Agents, Ambition & Enterprise: AWS A.I Founder Panel
During Ireland's International AI Summit week (main summit: Wed 14 Oct, RDS), join AWS in partnership with Scale Ireland for a focused, founder-led panel exploring how AI is rewriting the rules for European startups.
Three Irish founders at the cutting edge will share how AI hasn't just improved their products — it has fundamentally changed what's possible to build with a small team. They'll be joined by an AWS Enterprise Technologist who works with global enterprises on their cloud and AI strategies, offering the enterprise buyer's perspective on what it takes for startups to land and scale inside large organisations.
What we'll cover:
🤖 Agents as Workforce Multipliers — How founders are using AI agents on AWS to punch above their weight, building capabilities that would have required large teams just two years ago.
🚀 The 10x Question — Why building something radically better is often easier than building something incrementally better — and how AI has lowered the floor for ambition.
📈 Trends — What's genuinely shifting as AI moves from experimentation to production? What's different about this moment?
⚖️ The EU AI Act — With new provisions now in force as of this August, how are startups thinking about governance and compliance as a competitive advantage?
🏢 Selling AI into Enterprises — What do enterprise buyers actually look for when evaluating AI-native startups? What do founders need to understand about the enterprise buying motion?
Panellists:
Caroline O'Reilly — COO, VCola
Dorothy Creaven — COO & Co-Founder, Jentic
Sean Mullaney — Founder & CEO, Seapoint
Richard Jones — Enterprise Technologist, AWS
Moderated by Martina Fitzgerald, Scale Ireland
Who should attend:
This event is for founders, technical co-founders, and early-stage startup teams building with AI. Capacity is limited.
Context:
This panel takes place during Ireland's International AI Summit week (main summit: Wed 14 Oct, RDS) — the official launch of European AI Innovation Month during Ireland's EU Council Presidency — under the theme "Harnessing AI to Revolutionise Europe's Competitiveness."