Important Note: We already have a waitlist and are at maximum capacity so if you can no longer attend, please let us know so we can offer your place to another fellow.
I'm Henrik Wetter Sanchez (KF28), GP at Playfair Capital, a European pre-seed fund, and I'm hosting this event alongside Itxaso del Palacio (KF18), Evgenia Plotnikova (KF28) and the amazing Kauffman team. We are at maximum capacity of 70 Fellows plus a select number of founder and investor guests from the local ecosystem.
Schedule:
12:00–1:30pm — Networking Lunch
1:30–2:00pm — Intros & European Success Stories
2:00–3:00pm — Panel & Q&A: Building globally relevant AI & Deeptech companies from Europe
Philippe Sachs – Nscale Chief Business Officer & President of EMEA
Henry de Zoete OBE – Formerly Prime Minister's advisor on AI, helped run the UK’s recent AI Safety Summit and prolific angel investor
Ben Peters – Founder of Cogna, former Founder of FiveAI
3:00–3:30pm — Networking Coffee Break
3:30–4:30pm — Roundtable Discussions
What have we learned from AI and Deeptech boards: sharing learnings and horror stories to avoid
Triple triple triple, double double is dead. Or is it? Revenue benchmarks in the AI era
Generalist investors are piling into Deeptech, how does this story end?
Foundational models have now entered the application layer. What’s left?
When is Deeptech’s ChatGPT moment coming? Where do we see the greatest innovation coming from in Deeptech in the next five years?
4:30–5:30pm — Networking Drinks & Reception Transition
15 minute walk/tube/taxi to the Kauffman Opening Reception at Mercato Mayfair