{"id":10,"date":"2014-10-05T13:23:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-05T13:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juhanimykkanen.com\/wp\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-06-19T13:35:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T11:35:29","slug":"etusivu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/juhanimykkanen.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Juhani Mykk\u00e4nen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tech entrepreneur, Helsinki &amp; San Francisco. I work on efforts to maximize the benefits of AI while minimizing its risks. <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/juhanimykkanen.com\/?page_id=483\">Story of me and AI here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert;\">One of the founders of the local commerce platform <\/span><a style=\"font-size: revert;\" href=\"https:\/\/wolt.com\">Wolt<\/a><span style=\"font-size: revert;\">, operating in 30+ countries with 50M+ customers, acquired for $8B by DoorDash in 2022 (I left the company in 2024 after 10 years).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On the hobby side, I&#8217;m the founder of both the largest functional fitness competition in Finland, <a href=\"https:\/\/wodliiga.fi\/\">WOD-liiga<\/a> as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/14cQSYh6AdsjcS8MKd3Up8lMjHK6mjPf-B6meyyAWK8k\/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.pki8ue760bxf\">Salmisaaren Saliseura<\/a>, the cosy CrossFit Open Gym in Salmisaari, Helsinki.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>My <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/juhanimykkanen\/?hl=fi\">Instagram<\/a> gives an idea about my non-work life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resume<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/juhanimykkanen.com\/?page_id=2\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A few media stories in Finnish:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hs.fi\/suomi\/art-2000011075018.html\"><em>Helsingin Sanomat<\/em> introducing my podcast, 2025, <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hs.fi\/talous\/art-2000010732512.html\"><em>HS<\/em> profile when I left Wolt, 2024, <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.is.fi\/taloussanomat\/art-2000010791831.html\"><em>Ilta-Sanomat<\/em> profile, 2024, <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hs.fi\/henkilo\/juhani-mykkanen\/\">My columns in HS, <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apu.fi\/artikkelit\/juhani-ja-erkka-mykkanen-ovat-kuin-saman-kolikon-eri-puolet\"><em>Image<\/em> feature about me and my brother Erkka, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/juhanimykkanen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/juhani-mykkanen-visio-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/juhanimykkanen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/juhani-mykkanen-visio-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juhanimykkanen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/juhani-mykkanen-visio-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/juhanimykkanen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/juhani-mykkanen-visio-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/juhanimykkanen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/juhani-mykkanen-visio-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/juhanimykkanen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/juhani-mykkanen-visio-1639x2048.jpg 1639w, https:\/\/juhanimykkanen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/juhani-mykkanen-visio-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tech entrepreneur, Helsinki &amp; San Francisco. 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