Scaling AI products: from prototype to market

Shipping AI is hard. Scaling it is harder.

Between promising prototypes and production-ready systems lies a messy reality: shifting customer needs, technical trade-offs, investor pressure, and a market that evolves faster than your roadmap.

This time, in collaboration with the Data Science Rotterdam community we have curated an evening dedicated to the "missing middle" of AI development, the bridge between technical excellence and commercial viability. We are bringing together founders who are navigating that reality firsthand, and who are ready to share what actually works for them.

Is this for you?
This meetup is designed for Data Scientists, ML Engineers, Technical Founders, and Product Leads who need to move beyond proof-of-concept and want to understand the strategic side of their stack.

What’s on the agenda?

Leen de Graaf (CEO of Cuurios) will share firsthand insights from his scaling journey, challenging the “one-size-fits-all” product mindset. He will explore how building targeted point solutions, rather than fixed and inflexible products, enables you to address immediate client pain points while maintaining the agility to evolve.

Guus van Heijningen (Co-founder of Captain) has spent a significant part of the past year raising funds for an AI startup. In his talk, he will share his experience and the key learnings from this journey.

Sohrab Hosseini (Co-founder of orq.ai) and Karthik Mahadevan (CEO of ENVISION) will reflect, in a fireside chat, on their experiences scaling AI products. They will share insights into how the AI industry is evolving and what “market-ready” may look like in the coming years.

Expect an evening with concrete lessons, honest reflections, and strategic insight into building AI products that don’t just work, but scale!