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Robots, AI Agents and a Nvidia Probe: Web Summit 2026 Opens in Lisbon

Casey Lau’s mention of Palestine drew the night’s loudest cheer as Web Summit opened with robots and a large Chinese delegation.

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"The superstars of the future are coming from China, not California,” the Web Summit Founder said amid US-China tech tenions.

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"More and more, the superstars of the future do not come from California, but from China", launched Monday on stage Paddy Cosgrave, the founder of this meeting of new technologies, during the opening night. At least 70,000 participants from 164 countries, including 10,000 start-ups and 1,500 investors, are expected to attend until Thursday. Among them are more than 50 Chinese speakers from "the best artificial intelligence laboratories (AI), rob…

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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Paddy Cosgrave points out Chinese companies as the next technology leaders and highlights the cost reduction that their artificial intelligence models allow. At the opening of the Web Summit, Gonçalo Matias defended the attraction of data centers for Portugal and the use of AI agents to simplify the relationship of citizens with the state.

·Paço de Arcos, Portugal
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At the opening of the summit, Gonçalo Matias announced a state supported by artificial intelligence agents. Paddy Cosgrave guarantees that the future of technology is in China.

·Lisboa, Portugal
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The executive president (CEO), Paddy Cosgrave, said today that this year's Web Summit edition has the most important technology speakers he has ever had, counting on the largest Chinese presence ever.

·Portugal
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