Finance teams are under increasing pressure to better control spend, anticipate liquidity, and provide strategic answers to the business. However, when data is scattered or arrives too late, the CFO ends up managing the past instead of anticipating the future.

In this workshop, we will explore how to connect and automate the entire spend process, from requests and approvals to corporate cards, employee expenses, invoices, and accounting. Through real-world scenarios, we will discover how to gain visibility before spend occurs, improve forecast accuracy, identify deviations in time, and free up capacity to focus on analysis and decision-making.

We will also explore how artificial intelligence, integrated workflows, and autonomous agents are transforming the role of the CFO, as well as how to connect these new capabilities with the tools and ERP systems that each company already uses.

At the next Petit Comitech, organized by Tech Barcelona and EAE Business School Barcelona, we will welcome Pep Martorell and Luis Pareras, partners at Invivo Partners.

Exactly one year ago, they launched Invivo Ventures AI, a €100 million fund focused on investing in the next generation of startups in artificial intelligence, science, and deeptech.

Luis Pareras has spent more than a decade supporting life sciences and technology companies, with a portfolio of 17 startups that have raised more than €450 million. Meanwhile, Pep Martorell, former Associate Director of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, has driven the creation of 14 spin-offs, led strategic AI projects, and secured €200 million to develop new supercomputing infrastructure dedicated to this technology.

Together, we will discuss the next wave of AI-driven innovation and the factors that matter most when investing in a startup.

As always, this will be a small-format gathering, designed to encourage conversation, idea sharing, and questions in an informal and close setting.

Places are very limited. This event will be held in spanish. 

From 2 to 5 November 2026, Lisbon will once again become one of the world’s leading meeting points for innovation and the international technology ecosystem at Web Summit Lisbon 2026.

Over four days, startups, companies, investors, technology leaders and professionals from around the world will come together to share ideas, discover new opportunities, explore the latest trends and connect with the future of technology.

At Tech Barcelona, we want to make it easier for our community to take part: our members and partners get 25% off their tickets.

Want to enjoy the discount? Request your promotional code by emailing hello@techbarcelona.com.

See you in Lisbon!

🛠️ Real-World AI Implementation for Product Engineers

AI Tinkerers Barcelona is back on September 17, 2026, with an evening focused entirely on the practical aspects of building AI-powered products. This is a technical, live demo night with no slides, designed for senior software engineers, technical product managers, and product designers who are actively developing and shipping generative AI features, orchestrating LLMs, and building autonomous workflows.

We prioritize running code, architectural decisions, technical trade-offs, and lessons learned from real-world projects over theoretical or commercial presentations. Expect 4 to 5 fast-paced, 5-minute live demos from local builders showing what they built, how they built it, and what they learned along the way.

📅 Event Details

• Date: Thursday, September 17, 2026
• Time: 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
• Location: OneCoWork Catedral, Av. de la Catedral, 6-8, Ciutat Vella, 08002 Barcelona
• Cost: Free to attend

Attendance is strictly limited and manually screened. To maintain a high-signal technical environment, we prioritize senior software engineers (5–10+ years of experience) working in product-driven SaaS companies, as well as professionals actively building and deploying AI solutions. Please make sure your profile includes links to your GitHub, LinkedIn, or relevant technical work.

🎙️ Submit Your Demo

Are you building something interesting? We want to see your experiments, custom LLM integrations, and solutions built for real-world environments. Demos are strictly limited to 5 minutes and must follow these core principles:

1. Show, Don’t Tell: Run your project live. Slide presentations are completely banned.
2. Expose the Internals: Share your tech stack, prompt engineering strategies, or agentic workflows.
3. Teach, Don’t Sell: Focus on technical discoveries and lessons learned, rather than pitching a product.

Submit your demo proposal here:
https://barcelona.aitinkerers.org/meetup/mu_8uhRbJIE-Mc/speaking

🧪 Science Fair & Networking

Alongside the main-stage presentations, we host an interactive Science Fair. This is a decentralized space during the networking sessions where participants can showcase projects from their laptops, run informal code walkthroughs, and get direct feedback from other professionals.

The evening will wrap up with food, drinks, and technical conversations with Barcelona’s builder and engineering community.

Join the Porto Tech Hub Conference, one of Portugal’s leading technology events, and enjoy 20% off your ticket.

On November 10th, 2026, Porto will bring together leading experts in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Cloud & Infrastructure, Web3, Blockchain, Architecture, programming languages, and frameworks.

During the conference, you’ll have the opportunity to discover the latest technology trends firsthand, learn from professionals working directly in these fields, and connect with other experts and tech enthusiasts.

Get 20% off your ticket with the code PTH2026-ka8n-TECHBARCELONA_20 and join us in Porto to share knowledge, discover new ideas, and connect with the technology community.

Don’t miss the 11th edition of Porto Tech Hub Conference!

Cambridge Spark Spain and Grand Hyatt Barcelona are hosting a roundtable for HR, People, Talent, L&D, and Digital Transformation leaders from companies with a presence in Barcelona.

The format prioritizes conversation over presentations: a brief introduction to the topic, small-group discussions guided by key questions, a sharing of conclusions, and a closing panel, “From Insight to Action: What Barcelona’s HR Leaders Are Doing About AI Transformation,” featuring Dr. Alfonso Bustos.

Who is it for: C-level executives, Directors, Heads, and Managers in HR, People, Talent, L&D, or Digital Transformation.

Limited places. Registration subject to approval.

On Monday, September 14, we’ll kick off our new event season, just days before the AI Summit Barcelona, together with Gentleman Programming, in a new edition of our AI Afterworks.

We’ll move from theory to practice by exploring the leap from LLMs to agents (context, memory, and tools), and how prompts, RAG, and agents fit into the new AI stack, with Daniel Españadero, a content creator and educator followed by more than 30,500 developers on YouTube.

We’ll also build agentic applications with Angular + Genkit + Kendo UI alongside Dany Paredes, Google Developer Expert (GDE) in Angular, Progress Champion in Kendo UI, and former InnoIT team member.

To close the event, Alan Buscaglia (Software Architect & Front-End Expert), creator of Gentleman Programming, a community with more than 100,000 YouTube subscribers, will share his perspective on AI, open source, and trustwhen building software in 2026.

3 SESSIONS

From Zero to AI Agents: What Every Developer Needs to Know

Daniel Españadero

AI is no longer limited to answering questions. Today, it can analyze problems, make decisions, use tools, and execute tasks.

In this talk, we’ll cover the core concepts behind generative AI, from the fundamentals that make it work to the architecture of an AI agent with context, memory, and tools. We’ll explore what really lies behind concepts such as language models, prompts, RAG, and agents, how they connect, and why they are becoming a key part of the modern technology stack.

Build Agentic Applications with Angular, Genkit, and Kendo UI

Dany Paredes

Don’t settle for building chatbot applications that simply talk and respond. In this session, we’ll learn how to create applications that take action, bridging the gap between chatbots and autonomous agents using Genkit.

Building Software in 2026: AI, Open Source, and Trust

Alan Buscaglia

What does it mean to build software when an AI can generate 94,000 lines of code in a single weekend?

It happened to me: a massive pull request, built live with the community, that forced me to rethink everything I knew about reviewing, trusting, and collaborating. Out of that experience came RDD, a methodology where trust is not remembered—it is re-derived. Every change is verified outside the model, with content-bound evidence.

In this talk, we’ll walk through that real-world story, explore the current state of open source in the age of AI agents, and discuss how the developer’s role is evolving as AI writes the code and we provide the direction. Spoiler: human judgment has never been more valuable.

After the talks, we’ll continue with a networking session. And of course, there will be food and drinks.

Want to bring a colleague or friend? Feel free to share this invitation with your network.

We look forward to seeing you there!

DATE: Monday, September 14 at 6:30 PM
LOCATION: InnoIT Consulting Offices, C/ Diputació 280, Ground Floor 2nd Door, 08009 Barcelona
LANGUAGE: Spanish

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Wave by Vento (formerly Italian Tech Week) is one of Europe’s leading tech conferences, bringing together 15,000+ founders, investors, and operators in Turin on October 7–9.

From Jeff Bezos to Sam Altman, the stage has hosted some of the most influential global leaders shaping the future. This year, we have an incredible lineup just waiting for you, featuring names such as Nik Storonsky (Revolut), Jony Ive (LoveFrom, former Apple), Luana Lara Lopes (Kalshi) and many more – you won’t want to miss it.

At Wave there’s also real value happening off-stage, with thousands of 1:1 meetings booked through the event app driving connections, deals, and opportunities, as well as dozens of side events across the city.

Built in Italy for the world, Wave is where the next generation of talent meets the people who can accelerate it. We can’t wait to see you there.

Tech Barcelona members and partners can enjoy a 15% discount code on their tickets: TECHBARCELONA-WAVE15

Do you have an innovative idea but are unsure whether now is the right time to invest in it? Would you like to explore the potential of a new technology before committing to a major investment?

Technology Exploration Grants help you validate ideas and technologies at an early stage, reducing uncertainty and risk before making investment decisions.

These grants enable you to assess technological opportunities, test advanced solutions, and determine their feasibility before scaling them up.

If you want to turn an idea into a real business opportunity, this funding line helps you validate it before taking the next step.

📅 The 2026 call is now open. Apply for the Technology Exploration Grants.