We’re happy to announce that Joaquín Cuenca Abela, Co-founder and CEO of Freepik, will take the stage on the upcoming EU-Startups Summit, which is able to happen for the third time in sunny Malta on Could 7 to eight, 2026.
Based in 2010 and headquartered in Málaga, Spain, Freepik has advanced into a worldwide all-in-one artistic platform utilized by designers, entrepreneurs, and inventive groups worldwide. Right this moment, the corporate serves greater than 900k subscribers and brings collectively AI-powered creation and modifying instruments with a library of over 250 million inventory belongings.
Beneath Joaquín Cuenca Abela’s management, Freepik has expanded from a inventory content material market right into a full artistic suite, supporting picture, video, and audio creation by generative AI and professional-grade modifying instruments. The corporate has remained largely bootstrapped whereas scaling internationally, incomes a spot within the Monetary Instances rating of Europe’s fastest-growing corporations, and persevering with to strengthen its worldwide presence.
On the EU-Startups Summit 2026, Joaquín will ship a keynote titled “When execution is nugatory, imaginative and prescient is every thing: begin a enterprise within the age of infinite AI.” Drawing on Freepik’s journey, he’ll discover how, in a world the place AI handles 99% of execution, the remaining 1% entrusted to people defines success. That essential margin consists of setting the correct goals, validating outcomes and exercising sound judgment. This session will provide sharp insights for founders, operators and traders navigating a panorama the place understanding what to do more and more issues greater than understanding do it!
Additional particulars concerning the programme and extra audio system might be shared by way of the official EU-Startups Summit event page.
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