{"id":9291,"date":"2020-06-23T13:25:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T13:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.myspeaker.fi\/profiles\/mikko-alasaarela\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:35:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:35:36","slug":"mikko-alasaarela","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/speakers\/mikko-alasaarela\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikko Alasaarela"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"text-block_9562629d19e2f4a8d53e6955ed05ebbe\" class=\"block-text block-text--columns-one lg:my-20 my-10\">\n      <div class=\"block-text__body\">\n      <p>Mikko Alasaarela is an impact-focused AI entrepreneur. He has founded and invested in several tech startups that have raised over $30M and employed over 700 people in Finland, Germany, and the USA. Mikko has lived a significant part of his life internationally in London, San Francisco, and Berlin. He has authored multiple international patents, won the 2006 Red Dot Design Award and 2018 Global Blockchain Competition in Artificial Intelligence category.<\/p>\n<p>Mikko is a thought leader with a large social media following and a world-leading expert in algorithmic influence. Tens of millions of people globally have viewed Mikko&#8217;s writings during the past three years. In his speeches, Mikko explores the frontiers of technology and global trends, challenges the worldviews of his audience, and offers multiple &#8220;eureka moments&#8221; of sudden discovery. He speaks about often complex matters in an approachable and easy-to-understand way.<\/p>\n<p>Mikko Alasaarela has spoken at many international conferences including Web Summit, CeBit, Electronica, Tech Open Air, Arctic 15 among others; private leadership events, and companies like Nokia, Visma, Deutsche Telekom, BASF, Innogy, YLE, Sitra. Mikko has also advised the Finnish Parliament on artificial intelligence strategy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Themes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to make friends and influence people in the age of AI<\/li>\n<li>How open data can change the game for artificial intelligence<\/li>\n<li>Internet of Value: the platform for autonomous AIs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"video-block_63d286fec84323c533a9729d13889523\" class=\"block-video space-y-4 my-10\">\n  <div class=\"container-small\">\n\n    <div class=\"relative my-10 aspect-video embed\">\n      <div class=\"z-20\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mikko Alasaarela: Yhteis\u00f6t teko\u00e4lyn aikakaudella\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kBVL1vQkY4I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>      <\/div>\n\n                <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4327,"menu_order":1035,"template":"","profile_category":[335,319,321,322,323,328],"profile_tag":[171,289,163,284,180],"profile_language":[],"class_list":["post-9291","profile","type-profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","profile_category-internationalization-speakers","profile_category-speakers","profile_category-creativity-innovation-speakers","profile_category-digitalisation-technology-speakers","profile_category-entrepreneurship-speakers","profile_category-society-future-speakers","profile_tag-creativity-innovation","profile_tag-digitalisation-technology","profile_tag-entrepreneurship","profile_tag-internationalization","profile_tag-society-future"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mikko Alasaarela - AI Visionary % MySpeaker Finland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mikko Alasaarela reveals how AI, open data, and influence algorithms shape the future of business and society.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/speakers\/mikko-alasaarela\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mikko Alasaarela\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mikko Alasaarela reveals how AI, open data, and influence algorithms shape the future of business and society.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/speakers\/mikko-alasaarela\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MySpeaker Finland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-25T17:35:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/Matti-Alsaarela-e1592919157248.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.fi\\\/en\\\/speakers\\\/mikko-alasaarela\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.fi\\\/en\\\/speakers\\\/mikko-alasaarela\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mikko Alasaarela - AI Visionary % MySpeaker Finland\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.fi\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.fi\\\/en\\\/speakers\\\/mikko-alasaarela\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.fi\\\/en\\\/speakers\\\/mikko-alasaarela\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.fi\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/7\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/Matti-Alsaarela-e1592919157248.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-23T13:25:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-25T17:35:36+00:00\",\"description\":\"Mikko Alasaarela reveals how AI, open data, and influence algorithms shape the future of business and society.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.fi\\\/en\\\/speakers\\\/mikko-alasaarela\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.fi\\\/en\\\/speakers\\\/mikko-alasaarela\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.fi\\\/en\\\/speakers\\\/mikko-alasaarela\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.fi\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/7\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/Matti-Alsaarela-e1592919157248.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.fi\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/7\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/Matti-Alsaarela-e1592919157248.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.fi\\\/en\\\/speakers\\\/mikko-alasaarela\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Hem\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.fi\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Profiles\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.fi\\\/en\\\/profiles\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Mikko Alasaarela\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.fi\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.fi\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"MySpeaker Finland\",\"description\":\"Muutamme maailmaa puheella.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.fi\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"MySpeaker Oy\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.fi\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.fi\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MySpeaker Finland\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.fi\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.fi\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.fi\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/7\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/MySpeaker_Logo_dark-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.fi\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/7\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/MySpeaker_Logo_dark-2.png\",\"width\":805,\"height\":116,\"caption\":\"MySpeaker Finland\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.fi\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/myspeakerfin\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mikko Alasaarela - AI Visionary % MySpeaker Finland","description":"Mikko Alasaarela reveals how AI, open data, and influence algorithms shape the future of business and society.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/speakers\/mikko-alasaarela\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mikko Alasaarela","og_description":"Mikko Alasaarela reveals how AI, open data, and influence algorithms shape the future of business and society.","og_url":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/speakers\/mikko-alasaarela\/","og_site_name":"MySpeaker Finland","article_modified_time":"2025-06-25T17:35:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":200,"url":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/Matti-Alsaarela-e1592919157248.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/speakers\/mikko-alasaarela\/","url":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/speakers\/mikko-alasaarela\/","name":"Mikko Alasaarela - AI Visionary % MySpeaker Finland","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/speakers\/mikko-alasaarela\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/speakers\/mikko-alasaarela\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/Matti-Alsaarela-e1592919157248.jpg","datePublished":"2020-06-23T13:25:07+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-25T17:35:36+00:00","description":"Mikko Alasaarela reveals how AI, open data, and influence algorithms shape the future of business and society.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/speakers\/mikko-alasaarela\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/speakers\/mikko-alasaarela\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/speakers\/mikko-alasaarela\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/Matti-Alsaarela-e1592919157248.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/Matti-Alsaarela-e1592919157248.jpg","width":300,"height":200},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/speakers\/mikko-alasaarela\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Hem","item":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Profiles","item":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/profiles\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Mikko Alasaarela"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/","name":"MySpeaker Finland","description":"Muutamme maailmaa puheella.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"MySpeaker Oy","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/#organization","name":"MySpeaker Finland","url":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/04\/MySpeaker_Logo_dark-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/04\/MySpeaker_Logo_dark-2.png","width":805,"height":116,"caption":"MySpeaker Finland"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/myspeakerfin\/"]}]}},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"MySpeaker Finland","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/9291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"profile_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile_category?post=9291"},{"taxonomy":"profile_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile_tag?post=9291"},{"taxonomy":"profile_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile_language?post=9291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}