Operator Network
Next room: End of Year Tech Demo 2026, 15 Dec → SaaS · AI · Fintech Stockholm, in person

Stockholm's Executive Tech Network. In Real Life.

AI can write the post, the pitch and the follow-up. It can't sit across the table from you. The Operator Network brings Stockholm's SaaS, AI and fintech executives, operators and investors into small rooms: dinners, demo nights, breakfasts and build days. There's no membership. Pick an event and apply to attend.

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100+ in the core community · 200+ in the wider network · 12 public events since October 2025

People talking at an Operator Network executive event in Stockholm

Insider Events · Spring 2027 is invite only

Next rooms in Stockholm.

Every seat is approved by the host, so each room stays small and well mixed. Request on Luma at least two weeks before. The address and time go to approved guests.

All events and past rooms →

15Dec2026

Demo night
Registration openInvite only

End of Year Tech Demo 2026

Close the year with working products, not slides. Stockholm's builders show what they shipped in 2026 to the executives, operators and investors who want to see it first.

Tuesday · Stockholm · Apply by Tuesday 1 December

26Jan2027

Dinner
Registration openInvite only

VC Founder Dinner

Founders seated next to the investors and operators who back companies like theirs, especially people who have built, sold or scaled and now invest.

Tuesday · Stockholm · Apply by Tuesday 12 January

4Feb2027

Dinner
Registration openInvite only

Post Tech Arena VIP Dinner

After Tech Arena, away from the expo floor: a seated, invite-only dinner for executives, speakers and partners, with a short guest list and one long table.

Thursday · Stockholm · Apply by Thursday 21 January

People in the network have worked at

Why IRL, why now

The internet is filling up with machines. The room is where you can still tell who's real.

51%

of all web traffic in 2024 was automated: the first time in a decade that bots outnumbered people.

Source: 2025 Imperva Bad Bot Report (Thales)

~50%

of new articles published online are now mostly written by AI.

Source: Graphite study of 65,000 web articles, reported by The Conversation

34×

more successful: a request made face to face, compared with the same request by email.

Source: Harvard Business Review, A Face-to-Face Request Is 34 Times More Successful Than an Email

When anything on a screen can be generated, the signals that still mean something are physical: who showed up, who you sat next to, who vouched for you in the room. That's the bet behind the Operator Network, and the subject of our podcast, The Belonging Economy.

Close-up of executives in conversation at an Operator Network event Guests seated at an Operator Network panel discussion

Flagship room · 25 August 2026

Embedded Finance Build Day

One day at A House, Slussen. Mixed teams built on real banking APIs from Open Payments and Zwapgrid, with people from Danske Bank, Worldline and Froda at the tables instead of on a stage. Breakfast mingle at eight, demos to an eight-person jury at five.

44

builders

15

teams

15

working prototypes

26

companies

Teams presenting their builds to the jury at Embedded Finance Build Day in Stockholm

The rooms

Small on purpose.

No sponsors buying seats, no badge scanning, no pitches from the stage. One table, one topic or one thing being built, and enough time to actually talk.

Executives around a dinner table

Dinners

A short guest list around one table. Founders next to the investors and operators who back companies like theirs.

A product demo to a small group

Demo nights

Working products, not slides. What Stockholm's builders shipped, shown live to people who know what good looks like.

A round table breakfast discussion

Breakfasts

CEO, CFO and CMO round tables before the workday starts. One question, about an hour, under the Chatham House rule.

Build Day participants forming teams

Build days

Engineers, product leads and bank partners building side by side, from breakfast to demos. See the last one.

Podcast · coming from Stockholm

The Belonging Economy.

Our podcast about life after AI, and why the people building it are meeting in real life again. We'll record in Stockholm with the speakers from our Luma events: the founders who demo, the operators who lead the round tables, the investors at the dinners.

About the podcast and how guests are chosen

From the room to the mic

Speak at a room.
Then sit down
for the podcast.

  • 01 Trust after AI: what still counts as proof
  • 02 The room as a moat for operators and investors
  • 03 Stockholm builders on what they shipped, and why

Who's in the room

The SaaS and AI executive network →

Stockholm's SaaS, AI and fintech operators, and the people who back them.

100+

in the core community: founders, executives and rising leaders in AI, fintech and SaaS.

200+

people in the wider network in Stockholm.

12

public events hosted since October 2025, all in person in Stockholm.

Network figures as of October 2026. Past events are listed on Alexandra Grisanti's Luma profile; upcoming ones on the Operator Network calendar.

CEOs & founders

CFOs

CMOs & growth

CTOs & builders

Product leaders

AI leads

Investors

Operator angels

Read before the room

Two newsletters. Subscribe to one, or both.

Newsletter

Stockholm Growth & Fintech

Stockholm fintech and B2B growth, with features on the people in our rooms. 1,215 subscribers on 22 October 2026, 94% of them on a work email.

Newsletter + podcast

The Belonging Economy

The post-AI world and why meeting in real life is coming back. Writing now, and the podcast with speakers from our events as it starts recording.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Operator Network?

A Stockholm executive tech network for people in SaaS, AI and fintech: founders, C-suite executives, operators and investors. It meets in real life, in small invite-only rooms such as dinners, demo nights, breakfasts and build days. It is run by Alexandra Grisanti.

How do I join the Operator Network?

There's no membership and no membership fee. You apply to individual events: pick one on the Insider Events page and apply on Luma, ideally two weeks ahead. The host approves every seat to keep each room the right size and mix. To hear about new events first, follow the Operator Network calendar on Luma.

Is it a SaaS executive network, an AI network or a fintech network?

All three, on purpose. Most of the people in the network lead or build SaaS, AI and fintech companies in Stockholm, and the hardest problems in each now cross into the others. Read more about the SaaS and AI executive network.

Why meet in person when AI can do so much online?

Because online signals are getting cheap. In 2024 automated traffic passed human traffic on the web for the first time in a decade, and around half of new articles online are now mostly AI-written. Showing up, sitting at the same table and being vouched for in person are still hard to fake. The full case is on Why IRL.

What does it cost?

Nothing. There's no membership fee. Most rooms are free to attend; a few carry a small commitment fee, such as 100 kr for a breakfast round table, which is shown on the event's Luma page.

What is The Belonging Economy?

The Operator Network's podcast and newsletter about life after AI and why people are meeting in real life again. It will be recorded in Stockholm with speakers from our events. About the podcast.

Is there a membership or a membership fee?

No. There's no membership to apply for and no membership fee. You apply to individual events on Luma, and the host approves every seat.

My company wants to host a room or get visibility. Where do I go?

To Alexandra Studio, the B2B growth studio run by the same founder. The Operator Network doesn't sell sponsorship, seats or agenda time; companies that want a room with their buyers host it through Alexandra Studio, under their own name. Contact Alexandra.

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På svenska

Operator Network är Stockholms nätverk för grundare, chefer, operativa ledare och investerare inom SaaS, AI och fintech. Vi ses i verkliga livet: middagar, demokvällar, frukostar och build days. Det finns inget medlemskap. Välj ett event och ansök på Luma. Läs mer om operator-led growth och investeringar i Sverige.