Week 38 // 14 to 20 September

#86 Qué Pasa en Madrid - Your insider guide on Madrid's best Business & Tech events.

Sep 13, 2026

Madrileños! We are back with another edition of your favourite (hopefully) business event newsletter, still trying to answer the never-ending question of…

¿Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Forward it to your startup friends ↗ and meet you soon at the upcoming events 💥

Week highlights:

🌆 Madrid Tech Startup & VC – Rooftop Networking, Tuesday
✴️ Claude Community Madrid Launch Meetup, Wednesday
🎯 Culture in Motion - Uber & Adsmurai, Wednesday
💰 The Final Pitch: baby vc Madrid Meetup, Thursday
🚀 3 Founders, 3 Problemas - No Lazy People, Friday
🔥 Stellar Madrid Builders Brunch x CryptoDays, Saturday
🍷Women, Work & Wine - Rooftop | By PNM, Saturday

Monday, 14

🎮 DevMad! Talks/ 18:30-21:00: talks on getting started in video game creation and the fundamentals of Virtual Reality (VR) development, covering topics like major game engines, industry roles, and key locomotion and interaction techniques for VR experiences.
✴️ IABootcamp en Claude: 3 Sesiones Presenciales para Dominar la IA/ 19:00-21:00 (1/3): bootcamp on mastering Claude, hosted by Paul McFarlane, CEO of Agents IAN, showing practical use cases from prompting and agent creation to automating reports and integrating workflows for business strategy. Tickets are more expensive than the average meetup.

Tuesday, 15

🎯 Convierte tu Marca Personal en Ventaja Competitiva/ 10:00-14:00: workshop on transforming a personal brand into a competitive advantage by defining a value proposition, positioning, and brand identity to increase credibility with clients and partners.
🚚 IAFoliume Forum | La Nueva Distribución/ 15:30-19:30: forum for leaders in the Spanish insurance distribution sector discussing current changes, future trends, and how to position themselves in the age of AI, hosted by Foliume.
🦀 Tras la Máscara de Async Rust/ 18:00-20:30: tech talk on what happens under the hood of async/await in Rust, exploring how the language builds its asynchronous computation model using core features like the type and ownership systems to create executors and runtimes like Tokio.
🎤 Open Mic Storytelling #39 - “SUMMER ☀️”/ 19:00-21:00: open-mic storytelling session where you can share personal stories lasting 2–6 minutes, with 7–10 speakers expected. You can either prepare a story to tell or attend as a listener.
🌆 Madrid Tech Startup & VC – Rooftop Networking/ 19:00-22:00: rooftop gathering for tech startup founders, investors, and operators, focused on meeting potential collaborators and investors without formal pitches or a structured program.

Wednesday, 16

💬 IACX Under Pressure/ 10:00-12:00: panel discussion on the European AI regulation’s impact on chatbots and conversational assistants, covering legal obligations, operational implementation, and consumer expectations in the Spanish market.
✴️ Claude Community Madrid Launch Meetup/ 18:30-22:00: meetup for the official launch of the Claude Community in Madrid, where ambassadors will be introduced, the community’s purpose explained, and future events previewed.
🎯 Culture in Motion - Uber & Adsmurai/ 18:30-22:30: afterparty for marketing professionals during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid to connect with people from other brands and teams over drinks on a rooftop, hosted by Uber and Adsmurai.
🤓 Tech Meets Humor | una Mirada Divertida Sobre el Futuro que ya Estamos Viviendo/ 19:00-20:30: talk with a humorous perspective on the impact of AI and technology on the job market, generational differences, and which human skills will remain valuable in an automated future, hosted by a senior business consultant and professor of communication at New York University.
🛰️ Productlab Conf EU Satellite/ 19:00-21:00: meetup for product practitioners, acting as a local satellite event for the Productlab Conference (in Berlin), to discuss strategy, leadership, and building with themes.
🎨 Arte y Democracia | Creatividad, Memoria y Espacio Cívico/ 19:30-21:00: panel discussion on how art and culture can preserve memory, open spaces for participation, and defend freedom of expression in the face of exile, censorship, and the erosion of democratic spaces.

Thursday, 17

🌐 IPv6 y Cloud en acción para liderar tu transformación/ 9:30-15:30: hands-on workshop hosted by AWS and the IPv6 Council España about migrating hybrid cloud environments from IPv4 to dual-stack IPv4/IPv6, covering addressing, subnets, routing, internet access, and traffic inspection in AWS.
🏢 ProptechThursday - Innovación e IA: Más Allá del Property/ 10:00-12:00: meetup on how digital innovation and AI are transforming building rehabilitation, facility management, and the property industry beyond simple transactions, commented by IT and industry leaders.
🤝 Públicos Estratégicos para Emprendedores: Cómo Identificar y Activar tus Aliados Clave/ 10:00-14:00: workshop on how entrepreneurs can identify, prioritize, and strategically communicate with key stakeholders, covering how to tailor messages, tone, and channels.
👗 Fashion Market: Oportunidades y Retos/ 10:30-14:30: workshop for entrepreneurs offering a strategic view of the fashion sector, discussing market transformations, retail evolution, and new consumer habits to help define a value proposition and integrate physical and digital channels.
🚀 Evento Bienvenida Start 2026 (ft Pitchess & Nomulabs)/ 18:00-21:00: workshop to kick off the academic year by building a functional prototype in teams, which requires no programming skills or a pre-existing idea, and also serves as an introduction to the Start UC3M organization, which already hosted Tech and Startup events in the past.
⚛️ Guía Práctica para Inversores en Tecnologías Cuánticas/ 18:00-20:00: conference analyzing investment opportunities and key business strategies in quantum technologies as the sector moves from scientific research to commercial reality.
💡 Innobar: Talento Joven y Emprendimiento/ 18:30-20:30: meetup for young talents to explore professional opportunities within startups and innovative companies, discussing the most in-demand skills and the needs of entrepreneurial projects.
🤖 #CodeMeet Madrid: ¿Quién Controla a los Agentes?/ 18:30-21:30: meetup with three talks on the engineering behind agentic AI systems, covering topics like efficiency in token usage, infrastructure for building multi-agent control platforms, and security and governance for autonomous agents.
🏙️ De la Idea al Activo: Arquitectura del Lujo y Transformación Urbana/ 19:00-21:00: panel discussion with experts from architecture, real estate development, and law on the challenges and opportunities defining the future of Madrid’s urban sector.
💻 What’s New in Micronaut 5/ 19:00-20:30: tech talk covering the key new features in Micronaut Framework 5 for modern JVM applications, and capabilities like geospatial support and AI integrations with LangChain4j.
💰 The Final Pitch: baby vc Madrid Meetup/ 19:30-21:30: meetup for baby vc bootcamp applicants to connect with the local venture capital ecosystem, ask questions to organizers and alumni, and meet like-minded peers before applications close.

Friday, 18

🤖 Madrid AI Builders/ 17:00-19:00: meetup for founders, developers, creators, and marketers working on or interested in AI to exchange ideas and build connections in the local scene.
🚀 3 Founders, 3 Problemas - No Lazy People/ 19:00-21:30: meetup where three founders from UseTutti.io, wetechfood, and nothiring share the projects they are building, their key learnings, and a real problem they are currently facing, followed by an open conversation with the audience.

Saturday, 19

☕️ Cafe Compute: Madrid/ 10:30-18:00: community meetup for Madrid’s AI community to spend the day working, collaborating, and experimenting, with talks and demos on Cerebras, OpenAI, and Mastra.
🔥 Stellar Madrid Builders Brunch x CryptoDays | Meet, Build & Connect/ 12:00-15:00: CryptoDays is back with a new events series, in this case introducing developers, founders and builders to the Stellar and Soroban ecosystem while helping find potential teammates for HackMeridian en Lisbon.
🍷 Women, Work & Wine - Rooftop | By PNM/ 18:00-22:00: networking event for professional women, entrepreneurs, and freelancers to connect in a relaxed atmosphere, discuss work, projects, challenges, and personal growth.