Founder Night Out: Meet Flanders's AI Founders, Investors ...

2026-11-18 · 18:00:00 · Antwerp

Agora Caffee

Stadscampus - Gebouw S.E., Grote Kauwenberg 2, 2000 Antwerp

Founder Institute hosts an informal evening mixer in Antwerp for local artificial intelligence founders, operators, and investors to build relationships without panels or pitches.

You have watched enough webinars. What you have not done is talk to the people building in this city.

No stage, no slides, no panel. A short opening, structured introductions so nobody is stranded, and then the evening is yours. Founders at every stage, local investors with no obligation to pitch or be pitched, and operators who can actually help with something.

Register now. Bring what you are working on and what you are stuck on.<br /><div><strong>What You'll Learn:</strong></div><ul><li>Who is building what in Flanders right now, from the people building it;</li><li>Which local investors are active and what they are looking at;</li><li>What the operators in the room can help with;</li><li>Where the local ecosystem is strong and where it is thin;</li><li>How to keep the conversations going after the night ends.</li></ul><div><strong>Who You'll Meet:</strong>  </div><div><strong>Patricia Tavira, MBA:</strong> AI speaker, trainer and strategist who leads the Stripe Antwerp Community, AI Salon Antwerp and AgoraÑ Brussels, and is a Venture Partner at Broadline Capital. </div><div><strong>Oscar Gutierrez:</strong> Founder and CEO of Pandime BV, which builds secure, production-ready AI systems, including custom RAG pipelines, that turn a company’s unstructured data into search tools and agents. </div><div><strong>Jan Meskens:</strong> Independent data and AI consultant with 10+ years in data strategy and architecture, a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction, and a lecturer in A

Founder brief

Who should attend

Founders building with AI in Flanders at any stage of development will gain the most value. It equally serves local operators seeking to assist startups and investors who want casual conversations without the pressures of formal pitching.

What happens

Proceedings kick off at 18:00 with brief opening remarks, followed by structured introductions designed to connect attendees early. From there, the rest of the gathering remains completely open for unstructured conversation, deliberate networking, and discussing active challenges.

Who's in the room

Participants include local entrepreneurs, technical operators, and investors. Notable attendees are Patricia Tavira of Broadline Capital, Pandime BV founder Oscar Gutierrez, and independent data and AI consultant Jan Meskens.

How to prepare

Arrive ready to share an overview of what you are building and specific bottlenecks you face right now. Since there are no formal pitch opportunities, focus on concise conversational talking points rather than an investor presentation.

Organizer: Founder Institute

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Any
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