AI Founders Club

Where Europe's boldest AI founders connect, scale, and compete globally

About the AI Founders Club

The AI Founders Club is a highly curated, invite-only platform connecting Europe's most promising AI and robotics founders with capital, corporates, and global markets.

Building on a successful 2025 pilot, the AI Founders Club has evolved into a pan-European platform for founders who are ready to compete on a global stage. This is a selective cohort designed to give members a tangible competitive advantage: direct access to investors, real commercial opportunities with corporates, and a high-trust network of peers at a similar stage of growth.

What do you get?

1. Direct access to capital
Curated introductions to leading European and international investors, private founder–investor sessions focused on strategic alignment (not pitching), and tailored investor matching for top-performing founders.

2. Real commercial opportunities with corporates
Direct engagement with corporates actively seeking AI solutions with pathways to pilots, partnerships, and enterprise adoption, plus access to industry expertise and real-world problem statements.

3. A high-trust founder network
Quarterly closed-door peer sessions with fellow members, experienced entrepreneurs, and mentors. Built for founder-to-founder exchange, not networking noise.

4. Strategic knowledge and support
Founder-driven sessions on fundraising strategy, enterprise scaling, EU AI Act navigation. and international market entry (US / Asia), shaped around what the cohort actually needs.

5. Global ecosystem access
Each year, members convene in the world's leading AI ecosystems for closed-door engagements: 
2026 - Helsinki (Slush): curated founder sessions and investor exposure
2027 - Silicon Valley: access to global investors, scale-ups, and ecosystem leaders
2028 - Asia (Singapore / South Korea): market access and expansion insights

Who is it for?

• Early-stage founders (pre-seed / seed) with a market-ready MVP and strong growth ambition
• Scaling ventures (seed to Series A) driving frontier AI or robotics solutions and seeking enterprise adoption and market expansion
• Active outreach to women founders and innovators from underrepresented regions, including RIS

Selection is competitive and invite-only, keeping the cohort small, high-trust, and high-caliber

Pilot in Action – 2025 Cohort

The 2025 pilot supported six AI startups:

• Thoughtful Oasis (Netherlands)
• WeavAir (Poland)
• Pandatron AI (Finland)
• Istya (France)
• Artiwise (Turkey)
• Bit&R (Romania)

The pilot demonstrated that deep-tech AI founders thrive in a flexible, trust-based environment where learning is mutual and iterative.

Learn more

• Apply AI Strategy – European Commission (2025)
• AI Conformity Tool
  
• EIT Community
  

AI Founders Club 2025 Stories