Accel Off The Record | Amsterdam

​Off The Record

​Accel’s AI Innovate roadshow lands in Amsterdam, with an evening of candid conversation on building, running and scaling businesses, hiring top talent, navigating the AI era, and more, at the AI House Amsterdam.

​The evening will open with a panel discussion with Ritchie Vink, co-founder and CEO at Polars, Daniel Gebler, CTO at Picnic, and Zhenya Loginov, Partner at Accel.

​This session will be followed by a fireside chat with Fabian Hedin, Co-founder and CTO at Lovable, and Accel Partner Ben Fletcher. Topics will include:

• ​Lovable's founding story

• ​The GPT Engineer iterations before the Lovable launch

• ​How Fabian and Anton convinced their first hires to join

• ​Learnings building a global company from Europe

• ​What new founders are now building using Lovable

​Sam Stephenson, Co-founder of Granola will then take to the stage with Accel Partner Matt Robinson. Topics discussed will include:

• ​How company building has transformed in the AI era

• ​How the team navigates building on constantly evolving models

• ​Product love and the secret behind Granola's virality

• ​What founders should think about when building

• ​The importance of privacy as a product principle

​​Agenda

• ​5:30pm: Arrivals

• ​6:00pm: Welcome

• ​6:05pm: Panel discussion with Ritchie Vink (Polars), Daniel Gebler (Picnic), and Zhenya Loginov (Accel)

• ​6:25pm: Fireside chat with Fabian Hedin (Lovable) and Ben Fletcher (Accel)

• ​6:50pm: Fireside chat with Sam Stephenson (Granola) and Matt Robinson (Accel)

• ​7:15pm: Drinks and networking

​Spaces are limited, so please register early to secure your place. We look forward to seeing you there!