Finland was the first EU country to publish a National AI Strategy in June 2017. The free AI education program offered by Reaktor and the University of Helsinki enrolled nearly 90,000 students from 80 countries in its first 4 months, making ‘Elements of AI’ Finland's top online course. The Finnish Centre for Artificial Intelligence (FCAI) earmarked €8.3 million in funding for 2019–2022. Giosg, an AI customer behavior tool, raised $5.3 million in venture funding led by Varenne Investment. ZenRobotics, which uses AI-powered robots to sort trash, raised $17 million.

Finland ranks among the strongest health technology economies in the world, while Digital Health is its largest high-tech export. Foreign exports of health technology rose to a new record in 2019, amounting to $2.67 billion, an increase of 5.7% from the previous year. Greater Helsinki is focused on further advancing its Healthtech ecosystem and launched the Health Incubator Helsinki in 2019 with the aim of driving health innovation and research. Patient monitoring software provider Kaiku Health was acquired for an undisclosed amount in May 2020.