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Builders' Breakfast with Sami Marttinen: Building Pre-AI vs. Building Now

Part of the Maria 01 NEXT Startup Festival, this breakfast session features Sami Marttinen, co-founder of Swappie, the phone-resale company that reached centaur status and closed 2025 with €234 million in revenue alongside a first full year

Starts

2026-09-24T05:30:00+00:00

Ends

2026-09-24T07:30:00+00:00

Organizer

Maria 01 Calendar

Location

Maria 01, Helsinki, Finland

Part of the Maria 01 NEXT Startup Festival, this breakfast session features Sami Marttinen, co-founder of Swappie, the phone-resale company that reached centaur status and closed 2025 with €234 million in revenue alongside a first full year of EBITDA profitability. He describes the thirteen ideas he and his co-founder ran through before Swappie, how the company grew, and how building in a pre-AI era compares with his current stealth venture, which is being built with AI from the outset.