Latest news and stories about innovation in work in Portugal for expats and residents.
The launch of a major competition during the summer months reflects a bureaucratic approach that fails to align with the practical needs and operational realities of businesses.
The Industrial Accelerator Act is presented as a critical policy framework necessary to prevent the decline of European production capacity and ensure strategic autonomy in key industrial sectors.
An analytical examination of how Empowered Startups is quietly driving Portugal's economic growth by attracting global talent, fostering innovation, and creating new job opportunities.
The article discusses Portugal's dynamic startup ecosystem, which has seen significant growth and internationalization, with over 5,000 active startups by 2025 generating €2.85 billion in turnover and employing around 28,000 people. Key factors driving this growth include a skilled workforce, government incentives like the Tech Visa, and support from institutions such as Startup Portugal and AICEP. The venture capital landscape is improving, and Portugal is emerging as a competitive innovation hub in Europe, particularly in sectors like IT, fintech, and renewable energy.
The first Portuguese drone for logistics operations in an industrial environment was developed at the Porto Superior Institute of Engineering. It operates without human intervention.
Created in 1990 in Coimbra, the Pedro Nunes Institute is one of the most comprehensive entities supporting the creation and development of companies in Portugal. Among the 500 companies that have already passed through it are some well-known names: Feedzai and Critical Software are two of them.
An analysis of how the Pedro Nunes Institute fosters innovation by supporting a diverse range of companies, from high-growth startups to traditional businesses.
Carina Branco joined Morais Leitão as a partner in 2026. She is a member of the Intellectual Property, Technology, and Personal Data practice. Alongside her professional work as a lawyer, she has been involved in initiatives related to innovation and leadership. In 2017, she joined the 'Portuguese Women in Tech' team, which won the first prize at the 'Hack for ...' Hackathon.
Ricardo Mendes, CEO of the Portuguese company Tekever, talks about drone production and their civil and military use
The Portuguese economy faces major challenges, and a commitment to reindustrialisation should be a priority. Thirty years after Michael Porter's diagnosis, the central problem remains: the economic model must be reinvented or competitiveness will continue to decline. Portugal lacks a collective understanding that investing in dynamic competitiveness factors, within a balanced territorial framework, is the only path forward. A new industrial paradigm must focus on innovation and knowledge to drive social and territorial integration. The country has seen a shift towards a local service economy and progressive deindustrialisation, with only weak development in innovation-led clusters. A 'New Industrial Portugal' requires structural renewal of industrial sectors and the use of innovation to leverage market value. With the rise of Artificial Intelligence, companies must reposition their management models, focusing on value chains and collaborative, intelligent innovation. Attracting innovation-led Foreign Direct Investment and mobilising competence centres, while maintaining social and territorial cohesion, are essential to giving Portuguese competitiveness a new sense of opportunity.
The Portuguese tech firm joins an exclusive group of global partners selected by OpenAI to develop and implement artificial intelligence solutions for companies and institutions.
Portugal is increasingly recognised as a key destination for technology and innovation within the European market.
Tabaqueira is set to house a new generative artificial intelligence facility for Philip Morris.
Tabaqueira will house a new generative artificial intelligence facility for Philip Morris.
Portuguese defence technology company Tekever has launched a new family of autonomous heavy-lift drones capable of carrying up to 200 kilograms over distances of 500 kilometres, marking the company’s expansion The post Portugal’s Tekever unveils autonomous drone capable of carrying 200kg over 500km appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Applications remain open until 31 July for a new competition aimed at boosting tourism-focused startups. The initiative is a partnership between Cais do Porto, Embratur, and Turismo de Portugal. The 'Luso-BR Connection: Binational Open Innovation Call in Tourism - Brazil and Portugal' programme will select ten companies—five from each country—to expand business opportunities in both nations. The technical operation will be managed by innovation hubs Porto Digital in Pernambuco and Cais do Porto in Aveiro, which will provide support and soft-landing programmes over a five-month period.
Brazil and Portugal have launched a joint initiative aimed at supporting the international expansion of tourism-focused startups.
Portugal has spent much of the past decade promoting itself as an attractive place to launch a business. The combination of safety, comparatively moderate costs, skilled graduates and an appealing The post Can Portugal become one of Europe’s leading start-up destinations? appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The main obstacle to the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) may lie less in technology, investment, or skills, and more in how organizations make decisions, considered Jorge Portugal, Director-General of COTEC Portugal, in a presentation during the .IA Conference, promoted by ECO this Tuesday, July 14, at the Belém Cultural Centre.
Naura Innovation Lab is not your typical IT consultancy. Established in March following a management buyout, this 100% Portuguese-owned tech firm positions itself as an elite engineering laboratory. CEO Diogo Silva explains that the company exists to solve complex problems that other firms cannot address due to time or expertise constraints. Originally formed in 2022 to build the digital hub for Swiss bank Radicant, the team took full control of the operation this year. While specializing in fintech and digital banking, Naura is expanding into AI and real-time data management, acting as a rapid-response team for critical engineering challenges. Based in Lisbon, with most of its revenue coming from Northern Europe and Canada, the company aims to prove that Portugal is a hub for high-level tech intelligence.
An overview of the strategic initiatives Guimarães is undertaking to become a central location for the aerospace sector within the country.
The process of innovating in Portugal continues to be a challenging and lengthy endeavour.
A look at the 15-year journey of a company founded in Porto that is shaping the future of the aviation industry.
Tekever, a Portuguese technology company specialising in autonomous systems based on artificial intelligence (AI), has acquired the national startup Cloudsweep to bolster its AI capabilities. While the investment amount was not disclosed, Tekever stated that Cloudsweep specialises in applying AI to software development. The acquisition is part of Tekever's strategy to strengthen the national innovation ecosystem, attract high-quality talent, and accelerate the development of critical European capabilities in AI, software engineering, and autonomous systems. Tekever currently employs over 1,300 people with facilities in Portugal, the UK, France, Estonia, Ukraine, and the USA.
NATO is gathering entrepreneurs and partners who want to invest in the defence industry at a special forum in Ankara this Tuesday.
