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Events in Lisboa

Lisboa is Portugal's startup capital — Web Summit anchors the year, and weekly meetups run year-round from Founder Institute Portugal, Startup Grind, and the local community. Adamastor curates them here.

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July 2026
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Meet the Portugal Startup Ecosystem (In-Person Networking Event)

18:00Lisboa

🚀 Ready to Launch Your Startup Journey? Join us for an exclusive evening where innovation meets inspiration! Discover how to build and scale a successful startup with insights from Joana Pinto (Clynx / Lampsy / Gleedot ) and Nuno Fernandes (Dig-in) w/ the moderation of Sofia Soares, Ecosystem Builder Expert. Then, get inspired by the future of Portuguese entrepreneurship at the Founder Institute Portugal 2026 Demo Day, showcasing pitches from the latest cohort. We'll wrap up with a vibrant networking session — the perfect chance to connect with founders, mentors, and investors. 📍 Don't miss this opportunity to plug into the heart of Portugal's startup ecosystem!

What Would Miles Davis Do With AI? Reimagining Legacy: How AI Expands Human Creativity (in-person, public event)

18:30Lisboa

From Miles Davis to AI Cinema — preserving soul while reinventing the future. As summer settles over Lisbon and the river glows in the evening light, RedBridge invites you to join us for a special Summer Conversation in our garden overlooking the Tagus. This relaxed evening brings together two remarkable innovators whose careers have been shaped by creativity, experimentation, and a willingness to embrace new technologies. Jason Miles is a Grammy-winning producer, composer, and keyboardist who worked closely with Miles Davis and has collaborated with some of the most influential names in contemporary music. Throughout his career, he has explored how technology can expand artistic possibilities while preserving authenticity and soul. Joining him is Ian Truitner, award-winning filmmaker, entrepreneur, and AI innovator whose work sits at the intersection of storytelling, cinema, and emerging technologies. As founder of RANDIAN, he has become a recognised voice on how AI is reshaping the future of creative industries. This conversation will be moderated by Ozioma Egwuonwu Founder of BurnBright International, Ozioma is an internationally celebrated speaker, strategist, scholar who has advised governments, Fortune 500 companies, and early-stage startups on the art of transformational storytelling. She has spoken at the UN, TEDx speaker, SXSW, Oxford, and Columbia University, where she was a faculty member, and in 2012 founded World Dream Day — now with a cumulative estimated reach of over one billion people. Together, they will explore one of the defining questions of our time: How do we embrace powerful new technologies without losing the human qualities that make creativity meaningful? From the legacy of Miles Davis to AI-powered filmmaking, the conversation will examine how innovation has always transformed the arts—and what the future may hold for music, film, and storytelling. Topics will include: •⁠ ⁠What today's AI revolution can learn from past creative revolutions •⁠ ⁠The future of music and how technology is transforming the way it is created, produced, and experienced •⁠ ⁠AI as a creative collaborator rather than a replacement •⁠ ⁠The role of intuition, emotion, and human judgment in an AI-driven world •⁠ ⁠How artists can preserve authenticity while embracing innovation More than a discussion about technology, this is a conversation about creativity, curiosity, and the future of human expression. Join us for an inspiring summer evening of ideas, conversation, and new perspectives—with a glass in hand, a view of the river, and two exceptional guests helping us imagine what comes next. What would Miles Davis do with AI? Perhaps the more interesting question is: What will we do with it? — All ticket purchases are final and non-refundable. By completing your booking, you agree to these terms. By attending this event, you acknowledge that photos and videos may be taken and used for promotional purposes. If you prefer not to be photographed, please let a member of the team know on arrival.

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Co-working Day for Designers + Mentoring

09:30Lisboa

Besides providing you with office space, we'll also host in-person mentoring sessions with senior designers and past speakers throughout the day. Spend the day working alongside other designers from our community, in person at Casa do Impacto. Bring whatever you're working on. Some of us are new to Lisbon, some have been here for years. Either way, it's an easy room to walk into, even on your own. We always have lunch together: Mentor Sessions While you're here, you can book a 1:1 with a senior designer. Bring your portfolio for a fresh pair of eyes, work through a case study, or talk over your next career move. It's a proper conversation with someone who has been where you are. Sessions are in person. RSVP here on Luma first, and we'll email you the booking link a couple of days before the event. We also run a job board for UX designers, if you're keeping an eye out for your next role: https://jobs.lisboaux.com/ Our Slack is invite-only, just so it stays a tight-knit group. Come along a couple of times and you're in. It's where the community keeps going between Fridays: events, job leads, and the people you met at lunch. Tickets are a symbolic 5€, just enough to keep no-shows down, so the people who commit get a seat. If you're a student or between jobs, you can get it back after the event. Grab a seat while there's room. AGENDA 09:30 - Co-working with other Designers (you can join later). 13:00 - Community Lunch at Padaria Portuguesa (optional). We also run Adamastor, a publication covering the Portuguese startup scene. It keeps a page and weekly newsletter with every design event happening in Portugal, so you'll always know what else is on beyond our Fridays. We add them as we hear about them, and you can submit your own: https://adamastor.blog/events/design This event takes place at the same place and time as the co-working day for developers by LisboaJS: Co-working for Developers - https://luma.com/event/evt-F9JtRsW2T2Q6DAD

Cafe Cursor Lisbon #2

09:30Lisboa

Join us at Cafe Cursor Lisbon #2 ☕️ We're turning Outsite's cowork café into a builder's morning for the Cursor community in Lisbon. Bring your laptop, grab a seat, and spend time building alongside Lisbon's AI community. Shipping a side project, exploring agents, or just curious what people are building with Cursor. This is a community-led event, open to anyone who wants to build. What to expect: → Cursor credits for attendees → Cursor swag → A room full of builders: meet your next co-founder, pair on a project, or get unstuck on something you're shipping → Specialty coffee + good conversation Just show up, open your laptop, and build. Looking forward to meeting you!

Subvisual's Starbase Lisbon 2026

09:00Lisboa

As Onchain Lisbon Week takes over the city, we will heed the call. A Starbase never stands still, and still fresh from the Coimbra landing, we will take flight towards the capital of Portugal once again. Builders need a safe haven to refuel (we mean eat. It’s food. We like food. We’ll keep saying refuel though to stay on-brand), rest up, and build with tranquility. As such, on July 22, Subvisual’s Starbase lands in one of Lisbon’s most beautiful hidden gems for an open-office residency. No stage, no panels, no noise. We will provide a premium environment designed for everyone to collab, get some work done, and network. As always, we will provide the essentials—the space, the community, and the fuel (wink wink)—so you can focus on getting stuff done alongside the brightest minds in Web3. The future is being built here, wherever here is. Secure your spot. 🌟

Applied AI Hackathon

08:00Lisboa

Law firm C-suite and Unicorn Legal AI startups are flying in from the US to watch 80 local builders ship applied AI, and to judge it in person. The challenge 9AM: you get a brief. A real operational problem from a real US PI firm. 12 hours, zero stack restrictions. n8n, Make, Lovable, agents, custom code, whatever ships. 9PM: the top 5 pitch the room live. Judged by the people building, and buying, this software Law firm C-suite of high-growth US firms: the actual buyers Swans CTO and engineers: the people shipping AI for these firms daily Unicorn, VC-backed Legal AI companies: the people building the vertical SaaS for law firms Lisbon tech founders Bonuses $2,000 cash pool: $1,000 $700 $300 All 5 finalists fast-track to an interview at Swans. Our public funnel runs under 0.5% acceptance. Food and drinks included. Networking at the reception happy hour at the Penha Longa Resort. The details Friday, July 24, 9AM to 9PM Sign-ups close on July 17th. Free bus shuttles/coaches to Sintra and from Lisbon, organized by Swans. 80 spots (500+ applied to our March virtual edition). In partnership with 42 Lisboa, IronHack, and Le Wagon. About the host: Swans Swans, investor-backed startup based in the US, builds the in-house AI operating system for the fastest-growing personal injury law firms in the US, acting as their AI R&D and implementation partner. We hire top forward deployed engineers across Europe to join our fast-growing team. This hackathon mirrors the work they do every day. Apply: https://luma.com/gmyuby6v?utm_source=carlos-resende

Female Impact Breakfast

10:00Lisboa

Female Impact Breakfast is an informal networking event for female Founders in Ericeira to exchange opportunities and lessons on life. Our Women of Impact Breakfast is a curated morning gathering for female founders, leaders, creatives, innovators, change-makers, and aspiring ones. This event series by SheSapiens Community exists to support female impact through meaningful connections, locally and globally. We come together to exchange our stories, our dreams, business opportunities, and the lessons that emerge from challenges along the way. This is not traditional networking. It is a space for authentic conversation and shared wisdom. Each breakfast is guided by one central question: How can we support each other to have a larger positive impact together? THE EXPERIENCE We gather around a shared breakfast table in an intimate, welcoming setting. Each woman is invited to introduce herself and her projects, creating an atmosphere where everyone is seen and heard. The intention is to connect from a place of honesty and curiosity, not performance. After the introductions round, there is time to continue conversations, and enjoy breakfast together. You will leave feeling inspired, motivated, and energised. PRACTICAL INFO Check-in: 10.00 AM We welcome you with your preferred morning drink. Please arrive on time to support the group flow. Event ends: 12:00 PM Latest check-out: 11.00 AM INVESTMENT 15 EUR – General ticket 5 EUR – Discounted ticket DISCOUNTED OPTIONS Elevate members: Login to your member account and get your discount code here. Non-members can find more info about the membership here. Content creators: Contact the local leader sharing your portfolio here. Low-income: Contact the local leader sharing a low income proof here. If you are a chef or food & drinks provider in the region, we want to speak to you! Reach out to the local leader here. By purchasing a ticket, you agree to our Event Terms and Conditions.

Female Impact Breakfast

10:00Lisboa

Female Impact Breakfast is an informal networking event for female Founders in Ericeira to exchange opportunities and lessons on life. Our Women of Impact Breakfast is a curated morning gathering for female founders, leaders, creatives, innovators, change-makers, and aspiring ones. This event series by SheSapiens Community exists to support female impact through meaningful connections, locally and globally. We come together to exchange our stories, our dreams, business opportunities, and the lessons that emerge from challenges along the way. This is not traditional networking. It is a space for authentic conversation and shared wisdom. Each breakfast is guided by one central question: How can we support each other to have a larger positive impact together? THE EXPERIENCE We gather around a shared breakfast table in an intimate, welcoming setting. Each woman is invited to introduce herself and her projects, creating an atmosphere where everyone is seen and heard. The intention is to connect from a place of honesty and curiosity, not performance. After the introductions round, there is time to continue conversations, and enjoy breakfast together. You will leave feeling inspired, motivated, and energised. PRACTICAL INFO Check-in: 10.00 AM We welcome you with your preferred morning drink. Please arrive on time to support the group flow. Event ends: 12:00 PM Latest check-out: 11.00 AM INVESTMENT 15 EUR – General ticket 5 EUR – Discounted ticket DISCOUNTED OPTIONS Elevate members: Login to your member account and get your discount code here. Non-members can find more info about the membership here. Content creators: Contact the local leader sharing your portfolio here. Low-income: Contact the local leader sharing a low income proof here. If you are a chef or food & drinks provider in the region, we want to speak to you! Reach out to the local leader here. By purchasing a ticket, you agree to our Event Terms and Conditions.

AI Builders Lisbon - Sep 30

18:00Lisboa

Join our informal meetup for the biggest AI nerds! We share the latest insights about: AI dev tools, Agent frameworks, RAG, vibe coding, OpenClaw, Claude Code and more! // FOR WHO ✅ Devs, Product peeps, Data lovers, ML engineers, Founders ✅ Anyone building with AI ⚠️ Some LLM knowledge required! // FORMAT 🎤 Innovative AI Demos — from EU + Silicon Valley leaders 💻 Builder Tool Demos — ship fast, explain faster 🤝 🍻 A LOT of time for informal networking 🍕 Yummy Pizza & Snacks // AGENDA 18:30 👋 Walk-in 19:00 🎤 Using AI to Become More Human - Guilherme Fontes @ Familiar Tools 19:35 💻 A2UI Components, AGUI Protocol, ADK Agent Orchestration, and Gemma Nano Inference on Android Phones - Jolanda Verhoef 19:50 💻 AI Demo 20:05 🍕 Pizza & Drinks 20:20 🤝 Networking 20:50 🔚 End // FAQ What is AI Builders? A self-organizing nonprofit community of 5000+ AI nerds 🤓. We're building a democratic AI platform, to make our community completely co-owned and co-governed by you (yes, all attendees). New question? Will it be recorded? Yes, some sessions are streamed live and recorded. By attending, you consent to being photographed and filmed. Let us know if you don't want to be on camera. I'm not technical. Can I come? Yes, but to actually enjoy the meetup we recommend understanding basic LLM concepts: Agents, Embeddings, RAG, MCPs, Inference, Structured Output, Finetuning, APIs, Reinforcement Learning. Not sure what those mean? Ask any chatbot — that's literally what they're for. Why do I need to pay? 1) So we know how many people will show up — less food waste and better allocation of limited seats. 2) Sponsorships don't cover all our costs (yet)! Every euro goes back into the community. Can I get a free ticket? Can I volunteer? Money should never be the reason not to join. If you need a sponsored ticket, or want to help out by arriving 1.5h early to set up, message AI. Can I demo, give a talk, or just help out? Message AI if you want to shine ✨ on stage and grow your network — community demos are 10 minutes, builder demos are 15-20 minutes. What time does the event start? The event starts at 18:00 on Wednesday, 30 September. Where is the venue located? The event will be held at IDEA Spaces - São Sebastião, Avenida António Augusto Aguiar N.122C, Lisbon, pt. Is food provided? Yes! We'll have pizza and drinks available. // VENUE & SPONSORS We look forward to hanging out with you! Thanks to our friends for hosting us in their beautiful space.

Expats in Tech Lunch | Fall Edition

12:30Lisboa

🌎 For expats and international entrepreneurs living in Lisbon or recently arrived, curious about the city’s startup and innovation scene, this special gathering is for you! Join us for this Fall Expats in Tech Lunch Edition, bringing together Lisbon’s international tech community to share an informal lunch at Beato Innovation District. 📍 Agenda 12:30 – 13:00 | Beato Innovation District Tour (optional) 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch (venue to be announced) Whether you're new to Lisbon, building something in tech, or simply curious about the local startup ecosystem, this is a great opportunity to connect with fellow expats, exchange experiences, discover innovative startups, and enjoy the energy of Lisbon’s thriving tech community during the summer season. ☀️ Price: €30 per person, including lunch. Lunch venue and menu details will be announced soon.

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