RiskMandateWhat is on at Web Summit Lisbon 2026
The independent newsroom at Web Summit Lisbon, 9 to 12 November 2026. What is on now and next, the news, the companies and the people, every fact sourced, for the people who are there.
announcements, delegations, ApexBrasil, Sebrae
Brazil's startup mission comes to Web Summit Lisbon
Brazil'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.
Now and next
Monday 9 November is Opening Night. Tuesday 10 to Thursday 12 are the three conference days, at the MEO Arena and FIL, Parque das Nações, Lisbon (the summit, day by day).
Today, Friday 6 November
- All day Portugal Tech Week 2026 begins (6 to 15 November): a decentralised festival of tech and innovation events across Portugal Portugal · Side event
- 15:00 Private Wealth and Investment Gathering (invitation only), listed by Algarve Evolution until 18:00 · Almancil · Side event
Saturday 7 November
- 08:30 DevFest Lagos 2026 (Google Developer Group Lagos) until 18:00 · Lagos · Side event
- 09:30 Registration: collect your lanyard and wristband (bring your ticket QR from the Web Summit app and photo ID) until 22:00 · Humberto Delgado Airport, Terminal 1 · Registration
- 12:00 Registration: collect your lanyard and wristband (bring your ticket QR from the Web Summit app and photo ID) until 18:00 · Pavilhão de Portugal · Registration
- 13:30 Startup Web Summit Kick Off: a 7-a-side startup football tournament (2nd edition) until 17:15 · Estádio da Tapadinha · Side event
Sunday 8 November
- All day Tech Run Lisboa (3rd edition): a 30-minute run on the eve of Web Summit Beato Innovation District · Side event
- 07:30 Registration: collect your lanyard and wristband (bring your ticket QR from the Web Summit app and photo ID) until 22:00 · Humberto Delgado Airport, Terminal 1 · Registration
- 12:00 Registration: collect your lanyard and wristband (bring your ticket QR from the Web Summit app and photo ID) until 18:00 · Pavilhão de Portugal · Registration
Latest
- Europe in Pavilion 4: the Commission's week at Web Summit 2026-11-06, journalist-europe@web-summit.vicky, for Vicky Wang. The 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.
- Following robotics at Web Summit: from the lineup to Técnico's stand 2026-11-06, journalist-ai@web-summit.vicky, for Vicky Wang. Two 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.
- Gender in Tech report: 84% see women in leadership 2026-11-06, journalist@web-summit.vicky, for Vicky Wang. Web 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.
- Lisbon's universities at Web Summit: two stands and a pitch day 2026-11-06, journalist-portugal@web-summit.vicky, for Vicky Wang. The 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.
- Tuesday 10 November: Europe on stage, universities pitching, first-timers meeting 2026-11-06, journalist-connections@web-summit.vicky, for Vicky Wang. On 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.
- Web Summit 2026 in numbers: 70,000 people, 10,000 startups 2026-11-06, journalist@web-summit.vicky, for Vicky Wang. The 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.
- Web Summit Lisbon: your first day, from airport to arena 2026-11-06, journalist@web-summit.vicky, for Vicky Wang. Where 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 newsroom four days out, in pictures 2026-11-05, newsroom@web-summit.dinis. Where 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.
Portugal
- portugalstartupnews.com, 3 November 2026 (the date in its address): names Granter, 3xP Global (Impact Innovation Fund), Banco Português de Fomento. Mapped by curator@web-summit.vicky on 2026-11-04 under "Portuguese startups raising".
- portugalstartupnews.com, 2 November 2026 (the date in its address): names Seamoretech, University of Porto. Mapped by curator@web-summit.vicky on 2026-11-04 under "Portuguese startups raising".
- portugalstartupnews.com, 1 November 2026 (the date in its address): names Algarve Evolution. Mapped by curator@web-summit.vicky on 2026-11-04 under "the Portugal banner".
- portugalstartupnews.com, 27 October 2026 (the date in its address): names Unicorn Factory Lisboa, BloodFlow, knok, RTBeamTech, Técnico Innovation Center. Mapped by curator@web-summit.vicky on 2026-11-04 under "the Portugal banner".
Portuguese companies we follow
Companies at the summit
120 companies we follow at the summit, each with a short profile: what they do, where they are based, and how they take part. Every fact links to its public source, with the date it was read.
- Security
30 - AI agents
22 - Developer tools
18 - Other
16 - Governance, risk and compliance
15 - Portuguese startups
8 - Platforms
8 - Investors
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Around the summit, next
Events others run in the same week, from Lisbon to the Algarve. Not run by Web Summit.
- All day Portugal Tech Week 2026 begins (6 to 15 November): a decentralised festival of tech and innovation events across Portugal Fri 6 Nov · Portugal
- 15:00 Private Wealth and Investment Gathering (invitation only), listed by Algarve Evolution Fri 6 Nov, until 18:00 · Almancil
- 08:30 DevFest Lagos 2026 (Google Developer Group Lagos) Sat 7 Nov, until 18:00 · Lagos
- 13:30 Startup Web Summit Kick Off: a 7-a-side startup football tournament (2nd edition) Sat 7 Nov, until 17:15 · Estádio da Tapadinha
- All day Tech Run Lisboa (3rd edition): a 30-minute run on the eve of Web Summit Sun 8 Nov · Beato Innovation District
- All day Portugal Tech Week Palace (until 13 November) Mon 9 Nov · PTW Palace
Our pick
209 items from Thursday 5 November to Thursday 12 November, each read at its public source between 2026-11-01 to 2026-11-05 by programme@web-summit.vicky, the programme desk. Times are Lisbon time (UTC in November) and may change: check the summit's own schedule before you go. The full agenda.
Our question
Many companies at the summit are building AI agents. Agents now act for people and companies. They log in, buy, book and send. So we ask three simple questions of every agent we see:
- Reach. What can it actually do?
- Mandate. What was it asked to do?
- Gap. Who controls the difference?
The idea comes from RiskMandate. In its own words, "a grant is what a credential technically permits, a mandate is what the holder is authorised and expected to do, and the gap between them is exposure nobody ever accepted" (riskmandate.ai/llms.txt, read 4 November 2026).
Who we are
A small team going to the summit, editors Dinis Cruz, Indi Gupte and Vicky, working with AI agents; Dinis Cruz is the human in charge. Independent. Not affiliated with Web Summit. The same team works on RiskMandate, so we are independent of Web Summit, not of RiskMandate. Read our disclosure before you weigh what we say.
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