A decade after it began as France’s answer to the world’s great tech shows, VivaTech has become the place where Europe makes its case for the future, and the 2026 edition was its most confident yet.
Every June, a corner of south-west Paris turns into the busiest crossroads in European technology.
VivaTech is the continent’s largest tech and startup festival, a four-day gathering at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles where founders, investors, engineers, students, and heads of state share the same halls.
It exists to do something deceptively simple: put the people building the future in a room with the people who can fund it, hire it, regulate it, or buy it. Ten years in, that idea has become one of the defining fixtures of the global tech calendar.
The 💜 of EU techThe latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol' founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It's free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!The 2026 edition, held from June 17 to 20, was the festival’s 10th, and it wore the anniversary well. Around 200,000 visitors passed through, up from roughly 180,000 in 2025.
