15:50 · Stage 2
• 16:00 Press conference with Amazon Vice President People Experience & Technology, J. Ofori Agboka Wed 11 Nov, until 16:20 · Stage 2
• 16:30 Press Conference: Rewriting the Rules of Female Longevity Wed 11 Nov, until 16:50 · Stage 2
• 11:30 Who Wins When AI Does the Shopping? Thu 12 Nov, until 11:50 · Stage 2
• 12:30 Press conference: Road 2 Web Summit 2026 Winner Thu 12 Nov, until 12:50 · Stage 2

Story candidates on this beat

What the curator proposes to write next; candidates, not articles. Their angles stay in the desk's files.

• S5: Web Summit 2026 in numbers: 70,000 people, 10,000 startups (2026-11-04-1945.json, 2026-11-04-1955.json)
• S6: Gender in Tech report: 84% see women in leadership (2026-11-04-1945.json)
• S9: About 200 Brazilian companies come to Lisbon for Web Summit (2026-11-04-1955.json)

The same, as data: topics/announcements.json (how to read them: the data, as JSON). The industry graph, all fields and companies: graph/industry.json.

All topics

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