We’ll hold on to this statement captured by La Vanguardia: “The Mobile is like Disneyland: impressive. But at 4YFN is where we do business […] it’s like the town fair, here’s where everyone is.”

At Tech Barcelona, we’ve supported ten startups at our stand and over 100 partners and collaborators throughout the congress. We’re proud to see how the tech ecosystem keeps growing and how Barcelona is increasingly becoming an international benchmark.

4YFN is the event for doing business, reconnecting with old friends, making new connections, and, above all, learning. We’ve organized a total of 35 sessions with the participation of corporations, entrepreneurs, and institutions, sharing developments that, in just four years, will be part of our everyday lives.

We closed the event with a great debate at the Banco Sabadell Stage, where Aram Sargsyan (FREENOW), Clément Lemardelé (Vaive Logistics), Laura Sanz (i2CAT), Isaac Partal Calvo (SEAT CODE), and Miquel Martí (Tech Barcelona) reflected on the future of mobility, autonomous cars, and the management of interconnected data systems. If we want smarter cities and a real advancement in autonomous mobility, regulation must prioritize innovation.

We also took the opportunity to take a stroll around the MWC, that small ‘side event’ we had next door. This year, artificial intelligence was everywhere: microwaves, vacuum cleaners, washing machines, mobile phones… and countless humanoid robots and holograms to interact with. Curved screens, foldable computers… But, interestingly, the device that caught our attention the most didn’t use artificial intelligence, but real intelligence: the first commercially available biological computer from Cortical Labs, capable of processing information using real neurons grown from human stem cells.

And because of all this, we’re still here. And we’ll keep going.