Agent-Driven Meetup Prague

AI Entrepreneurs Weekend at Hostačov

Fri, Mar 20 · 6:00 PM CET

Hostačov, Skryje, CZ

# Building in Uncertain Times

AI Entrepreneurs Weekend at Hostačov
(Paid event)
March 20–22, 2025 · Hostačov Château, Czech Highlands
Part of Spring Season at Hostačov

Register here or write to frantisek@hostacov.com
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## The Moment We’re In

We’re witnessing the collapse of distance between thought and execution.
Agents are not just another tool. They are the arrival of cognitive partners that can hold context, extend working memory, search knowledge, assemble arguments, propose alternatives, and carry ideas into action. The loop from intention to reality—from idea to draft, question to research, desire to design, plan to implementation—has collapsed in cost and time.
This is a historic expansion of human capability. But capability alone does not guarantee progress.
When execution becomes cheap, two things become critical: orientation and governance.
The question is no longer “Can I do it?” but “What should be done, and why?” The bottleneck shifts from producing to deciding, from writing to thinking, from executing to steering.
This is the inflection point where Europe can lead—not by racing to build faster, but by building with depth, cultural grounding, ethical clarity, and civilizational maturity.

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## The State We Are In

We’re caught between two extremes—and neither is sustainable.
Right now, the agent landscape is split between two paradigms that can’t coexist:
On one side: The chat interface. Individual users having ad hoc conversations with agents. Every interaction starts from zero. There’s no memory, no process, no governance. It’s flexible but chaotic. Every time you need something done, you explain it again. Every workflow is rebuilt from scratch. There’s no repeatability, no reliability, no way to scale what works.
On the other side: Fully autonomous agents. Systems running wild without human oversight, making decisions, taking actions, executing workflows with no governance or control. The promise of “set it and forget it” that becomes a nightmare when things go wrong—and they always do. No transparency, no accountability, no way to course-correct.
We need to unite these perspectives.
The future isn’t choosing between chaos and autonomy. It’s building a new model where:

• Users have governance over agents — You remain in control, always
• Processes are repeatable — Once you design a workflow, you can trigger it reliably
• Outcomes are predictable — You know exactly what will happen when you execute
• But flexibility remains — You can generate workflows ad hoc, adapt on the fly, modify in real-time
• Systems are transparent — You can see what agents are doing, why, and intervene when needed

This is the missing architecture: governed agents with flexible orchestration.
Not chat. Not chaos. Not black-box automation. But human-directed, process-driven, outcome-focused systems where agents amplify human intention without escaping human control.
This is what builders need to figure out right now. How do we create agent systems that are:

• Powerful enough to handle complexity
• Reliable enough to trust
• Flexible enough to adapt
• Governed enough to scale responsibly

The companies that solve this won’t just win markets—they’ll define how humans and agents collaborate for the next decade.
And that’s the conversation we need to have this weekend.

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## The Opportunity: Agents as Civilization-Building Tools

Agents multiply the ability to turn concern into structure, and structure into action.
The real opportunity is not automation. It’s not productivity gains. It’s not even new business models—though all of these matter.
The opportunity is this: agents make it possible for thoughtful builders to shape the future deliberately, rather than watching it accelerate beyond our control.
Here’s what agents actually enable:
The completion of thought. Human thinking is naturally incomplete—fragments, tensions, intuitions without language. Agents act as completion engines, turning raw ideas into clear claims, structured arguments, testable prototypes, and actionable plans. This is empowerment: the right to finish.
The externalization of cognition. Agents make thinking visible and editable by turning internal experience into artifacts: outlines, models, decision memos, alternative framings, counterarguments. Once thinking becomes an artifact, it can be improved, tested, and turned into collective intelligence.
The compression of learning. Agents enable rapid overviews of unfamiliar domains, contextual explanations tailored to your mental model, cross-domain translation, and fast synthesis. More people can enter the arena with less wasted motion.
The prosthetic of execution. Agents step in as drafters, organizers, researchers, critics, strategists, programmers. They carry the heavy parts so humans can move. This shifts difficulty upward—from doing to deciding, from technical execution to judgment and meaning.
But here’s what matters most:
Agents amplify what is already present in the user.
If the user is curious, agents amplify discovery. If the user is honest, agents amplify clarity. If the user is manipulative, agents amplify manipulation. If the user is shallow, agents amplify shallow output at scale.
This is why the arrival of agents is not only a technical event. It is a civilizational event.
When power becomes cheap, values become everything.

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## What This Weekend Is About

Bringing together builders who understand that the agent era requires more than technical skill—it requires wisdom.
This gathering is for entrepreneurs who see agents not just as productivity multipliers, but as tools that force us to answer deeper questions:

• What kind of future are we building?
• How do we maintain depth when execution becomes cheap?
• What are our responsibilities when power scales this fast?
• How do we compete on structure, depth, and variance—not just speed?
• Where is Europe’s advantage in a world racing toward acceleration?

We’re creating space where these questions can be held alongside the practical work of building companies, shipping products, and solving real problems.

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## What We’re Creating Together

### A Weekend That Holds Both Building and Becoming

This isn’t a hackathon with arbitrary challenges or a retreat that’s all reflection and no action. It’s designed to be immediately useful on Monday while also helping you think longer-term about what you’re building and why.
Friday Evening — Arrive, settle in, break bread. Short introductions so everyone knows who’s in the room and what they’re building. Lightning talks for anyone who wants to share a project, a challenge, or a question. By end of night one, you know who can help you and who you can help.
Saturday Morning — A framing conversation about the moment we’re in: not trend-chasing, but pattern recognition. What’s actually happening with agents right now? Where are the real opportunities? What are smart builders betting on?
Saturday Afternoon — Project sprints. Pitch an idea, form a team, spend real time building, prototyping, strategizing, or working through problems. This is hands-on: code, architecture, go-to-market plans, strategic questions. Optional parallel conversations for those who want to go deep on specific topics.
Saturday Evening — Groups showcase what they discovered or built. Then the conversation opens up: What kind of future are we building? What trade-offs are we making? How do we build with responsibility at scale? Not abstract—grounded in what we’re actually doing.
Sunday Morning — Reflection and commitment. What did you learn? What are you changing? Who do you want to keep working with? We close with concrete next steps and plans to stay connected.
The program is structured enough to create momentum and loose enough to follow the energy. If something important emerges, we follow it.

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## Who This Is For

You’re building something with agents—or you’re ready to start. You’re technically fluent enough to have real conversations about implementation, not just concepts. You’re willing to share what you know and help others, not just collect contacts.
We’re assembling a specific mix:

• Founders at different stages (first-time and repeat, pre-seed to Series A)
• Diverse agent domains (LLMs, agent systems, AI infrastructure, vertical AI applications)
• Geographic range (Prague, wider Europe, and beyond)
• Cognitive diversity (at least 30% women and underrepresented founders)

You don’t need to have everything figured out. You need to be building honestly and curious about what others are learning.
What connects everyone here:

• You understand that agents are not just automation—they’re the collapse of distance between thought and execution
• You’re asking not just “how do I build faster?” but “what should I build and why?”
• You recognize that when execution becomes cheap, depth, structure, and judgment become everything
• You want to build in a way that’s ambitious and responsible, fast and thoughtful
• You believe Europe can lead by bringing cultural grounding and civilizational maturity to the agent era

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## The Setting: Hostačov Château

Hostačov is a 13th-century château in the Czech Highlands, 70 minutes from Prague. Forest, water, farmland, and rooms where people have been thinking and debating for seven centuries.
It’s not luxury—it’s a working venue with good bones, fast internet, and excellent coffee. The kind of place where you can code intensely for four hours, then walk through the woods to clear your head.
This weekend is part of Spring Season at Hostačov (March 15 – April 13), a month-long residential community of researchers, writers, and people working on ambitious projects. Some residents will be around—you’re welcome to join meals and conversations with them. It adds unexpected connections and warmth.
If you want to extend your stay and join the residency for a few days before or after the weekend, mention it in your application.

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## Who’s Organizing

Jakub Bareš is leading the weekend. He’s been building in the Prague AI and startup scene and runs Agent-Driven Meetup Prague. He’s bringing his community and his sense of what founders actually need when the rubber meets the road.
Andrew Szabados is co-hosting, bringing experience in cognitive science, organizational strategy, and designing environments where serious thinking meets practical work.
František Drahota operates Hostačov and is hosting the broader Spring Season.

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## Contribution & Pricing

We operate on a sliding scale. Choose what fits your situation—no justification needed:

• €60–120 — Supported rate (students, early-stage, limited means)
• €120–180 — Standard rate (roughly what it costs to host you)
• €180–250+ — Supporter rate (helps others participate and supports the venue)

This includes:

• Two nights of accommodation (shared rooms, en-suite bathrooms)
• All meals from Friday dinner through Sunday lunch
• Full program access
• Shuttle coordination from Golčův Jeníkov train station

If even the minimum is a barrier, get in touch. We’d rather have the right people than optimize for revenue.

### Payment

After your application is confirmed, we’ll send payment details. Half due 7 days before arrival, the rest before you leave. You can always adjust—just communicate.

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## Practicalities

Getting there: Train from Prague to Golčův Jeníkov (~70 min, direct), then shuttle. Or drive—parking available.
Accommodation: Shared rooms (2–4 people), en-suite bathrooms. Simple, clean, comfortable.
Food: Vegetarian meals, dietary restrictions accommodated. Family-style—you eat together.
What to bring: Laptop, charger, layers (March in the Czech Highlands is still cool), and whatever you need for the project you want to work on.

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## Apply

Fill out the Application Form. It’s short—we want to know what you’re building, why this interests you, and what you can bring to others.
We review applications on a rolling basis and respond within a few days.
Space is limited to 25–30 people. Earlier applications have better chances, but we’ll stay open until we’re full.
Questions?
Reach out to Jakub at bares.jakub@gmail.com or František at frantisek@hostacov.com.

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## Why This Matters

We’re at an inflection point. The decisions being made right now—in terminals and pitch decks and late-night architecture debates—will shape how agents integrate into society for the next decade.
But here’s what most people miss: the real competition isn’t about who ships fastest. It’s about who builds with depth, structure, and wisdom.
When execution becomes cheap:

• Depth becomes the moat (going deeper in narrower domains)
• Structure becomes advantage (how knowledge is organized, not just what you know)
• Variance becomes differentiation (creativity of sources and synthesis)
• Judgment becomes everything (knowing what’s worth building)

Europe’s opportunity is not to copy Silicon Valley’s speed-at-all-costs model. Europe’s advantage is bringing:

• Philosophical traditions that ask “what should we build?” not just “what can we build?”
• Cultural grounding that provides depth over hype
• Institutional sophistication that thinks in systems
• Human-centric values that preserve dignity while scaling capability
• Democratic maturity that can govern power, not just produce it

This weekend is a bet that the best outcomes happen when thoughtful, skilled builders connect with each other. When we share what’s working, warn each other about dead ends, and hold space for both the technical and the human questions.
You don’t have to figure this out alone. Come build with us.

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