Sami Heinonen

Sami Heinonen holds the position of CTO 3D/XR at Younite [1]. He maintains a presence on the social media platform X [2].

Experience

1. 
   CTO 3D/XR

   YouniteJan 2026 to Present
2. 
   Head of Studio

   YouniteOct 2024 to Jan 2026
3. 
   CTO, XR

   YouniteJan 2024 to Oct 2024
4. 
   Head of Metaverse

   YouniteDec 2022 to Jan 2024
5. Managing Director

   Netfreak LtdAug 2022 to Dec 2022
6. Head of Digital Transformation

   Oy Otto Brandt AbApr 2021 to Aug 2022
7. CTO

   ZOANMay 2020 to Apr 2021
8. XR evangelist

   ZOANJan 2019 to May 2020

Education

• Helsinki Polytechnic · Software engineer1996 - 2005
• Taiteen ja viestinnän oppilaitos · multimedia assistant, Multimedia1996 - 1998
• University of Helsinki2006

Media & appearances

• Does the Metaverse Exist? - YouTubeYouTube

  Sami Heinonen, head of metaverse at Younite AI, discusses whether the metaverse exists as a concept. He describes Younite AI as a merged company combining AI, XR, and fintech divisions with 80+ employees, focused on building intelligent tools using AI, metaverse, cloud, and mobile technologies to solve real-world problems.

• 13. Liikunnanopettajan pitää luoda turvallinen ympäristö oppilailleKentän laidalta · Dec 4, 2025
• 019 - Mitä kuuluu metaversumille? Vieraana Sami HeinonenAIka Hyvä Maailma · Dec 9, 2024
• Kasvun rakentajat, kausi 2 jakso 9: Maailmalle matkustamattaTalouselämä · Nov 20, 2020
• 36. Anniina Heinonen, MobilePay: "Suomalaisten tapa maksaa verkkokaupassa on poikkeuksellinen"#Älyradio – Salesforce podcast · Feb 25, 2020
• 019 – Mitä kuuluu metaversumille? Vieraana Sami Heinonen -innohub.fi

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