Tech Soirée SF Edition: Benelux & DACH in the Bay
From Europe to the Bay - Fortino Ventures (Benelux & DACH) & Syndicate One (Benelux) are in town and together with local SF champion Kindred Ventures (Thanks for co-hosting with us!) invite a curated group of AI founders, operators, researchers, & investors from the Benelux & DACH ecosystem who are living or building in the Bay Area.
We’re hosting an intimate evening focused on real conversations & are bringing together two all-star fireside chat with founders from all regions building & scaling AI in the bay:
#1 Panel: How to win the application layer:
Thomas (German, 10+ years in USA, CEO & Founder @Entire (60m Seed, Felicis, Madrona, etc), xCEO Github)
Max (Austrian, 5+ years in US, Technical Staff OpenAI, xDir Engineering Shopify, xFounder Stellate (>30M raised, acquired by Shopiy))
Andrej (German, 6+ years in Bay, CEO & Founder of Lumos (>35m raised, a16z, Scale))
#2 Panel: How to win the foundational layer:
Douwe (Dutch, 5+ years in Bay, CEO & Founder of Contextual AI (100m raised, Lightspeed, BCV, Greycroft), xStanford/HuggingFace & FAIR, Adjunct Professor Stanford)
Gert (Belgium, 25 years in Bay, Head of AI & ML at Amazon, sold his venture to Amazon, professor at UCSD)
Alex (German, 15+ years in Bay, CEO & Founder @ Boson, xVP/Distinguished Scientist AWS, professor Carnegie Mellon)
Whether you’re building, scaling, researching, or investing in AI - this is a room of people you’ll want to know.
Why join
High-quality/density Benelux & DACH builders in SF
What it takes to build & scale AI ventures & products