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Anthropic hackathon
Anthropic hackathon
AmsterdamApr 25–26

Whale x Anthropic · Claude Code hackathon

Build with top engineers and pitch in front of the jury.

  • Adriaan Mol (Co-founder Mollie)
  • Duco van Lanschot (Co-founder Duna)
  • Clare Jones (CEO Polarsteps)
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A fireside chat with Job van der Voort

A fireside chat with Job van der Voort

Amsterdam19 Mar

Job van der Voort · CEO and Co founder, Remote

How Remote scaled from zero to a global company. In this fireside chat, you will dive into what shaped Remote’s journey, how AI is…

Speed is Your Only Moat

Speed is Your Only Moat

Amsterdam4 Feb

Dana Majid · Founder, Bigmind (ex CTO, Bird)

Speed becomes a strategy when you build solo and own every trade off, from product decisions to distribution and execution rhythm. We will…

Creating a New TAM

Creating a New TAM

Amsterdam12 Mar

Elise de Reus · Co founder, Cradle · Pieter Kemps · Ex Partner, Sequoia

When you are building for a market that does not exist yet, you are not just shipping, you are making adoption real. We will discuss how…

Inside AI First Startups

Inside AI First Startups

Amsterdam6 Nov

Ali el Hassouni (MarvelX) · Niek Hoogenboom (Minimal AI) · Robert Hommes (Moyai.ai)

Three founders share how AI first teams turn breakthroughs into real products, from model to production. You will hear practical lessons…

Inside Duna's GTM Strategy

Inside Duna's GTM Strategy

Amsterdam25 Sep

Duco van Lanschot · Co founder, Duna

A practical look at GTM from the inside, why focus beats quantity, and what repeatable outbound looks like when the market is complex. We…

Automating Complex Workflows with Lleverage.ai

Automating Complex Workflows with Lleverage.ai

Amsterdam13 Aug

Lennard Kooy · Founder & CEO, Lleverage.ai

Move from experiments to execution with plain language workflow automation. We will cover how AI automation differs from traditional…

Building AI Agents with Relay.app

Building AI Agents with Relay.app

Amsterdam15 Jul

Thijs van As · Founding Head of Product, Relay.app

Production ready agent design, how to ship agent workflows that are reliable, easy to integrate, and built for real users. We will focus…