AI Breakfast: From MVP To Seed
This edition of AI Breakfast focuses on one of the biggest challenges for technical and research-driven founders: turning cutting-edge AI research into real products and commercial traction. How do you move from promising research or a strong prototype to a scalable product, paid pilots, and ultimately a venture-backed company?
Our panel of founders and investors will share practical insights on how to translate deep technical expertise into products. We’ll discuss how to validate both technical feasibility and commercial relevance, avoid over-engineering before product–market fit, and navigate long enterprise sales cycles in legacy industries such as manufacturing, energy, logistics, and healthcare.
Speakers:
– Rasmus Rothe, Co-Founder & General Partner, Merantix Capital
– Lennard Schmidt, Co-founder & CEO, Langdock
– Paul Rupprecht, Managing Director (Professional Services), Merantix Momentum
Moderated by: Laetizia Hellmeister, Investor at Merantix Capital
Schedule:
09:00 – Doors open & breakfast
09:15 – Welcome & intro
09:20 – Panel discussion
09:50 – Audience Q&A
10:05 – Open networking
Please register and wait for approval*. This session is designed for technical founders, researchers, and early-stage builders who want to understand how to turn strong AI ideas into scalable, investable companies.
*Approval of participants will be throughout this month in parts. We appreciate your patience.