Ilkka Paananen

CEO & co-founder, Supercell.

[Tim Rocktäschel @_rockt]

We are releasing our first model, Flint, a best-in-class local OSS coding model that runs at 150+ tokens/s on an @nvidia DGX Spark and 125+ tokens/s on a MacBook Pro M4—developed from scratch in less than four months with help from @Recursive_SI's autoresearch system.

[Linear @linear]

Today we're announcing our second employee tender offer.

We passed $100m ARR earlier this year and now have more than 40,000 paying customers.

The tender lets our teammates participate in that success at a $2.5B valuation:

https://t.co/Ff2sDjDFq5

[HC TPS @HCTPS]

Numero 11 nousee kattoon. HC TPS jäädyttää Saku Koivun pelinumeron 24.10. TPS–Lukko-ottelussa.

📄 Tiedote: https://t.co/aWUHJHgRoM

#HCTPS #Turku #Liiga

[NHL @NHL]

Gavin McKenna: BIG Clash Royale guy 🔥 #NHLDraft

[TPKanslia @TPKanslia]

”We need men to show other men and boys that you can be strong and respected without putting women down or using violence against them.”

This was the message delivered by Suzanne Innes-Stubb, spouse of the President of the Republic of Finland, at the Girls’ night event organised by SuomiAreena and UN Women Finland in Pori on Wednesday 24 June.

Mrs Innes-Stubb took part in a discussion with David Pelicot, a French human rights advocate dedicated to combating sexual violence against women.

The event also marked the launch of a commitment called “Every man’s responsibility. Don't stay silent – be part of the solution”. President of the Republic of Finland @AlexStubb was the first signatory of the commitment.

📸: Maarit Laakkonen

[Karri Saarinen @karrisaarinen]

https://t.co/RIFTcEdzxs

[HC TPS @HCTPS]

Kiitos kaudesta 2025-2026 🫵

Haluamme kiittää kannattajiamme, yhteistyökumppaneitamme ja muita sidosryhmiämme kuluneesta kaudesta. Vaikeuksista huolimatta yhteisön tuki ei ole horjunut. 🖤🤍

📄 https://t.co/pURfuV7ZvE

#HCTPS #Turku #Liiga

[Frank™ KEIENBURG 🏳️‍🌈 @FTMKeienburg]

Definitely NOT a Roadmap video. 😅

#brawlstars

[HC TPS @HCTPS]

HC TPS ja TPS-kannattajat tuomitsevat vihapuheen.

https://t.co/2CWbCl1Jcy

#HCTPS #Turku #Liiga

[HC TPS @HCTPS]

HC TPS Turku Oy tiedottaa: Sofia Virta ei jatka TPS:n hallituksessa

Tiedote 📄 https://t.co/RIuPW4CA3h

#HCTPS #Turku #Liiga

[HC TPS @HCTPS]

HC TPS haluaa käsitellä avoimesti tämänpäiväisiä tapahtumia

📄 Tiedote: https://t.co/E8aFQJzvdu

#HCTPS #Turku #Liiga

[Frank™ KEIENBURG 🏳️‍🌈 @FTMKeienburg]

It's the first time I'm taking a look back at a year in this format. Sharing my thoughts. If you enjoy the read, drop us a note and who knows, maybe this becomes a new tradition? 😉

PS: We've recorded the "roadmap" video, more about that in the next few weeks. 🤝

#brawlstars #lookingback

[Jani Penttinen @jani_penttinen]

Bitmagic partners with Arizona State University, the largest public university in the USA, to bring AI games education to university students! 🔥 https://t.co/bk744KRQZF

[Ilkka Paananen @ipaananen]

Incredibly excited about this! 🔥🔥🔥

[otso @OtsoVeistera]

You're wasting half your context window.

We’re launching @thetokenco (YC W26) today.
We compress LLM inputs before they reach the model.
Fewer tokens, lower cost, faster inference.

Models also perform better. In customer case studies we’ve seen a +5% lift in user purchases due to higher preference for outputs from compressed prompts.

The API is live. Link in the comments

[Ilkka Paananen @ipaananen]

Updated my blog post with something I should’ve included from beginning: proper recognition of Royale creators whose passion — from tournaments to content to community building — was central to game's best year ever. That's on me, and me alone. I'm sorry. https://t.co/okpk275IlZ

[Ilkka Paananen @ipaananen]

💪 Supercell 2025: $3B revenue, $1B+ profit – one of our best years ever.

The mobile games industry needs more innovation to grow.

That's why we're going full startup mode in new games 🚀

Founders: come build the rocket, we'll be your launchpad 🎮

https://t.co/tWHq0Vz9J6

[Ken Campbell @Ken_Campbell27]

For every person Finland has, USA has 60. For every youth hockey player Finland has, USA has nine. For every indoor rink Finland has, USA has seven. Finland is an incredible hockey country.

[Ilkka Paananen @ipaananen]

Really look forward to this!

[Georgia Stevenson @GeorgiaS_IV]

Excited to chat with @ipaananen & @narimer in a private session at Slush on Wednesday!

This will be truly off the record, and folks will be asked to leave their phones at the door 📵 📵📵

Register below for entry 👇

[Ilkka Paananen @ipaananen]

It was an honour to be on Sequoia Capital's Crucible Moments podcast! We’ve been very lucky and it was fun to reflect back on our journey.

[Sequoia Capital @sequoia]

“Many of the best things we’ve learned have come through failures.”

@ipaananen built @supercell into Europe’s first decacorn by inverting the standard corporate hierarchy and radically accepting failures.

Hear the story of Supercell today on a new episode of Crucible Moments.

[Ilkka Paananen @ipaananen]

Tässä vielä hyvä vertailu Turkkiin, jonka peliala on 10 vuodessa kasvanut suomalaisen pelialan ohi. Ovat tehneet rohkeita muutoksia siellä!

[Ilkka Paananen @ipaananen]

Miten Suomesta voisi tulla maailman paras paikka startupeille? No näin. Meillä on kaikki kortit käsissä, nyt kyse siitä osataanko pelata ne oikein. 💪🇫🇮🔥