A European Initiative in Silicon Valley

The AI Gateway Program is the first collaboration between European countries in the Bay Area. The program offers promising European AI startups an opportunity to connect to the AI ecosystem in the Bay Area. The program featured a diverse cohort of AI startups from the Netherlands, Belgium, and France, showcasing the breadth and depth of European innovation.

Take a look back at the AI Gateway Program 2024.

Key Highlights

🔦 Shining at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

The AI Gateway Program cohort made a strong impression at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 in San Francisco, where all participating startup founders took center stage and pitched. This prestigious event provided the perfect platform for these startups to connect with fellow AI founders, industry leaders, investors, and potential partners. 

🤖 AI Founder Dinner: A Night of Connection

In addition to the high-profile TechCrunch Disrupt conference, ScaleNL hosted an exclusive AI Founder Dinner. This intimate gathering brought together our founders and our local AI network, including experienced AI entrepreneurs, investors, and industry experts. The dinner provided a relaxed setting for meaningful conversations, fostering relationships and exploring potential collaborations.

Learn about the AI Gateway SV 2024 Cohort

Axelera AI

Axelera AI delivers an AI-native game-changing hardware and software platform to accelerate artificial intelligence.

Conveo

Conveo is a qualitative research platform that conducts and analyzes in-depth, AI-moderated voice & video interviews. By merging the depth of qualitative interviews with the scale of a survey, we provide deeper insights, blazingly fast.

Greenant

GreenAnt leverages the power of satellite data to empower more informed, more profitable, and more climate-resilient land management. Working with GreenAnt, farmers boost yields, businesses optimize supply chains, insurers tailor risk assessments, and governments develop smarter policies for a greener future.

IMKI

The company develops tailor-made AI solutions including specialized product AIs with brand and/or trend impregnation for the creative industries like Luxury and Fashion. Offered as an AIaaS (AI as a Service) the IMKI solution enables brands to generate unlimited creative content in a secured, safe and sovereign environment.

Typetone

Typetone builds an autonomous AI labor force to help businesses grow online. With ”Sarah”, the world’s first AI employee, companies grow their business with content marketing completely on autopilot, as she proactively learns about the company, creates the complete marketing strategy and also executes everything. 

ULALO

ULALO is a pioneering blockchain platform that empowers businesses to streamline complex multi-party processes, enhancing efficiency and ensuring data privacy. Our innovative NoCode platform harnesses AI to automatically draft tailored workflows, integrating the most suitable data connectors and blockchain components for each industry sector.

Your BI

YourBI is the driving force behind the adoption of data-driven decision-making in the hospitality industry. Their business intelligence and intelligent workflow software enables their customers to a) track guest behavior and sales activities across channels, b) link sales activities to related labor and purchase activities and c) align operational and financial data.

About ScaleNL 

ScaleNL is the first public-private organization that helps Dutch Tech scale to the US with access to a dedicated network of founders and mentors, a US market entry academy of courses, tailored events and programs, and access to funding. ScaleNL is co-funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

About Start2Group

Start2 Group, formerly German Entrepreneurship, is an international group of companies supporting startups on 4 continents, fostering innovation, and partnering with governments and corporations to drive global economic growth.

Program Partners 

This program was co-developed in partnership with Start2 Group. 

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