​Floating Tech Talk #6 - XXL Edition: "We're Gonna Need Two Boats" ⛵️⛵️

​The final boat session of the summer. Double the fleet, twice the capacity, same wobbly-conversation spirit.

​When we launched the Floating Tech Talks, we thought it would be a fun experiment: put AI founders and engineers on a boat, hand everyone silent disco headphones, add pizza and beer, and see what happens when you strip away the corporate stage.

​It turns out people really like talking about what they're building when there isn't a slide deck or a spotlight in sight. You filled the boats, the conversations went deep, and we officially ran out of room.

​So, in the famous words of Chief Brody: we’re gonna need a bigger boat. (or in our case 2 boats)

​For this season finale, we’re teaming up with our partners at The Stack and our friends flying in from Stockholm, Proxify, to bring you our biggest edition yet. Two boats cruising the Amsterdam canals side-by-side, 4 stellar speakers, and even more peers from across the Dutch and Nordic AI ecosystems.

​🎙️ The Lineup

• ​Titus Ex — Founder of Minimal (YC W24)

• ​Friso Paping — Founder of Sentinels (Exit)

• ​Viktor Jarnheimer — Founder & CEO of Proxify

• ​TBA — Final speaker announcement dropping soon

​🕒 The Setup

• ​When: Thursday, September 3 | 18:00 – 20:00 CEST

• ​Where: Central Amsterdam Canals (Exact dock details sent upon approval)

• ​What: 2 Boats, 4 Speakers, Silent Disco Headphones, Pizza, Beer, Zero Slides.

• ​Co-Hosted with: The Stack & Proxify

​🎧 The Format

​No polished corporate panels. No sales pitches. Just raw, high-bandwidth conversations broadcast directly into your wireless headphones while drifting through Amsterdam. You get the clarity of a podcast with the freedom to move, grab a drink, and debate what’s actually being built on the frontier of AI.

​🎟️ Approval & Access

​Space is strictly capped by vessel capacity. We prioritize builders, AI engineers, founders, and technical leaders. Apply via the button above to secure your spot on the fleet.

​Part of Cypherpunk Week Amsterdam (August 31 - September 6, 2026)

​Cypherpunk Week Amsterdam is a distributed network of independent events, workshops, meetups and hacker houses dedicated to cypherpunk values.

​Anchored by flagship gatherings including Common S3nse, DashCon, Solana Startup Village, the week brings together developers, researchers, activists and privacy-minded creators from around the world to connect, collaborate and build for digital freedom.

​Cypherpunk Week: https://cypherpunkweek.com/

​Common S3nse: https://commons3nse.cryptocanal.org/

​Let’s close out the summer by building together on the water. See you on deck! 🚀