​The 10 Person Unicorn

​11 September | 13:30–14:00
Main Stage, Tech Open, Stockholm

For decades, growth meant hiring. Could the next unicorn be built by just ten people?

​AI is changing what a company actually needs headcount for. Functions that used to require entire teams, support, sales, engineering, ops, are increasingly one person and the right tools. This panel looks at what that shift really means: how far leverage can take a small team, and what company building looks like when growth no longer means growing the org chart.

​Moderator Maja Lehbert is joined by builders and operators working at the edge of AI infrastructure and enterprise tooling to talk about where this leverage is real today, where it's still hype, and what the smallest, most valuable company of the future actually looks like.

​What we'll discuss
Together, we'll explore:

• ​How AI is redefining what headcount is actually for

• ​Which functions can realistically be run by one person plus tooling today

• ​Where AI leverage is real versus overhyped right now

• ​What org design looks like for a radically smaller team

• ​The infrastructure and tooling making small, high-output teams possible

• ​What company building looks like when growth doesn't mean hiring

​Expect an honest conversation filled with practical insights, real examples from the frontier of AI-native company building, and lessons for anyone rethinking how lean a company can actually run.

​Who should attend?
This panel is ideal for:

• ​Founders

• ​Aspiring entrepreneurs

• ​Startup operators and early employees

• ​Product and engineering leaders

• ​Investors

• ​Anyone rethinking how companies are built and staffed

​What you'll gain
You'll leave with:

• ​A clearer sense of where AI leverage is real today versus still hype

• ​Practical examples of small teams achieving outsized output

• ​Insights into org design and tooling for lean, high-leverage teams

• ​A sharper view of what company building looks like going forward

​Moderator
Maja Lehbert (Founder Stealth)

​Speakers
Alexandra Malmberg (AWS)
Mats Stellwall (Snowflake)
Emil Ahlbäck (Energy)
Kalle Hansson (Normain)

​This panel is part of Tech Open, the free open-air tech conference taking place during Nordic Tech Week in the heart of Stockholm.