What we’re about
The AI on the Amstel meetup is a monthly technical meetup that features knowledgeable executive-level speakers discussing "in the weeds" AI topics and challenges. Our speakers have first-hand experience building AI products and services - there will be no vague discussions about AI disruption!
Each meetup features a panel discussion followed by networking and drinks.
Upcoming events
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October meetup: building/deploying/maintaining agentic AI and autonomous agents
AI House Amsterdam, Gustav Mahlerplein 5, 1082 MS, Amsterdam, NLThe October edition of the AI on the Amstel meetup will be focused on autonomous AI agents. We continue to get a lot of requests for a meetup around agentic AI, so we're doing another meetup on agents!
We’ve put together a great panel for this event. Each panelist brings a different perspective on AI agents. Here is the panel for the October meetup:
- Andreu Mora, SVP Engineering and Head of AI at Adyen – Adyen is one of the largest payment processors in the world, processing over €1.29 trillion in payments in 2024.
- Roman Arkhipov, Program Director leading AI agents and coding initiatives at Toloka – Toloka is one of the largest providers of training data for agentic AI systems.
- Fedor Zhdanov, Co-Founder of an agentic AI startup – Fedor brings a startup perspective, and has previously held senior AI roles, such as Principal Scientist at AWS and VP and Head of AI at Nebius.
- Sean Kenny, leads Prosus's agentic workforce efforts – Prosus is the fourth-largest company in the EU by market capitalization, and they have already deployed 10,000 AI agents across their portfolio companies.
For those that are new to this meetup, the AI on the Amstel meetup is a monthly technical meetup that features knowledgeable speakers discussing "in the weeds" AI topics and challenges. This meetup caters to engineers, product managers, and founders in AI.
There will be food and drinks and time for networking before and after the panel discussion. Doors open at 17:00. Finally, since we get asked about this a lot, it's fine if you arrive late! We know work can be busy!
425 attendees
CTO panel - creating and maintaining AI-generated code (November meetup)
Booking.com Headquarters, Oosterdokskade 163, 1011 DL, Amsterdam, NLThe November edition of the AI on the Amstel Meetup will be focused on AI-generated code. We’ve gotten a lot of requests from the community for a meetup around AI-generated code… how to use AI coding tools, how to put it into production, how to maintain it over time, etc. etc. So that will be the topic for the November meetup! We will have a panel of CTOs discussing this topic. The November meetup will be held at the big theater in Booking's headquarters in central Amsterdam.
We have a panel of three CTOs that each bring a different perspective in terms of company size and business model. Here is the panel for the November meetup:
- Adrian McPhee, CTO of Backbase. Backbase is one of the top fintech companies in Amsterdam, with 16 offices around the world spanning five continents.
- Dana Majid, who was the CTO at Bird (formerly MessageBird) for four years until starting his own startup in 2025. Bird was one of the first tech Unicorns in Amsterdam. Dana is now the CEO and founder of Bigmind, an agentic AI startup.
- Mehnaaz Abidi, Chief Product & Technology Officer at Urban Sports Club. Urban Sports Club is one of Europe’s leading subscription-based sports and wellness platforms.
You've seen all of the headlines (like Google claiming that over 25% of their code comes from AI), so we're going to have a panel of CTOs talking through all things AI generated code!
For those that are new to this meetup, the AI on the Amstel meetup is a monthly technical meetup that features knowledgeable speakers discussing "in the weeds" AI topics and challenges. This meetup caters to engineers, product managers, and founders in AI.
There will be time for networking before and after the panel discussion. Doors open at 17:00. Finally, since we get asked about this a lot, it's fine if you arrive late! We know work can be busy!
154 attendees
Past events
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