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Taís Araújo, Actress, presenter, journalist, on centre stage during day three of Web Summit Rio 2025 at Riocentro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Featured tracks

Designing intelligence, disrupting society.
AI’s potential is world-changing, but so are its risks. As new systems promise to revolutionise work, governance, and thought itself, where is the line between innovation and instability? Between hand-holding and safeguarding? Stagnation or civilizational salvation?

AI Summit

Creativity’s new era. The creative process is being rewritten. As AI transforms workflows, tools evolve overnight, and audiences demand authenticity &#8211; we explore how technology amplifies but never replaces creative vision &amp; human intuition.

Creative Summit

Digital payments, scaling, regulation. Fintechs are stabilising after a couple of volatile years; some areas have cooled, while others are booming. AI is redefining fraud prevention, real-time payments are scaling, and personalisation is now the norm.

Fintech Summit

Data-driven and personal. AI is personalising content and customer experiences. Social media and content marketing remain key, with influencer marketing shifting toward micro and nano-influencers. Purpose-driven marketing reflects consumer demand for ethics and transparency. Privacy concerns and evolving data regulations challenge the balance between personalisation and privacy.

Marketing Summit

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Experience, influence, digital. E-commerce growth drives digital innovation, forcing companies to rethink supply chains and customer engagement. Trade disputes and geopolitical shifts add uncertainty, requiring companies to adapt to evolving consumer behaviours in a globalised market.

Commerce Summit

Rapid technological advancement. 
Companies are focused on integrating emerging technologies like AI and blockchain into their operations, but concerns about data privacy, security, and potential job displacement remain prevalent. Fostering a culture of innovation while maintaining operational efficiency poses a challenge for many organisations. Collaboration across industries and sectors is more crucial than ever.

Corporate Innovation Summit

Always shipping, never safe. 
DevOps today means shipping faster – but also defending harder. With AI-generated code, shifting stacks, and quantum disruption on the horizon, what does it take to build secure, scalable systems in an environment that’s always under attack?

Developer Summit

Leadership, growth, resilience. 
Early-stage startups face unique challenges, from securing initial funding and building investor confidence to developing go-to-market strategies and driving lean, sustainable growth. Navigating these early hurdles requires strategic clarity, disciplined execution, and a sharp understanding of what it takes to transform an idea into a scalable, fundable business. Founders are increasingly focused on efficient models, early traction, and long-term resilience as they build from the ground up.

Growth Summit

Navigating transition in a divided world. 
How can countries balance energy security, affordability, and decarbonization? From the rise of renewables and the potential of green hydrogen to a renewed interest in nuclear reactors, energy generation has never been more integral to both technology and society’s advancement.

New Energy Summit

Where culture, content, and technology collide. From social platforms and gaming to podcasting, journalism, and the creator economy, digital media is evolving fast and reshaping how we connect. This track dives into the future of entertainment, media, and influence, and explores the platforms that power online communities.

New Media Summit

Less is more and AI reigns supreme. Forget spraying cash everywhere; investors are laser-focused on fewer but bigger deals on companies already showing real promise. AI remains the undisputed king, but the smart money is now moving to AI that solves specific, real-world problems. Join us on the New Venture Summit for investor insights as they chase the next big hit.

New Venture Summit

Flexibility, talent, automation. The modern workplace continues to evolve, with flexible, hybrid setups now the norm and a renewed focus on retaining top talent in a competitive market. Companies are doubling down on well-being, inclusive culture, and work-life balance—not just as perks, but as core business priorities. As AI and automation reshape roles and workflows, upskilling and reskilling have become critical. At the same time, people teams are leaning into data-driven strategies to improve hiring, performance, and employee engagement in more agile, tech-enabled environments.

People Summit

SaaS is dead, long live SaaS. 
AI-first workflows, composable platforms, subscription rethink, and vertical focus. SaaS is no longer just software &#8211; it’s smart, flexible, and tailored. Companies are doubling down on AI to automate and personalise, breaking apps into modular pieces that snap together. Subscription models now tie price to real outcomes, and niche-specific vertical SaaS is winning by solving industry problems, not generic ones.

SaaS Summit

Fundraising, scalability, longevity. In a tighter funding environment, today&#8217;s founders are navigating new paths to scale—leveraging bootstrapping, crowdfunding, and strategic early partnerships. Explore the evolving landscape of startup growth: from securing capital in a cooling market to unlocking efficiency through AI, automation, and lean teams. Learn key tactics for finding early product-market fit, building investor-ready businesses, attracting the best talent, and scaling operations with precision.

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