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

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 AI and data at University College. </div><div><strong>David Dessers:</strong> Tech-focused business lawyer who advises founders and VC/PE funds on fundraising, M&A and technology deals, author of “Innovate. Collaborate. Grow!” and ranked by Chambers and Legal500. </div><div><strong>Ozturk Taspinar:</strong> Keynote speaker, board advisor and investor with 25 years in tech and innovation, including Accenture’s BeLux leadership team and KPMG Partner of Innovation, now focused on board-level AI strategy. </div><div><br><strong>Who Should Attend:</strong></div><ul><li>Founders at any stage building in or near Flanders;</li><li>Professionals considering starting something who want to meet people who did;</li><li>Local investors and operators looking for early deal flow and talent;</li><li>Anyone who prefers a conversation to a webinar.</li></ul><div><strong>Additional Resources:</strong> Find more <a href="https://fi.co/events">Startup Events</a>, browse the <a href="https://fi.co/mentors">Founder Institute Mentors</a> active in your region, or follow <a href="https://fi.co/news">Graduate News</a> to see who is building nearby.</div><div><strong>About Founder Institute:</strong> The Founder Institute is the World's Largest AI-Native Company Builder, giving idea-stage, first-time founders, and employees making the leap to entrepreneurship the tools, global network, and proven methodology to build an AI-powered startup from zero to funding. Since 2009, our structured programs have helped over 9,000 founders across 100 countries raise more than $2BN in funding. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 6 continents, our mission is to empower talented and motivated people everywhere to build impactful, AI-powered companies.</div>