Floating Tech Talk #4

AI Foundry's silent boat sessions Last summer we put AI founders on a boat with silent disco headphones and it worked better than expected. So we're turning it into a series, in collaboration with some of Amsterdam's top AI companies. The format stays the same. One speaker on the deck. One real engineering or founder story. Everyone listening through wireless headphones, open deck, Amsterdam sliding past on both sides. The speaker comes through directly, so you actually catch the punchline instead of losing it to the engine or a passing party boat. We don't care who you are. We care what you're building. No titles, no "head of,": the room is for founders and engineers actually shipping things, and the conversation works better when that's the only thing in the air. This edition features two speakers who have been building for some time already: ↳Maarten Stolk: Co-founder and CEO of Deeploy, a platform that helps data scientists deploy AI responsibly with a focus on transparency, explainability, and traceability of AI decisions. Before Deeploy, he co-founded Enjins, a machine learning services firm, and built his career across data science and financial consulting. ↳Lennard Zwart: Co-founder and CEO of Ascending AI, a stealth-stage company working at the frontier of embodied AI and robotics. He has a background spanning AI ventures including DuckDuckGoose AI, investment, and research at the University of Amsterdam. What's on board: Two speakers, two stories, headphones for everyone Beer and pizza Founders, engineers, the occasional curious duck Networking before and after the talk When: 16/07 | 18:00 - 20:00 Partners: Deeploy and Ascending AI. Spots are limited because the boat hasn't gotten any bigger since last time. The AI Foundry — building Amsterdam's AI community, one slightly wobbly conversation at a time. Questions? chiara.attanasio@adami.ai