From Code to Cognition: Programming Languages, Foundation Models & AI at Scale

​What happens when the creator of Python, a pioneer of open-source foundation models, and a builder of large-scale AI systems come together?

​Join Guido van Rossum, Thomas Wolf, Euro Beinat and Vanessa Evers for a rare, cross-layer conversation spanning the full AI stack — from the languages we write, to the models we train, to the systems that operate in the real world.​

​**Guido van Rossum**
Creator of Python, the programming language that underpins modern software development and much of today’s AI ecosystem. His work fundamentally reshaped how developers write, scale, and think about code.

​**Thomas Wolf**
Co-founder of Hugging Face, the company that put open-source AI and foundation models at the centre of global innovation. A leading force behind the democratisation of machine learning.

​**Euro Beinat**
AI leader at Prosus, building and deploying large-scale AI systems across a global portfolio of companies. Operating at the intersection of advanced research and real-world impact at scale.

Vanessa Evers** **

Director-General, National Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science CWI. Chief Science Advisor, Ministry of OCW.

​Curated by Monique van Dusseldorp