Europe 2031: With Michiel Bakker

​On October 13, Michiel Bakker, co-author of Europe 2031, assistant professor at MIT and former AI researcher at Google DeepMind, joins Whale for a fireside chat with Alexander (founding engineer at Solvimon).

​We'll discuss:

• ​The latest developments of frontier models

• ​The Europe 2031 scenario: how the next five years could play out

• ​Sovereignty in practice: compute, models, capital, and talent

• ​What European founders and operators should build now

​Agenda

• ​17:30 – Doors open

• ​18:00 – Fireside chat & Q&A with Michiel

• ​19:00–20:00 – Drinks and bites

​About Michiel Bakker
Michiel is assistant professor at MIT and former AI researcher at Google DeepMind, where he worked on post-training and safety for the Gemini models. Michiel co-led the Dutch National AI Plan and co-authored Europe 2031, a scenario on Europe's AI reckoning that reached over one million readers.

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