The Stack

A home for AI founders and builders. Applications are open now.

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From ecosystem to impact
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Moderator: Esther Bisschop, The Stack @the_stack_ai
@jelleprins, Dutch National AI Plan; @cradlebio; NADI
Marius Woldberg, Director, The Stack @the_stack_ai

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[The Stack @the_stack_ai]

Not every task needs a top-tier AI model.

Our co-founder Philip Gast on @NOS: route each task to the right model, and choose where your data runs.

“Why still use an expensive model if cheaper ones do the job?”

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[The Stack @the_stack_ai]

One of Europe’s top 100 AI startups is part of our community 🏆
Huge congratulations to EquiLibre on being ranked #31 in the 2026 @Siftedeu AI 100 👏

🔎 1,500 European AI startups assessed
💯 Just 100 made the list
🚀 Series A closed this year

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Photo credits: Sophie van Veen

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Great panel at @WorldSummitAI #WSAI today! 🎤

Esther Bisschop, Marius Woldberg and @jelleprins (NADI) on building the Netherlands' AI and deep-tech advantage. Ecosystems make impact when meeting physically and everyone works together.

[The Stack @the_stack_ai]

End your workweek with some entrepreneurial inspiration from Constantijn Van Oranje-Nassau and Esther Bisschop at New Business Radio. Tune in at 5pm and learn all about The Stack’s big ambitions!

https://t.co/urh3mZrJcy

[The Stack @the_stack_ai]

New chapter at The Stack: Marius Woldberg joins as Director. Marius built Perron038 in Zwolle into a network of 20+ organisations. Now he leads Amsterdam's AI hub from launch to growth. Welcome, Marius!

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[The Stack @the_stack_ai]

Spot our Founding Director Esther Bisschop on the streets of Amsterdam ✨

She's one of 30 women in the Equals Role Model Campaign, made with our Founding Partner Prosus. Let's celebrate the women in AI in the lead of Diversity Day October 6!

#WomenInAI #DiversityDay

[The Stack @the_stack_ai]

Thank you @HumanX for having The Stack at your first European edition, and for picking Amsterdam, Europe's AI capital. Constantijn van Oranje on stage, the deputy mayor mentioning The Stack, so much momentum for AI and the need for our AIHub. #HumanXEurope

[The Stack @the_stack_ai]

Hans Honig, @DeloitteNL CEO on AI, in @FD_Nieuws guardrails and alignment aren't optional. Get it wrong and "we all end up as paperclips."

Proud to see a Founding Partner echo what we believe at The Stack: safe AI is a job for the whole industry. https://t.co/b59iOUyCqi

[The Stack @the_stack_ai]

Esther Bisschop, Founding Director of The Stack, is moderating at @HumanXCo Amsterdam, 22 to 24 September at RAI Amsterdam.

Psst: Partner perk: 30% off Startup & General passes with code HX26EP_Techleap.
https://t.co/EmCxmUXDzx

[The Stack @the_stack_ai]

The Stack has selected @infinitSpace as our Workspace Operating Partner ahead of opening this month in Amsterdam

They run the tech + operations behind our workspace, so we can focus on building the AI community, programme & network.

Read more here:
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[The Stack @the_stack_ai]

Deloitte has joined The Stack as a founding partner, betting on Amsterdam as Europe's next AI hotspot.

Most scale-ups don't stumble on product. It's tax, legal, HR, finance. We connect founders with people who've solved it, so they stop reinventing the wheel.

[The Stack @the_stack_ai]

Last week we hosted a Construction Tour at The Stack Hard hats on (imaginary), we walked the raw, unfinished spaces with our Founding Initiators.

Still a construction site. Still fully on track for September.

Follow along 👇
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#TheStack #AmsterdamAI

[The Stack @the_stack_ai]

At @Prosus_Ventures , they spent months mapping the robotics stack, model labs, hardware makers, data infrastructure, tracking 60 companies across the US, Europe and China. This week they share what they found, live from Amsterdam.

Aug 19, 13:00 CET → https://t.co/UMfShfrlCu

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@mikebutcher This is why we're building The Stack: a physical hub to connect Europe's AI builders.
Always welcome!

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Amsterdam-based @nebiusai is making waves. They just posted its Q2 2026 results: group revenue up 454% year over year to $582.3 million. Numbers like these are a strong reminder of the caliber of talent and ambition Amsterdam has to offer in AI.
https://t.co/1fHsB2CNWg

[Startups Magazine @TheStartupsMag]

European AI startups secure record 55% of VC capital in H1 2026

European AI startups raised a record-breaking $23 billion in the first half of 2026, a 130% year-over-year surge that captured 55% of all venture capital in the region, according to the 2026 European AI Economy Report by HumanX and @crunchbase. Up from $10 billion in H1 2025, the historic funding total signals that Europe is rapidly asserting itself as a primary engine of global AI innovation.

Read more: https://t.co/3wr3fI6Hdj

#StartupsMagazine #Startups #Tech #AI #European

[The Stack @the_stack_ai]

New data: Dutch AI researcher numbers grew 87% in 2025. Amsterdam now has the highest concentration of AI talent per capital globally after SF and Seattle.

The talent is already arriving. The Stack opens in September to give it a home.
https://t.co/ei8cemX03D

[The Stack @the_stack_ai]

Spots are filling up fast. Do you think you should be a part of The Stack? Apply now!
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Spotted in the latest Monocle Quality of Life issue.
“Amsterdam (#15) is positioning itself as a European technology centre and AI hub, leveraging the fact that a substantial share of global internet traffic already passes through the region."
This is what we're building 🧱