The former Paris Blockchain Week is being repositioned within a new AI-focused division as Hyve broadens the event’s remit across institutional digital assets, traditional finance and AI-driven financial infrastructure.
Hyve Group has acquired Signal Week, formerly Paris Blockchain Week, alongside RAISE Summit and MACHINA Summit, as part of a push to build a new AI-focused division while adding crypto expertise to its fintech portfolio. Signal Week, launched in 2019 and scheduled to hold its next Paris edition on July 6–7, 2027, says it has drawn more than 10,000 attendees from over 100 countries, with 70% of participants in C-suite roles. The deal marks a broader strategic shift for one of Europe’s largest crypto gatherings. While Signal Week has said its leadership team, mission and flagship Paris event will remain unchanged, Hyve now says the event’s agenda will span institutional digital assets, traditional finance and AI-driven financial infrastructure. RAISE brings more than 9,000 AI attendees, while MACHINA focuses on robotics and physical AI, keeping the brands separate but creating overlap that could draw banks, investors and policymakers into the same Paris ecosystem. Hyve plans to expand hosted meetings, executive discussions and matchmaking across the events, and to develop year-round content, membership products and launches in new markets. The acquisition also comes as Hyve itself undergoes an ownership change after Hellman & Friedman agreed in June to buy the company from Providence Equity Partners and Searchlight Capital Partners in a deal expected to close before the end of 2026. The Financial Times valued that transaction at about $1.8 billion, while Hyve said its annual EBITDA had risen above $100 million. The added backing may give Hyve more capacity to scale conference brands internationally while positioning Signal Week within a wider technology and finance platform.