Dec 10, 2025 · Amsterdam
The founders building AI's future came to Amsterdam. Five roundtables. No keynotes. No demos.
Founders from Sana, Intercom, JetBrains, Hugging Face, Weaviate, n8n, Synthesia, and Miro in the room with CxOs from major European enterprises. Five roundtable discussions on the messy reality of AI transformation. Hosted in partnership with Miro and Deloitte.
No 01 · Recap
By the numbers
8
AI founders
5
Roundtables
40+
In the room
2
Partners
No 02 · Recap
What enterprises need to hear from founders
- Stop framing AI as “transformation.” Sell concrete ROI — cost savings, revenue generation. That's what gets enterprises moving.
- CEO ownership is non-negotiable. Grassroots AI doesn't scale without top-down strategic direction.
- Perfect is the enemy of done. The companies winning with AI started messy and learned fast.
- Legacy systems are the real blocker — not the AI. Honest assessment of what needs to be replaced, not just integrated.
- The HR conversation can't wait. Clarity on role evolution accelerates adoption; pretending otherwise creates paralysis.
- Design for agent dynamics now. Human-agent, agent-agent, agent-human — most organisations aren't architected for this.
- Co-design, don't just deploy. The best implementations rethink the workflow with the vendor, not after.
No 03 · Recap
What founders are learning about their own AI transformation
- Hire for agility, not tasks. In an AI-accelerated environment, the tasks change every six months.
- The apprenticeship crisis is real. AI is compressing entry-level roles — the traditional path to expertise is disrupted. Nobody has solved this yet.
- Train your AI like a senior employee — with context, judgment, and problem-solving latitude. Stop writing prompts like you're delegating to an intern.
No 04 · Recap
Who was in the room
Founders from Europe's leading AI companies, CxOs from major enterprises.
01
Sana
02
Intercom
03
JetBrains
04
Hugging Face
05
Weaviate
06
n8n
07
Synthesia
08
Miro
No 05 · Recap
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