Week 42 // 12 to 18 October

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

Riccardo

Oct 11, 2026

Hola, Madrileños! Get ready for a fire week 🔥🔥 :

✴️ Claude Community x Shakers | HR Tech · Madrid, Tuesday
🏃 Run Your Business Madrid, Tuesday
🦾 PATIO Converge: Logistics & Robotics, Wednesday
🔥 Beyond X - Agentic Commerce, Wednesday
🤗 Taller de HuggingFace (2º Edición), Thursday
🔥 AI Builders Night by Embat & Netlight - Powered by Anthropic, Thursday
🛵 T· Madrid xDevs + Glovo Tech, Friday

Monday, 12

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Tuesday, 13

🌐 Ventas Internacionales: Cómo Elegir tu Primer Mercado Exterior/ 10:00-14:00: training session combining theory and a practical workshop on the phases of internationalisation, risk assessment and building an initial market entry strategy with input from foreign trade specialists.
💭 Nuevo Martes de Design Thinking y Reto Real sobre el que Trabajar/ 18:30-20:30: workshop on the ideation and prototyping phases of design thinking for a real challenge set by a social organisation that adapts environments for neurodivergent people.
✴️ Claude Community x Shakers | HR Tech · Madrid/ 19:00-20:00: community meetup at Shakers on how people teams use Claude Code and AI agents in real HR tech work, from automating repetitive tasks to building internal tools without a technical team.
🎤 Open Mic Storytelling #41 - “Alone”/ 19:00-21:00: open mic storytelling event where you can share personal stories about houses and housemates, with each story lasting between 2 and 6 minutes.
🏃 Run Your Business Madrid/ 19:00-22:00: running meetup in collaboration with Startup Grind for founders, operators and investors that combines an easy 5 to 6 km run with drinks and conversation in a small curated group.

Wednesday, 14

🦾 PATIO Converge: Logistics & Robotics/ 10:00-12:00: scouting event with startup demo pitches and 1:1 meetings between startups and corporations around robotics, automation and AI for logistics and supply chain, with a new date still to be confirmed.
🔥 Beyond X - Agentic Commerce/ 18:30-22:00: another edition of Beyond X, this time with industry leaders from OpenAI, Shopify, Revolut and HappyRobot, who will discuss how AI agents are transforming commerce by discovering, comparing and purchasing products on behalf of consumers.
🤗 Liderazgo Consciente y Rendimiento Directivo - Monthly Circle/ 19:00-21:00: monthly discussion circle for leaders, executives and entrepreneurs that explores a new leadership dimension each month through a short opening and small group conversations on sustaining energy and clarity under pressure.
✏️ El Problema Tras el Problema, el Rol del Diseñador Estratégico/ 19:00-21:00: workshop on applying strategic design to real-world challenges by identifying the underlying questions, reframing problems and turning broad challenges into concrete proposals, led by coordinators of La Nave Nodriza.
🧑‍💻 Vibe Coding & Friends: Social Gathering for Founders and Entrepreneurs/ 19:00-21:30: relaxed meetup where founders and builders share AI projects, tools and workflows, get feedback on their ideas and meet others launching products with AI.

Thursday, 15

🏛️ VI Jornada de Innovación Autonómica y Local de Disruptores/ 09:00-14:00: conference on digital transformation in regional and local public administrations covering emerging technologies, data protection and strategic autonomy in an uncertain geopolitical context.
💲 La Nueva Generación de la IA en Finanzas - IA Agéntica para Líderes Financieros/ 11:45-15:00: conference on agentic AI in finance with a keynote from Anthropic on taking AI agents from pilot to production, a panel with banking and treasury leaders and a treasury automation demo, closing with brunch.
🤗 Taller de HuggingFace (2º Edición)/ 13:00-15:00: beginner workshop by Google Developers Group on using Hugging Face, with a short introduction followed by a guided notebook session applying pre-trained models to real tasks.
🔥 AI Builders Night by Embat & Netlight - Powered by Anthropic/ 18:00-21:00: prompt engineering competition with a real time leaderboard where participants iterate prompts on real world cases, opened by an Anthropic talk and split into an introductory evals track and an advanced agentic AI track.
🤖 Anatomía de un Agente de Soporte en Producción: del Contacto Real a la Resolución/ 19:00-20:30: talk by an ML and AI manager at Groupon on taking an AI customer support agent to production, covering real failures, dynamic control of context and tools, and letting non technical staff operate agents without writing code.
🍻 Founders Afterwork/ 19:00-21:00: monthly afterwork for the founders of a local startup community, with attendees bringing their own drinks and company.

Friday, 16

💪 Dev Challenge/ 16:00-21:30: team competition where developers rotate through stations on AI, UX and UI, automation and cybersecurity, solving timed technical challenges with expert mentors.
💬 Madrid AI Builders: Networking/ 17:00-19:00: relaxed meetup for founders, developers, creators and marketers working on AI projects and startups to exchange ideas and build connections in the Madrid AI scene.
🛵 T· Madrid xDevs + Glovo Tech/ 17:00-20:00: developer-to-developer meetup at the Glovo headquarters with talks on tech, programming and AI from engineers at leading companies, plus a hackathon with cash prizes.
🔄 Lluna Talk Madrid: La IA y Cómo Está Cambiando Nuestra Forma de Trabajar y Relacionarnos/ 18:00-20:00: talk and conversation for entrepreneurs and professionals on how AI is transforming work and personal branding, and on how to keep your own voice and judgement.