Cloud and AI Agents Breakfast with Aiven for Startups, ConfidentialMind, and UpCloud

Join Aiven for Startups, ConfidentialMind, and UpCloud for an exclusive breakfast event exploring the future of European cloud infrastructure, practical AI agents for startups, open-source AI ecosystem and scaling businesses.

Connect with founders, operators, and technology leaders over breakfast while hearing from industry experts on digital sovereignty, managed AI agents, and the infrastructure powering the next generation of applications.

When & Where

• Date: Tuesday, 09.06.
• Time: 08:30 – 10:30
• Location: Maria 01, Event Space, Building 1, 2nd Floor

Agenda

8:30–9:00

Breakfast & Networking

Start the morning with coffee, breakfast, and conversations with fellow founders, developers, and technology professionals.

9:00–9:20

European Digital Sovereignty — And Why You Should Care

Speaker: Miika Sivonen, Director of Strategic Partnerships UpCloud

Learn why European digital sovereignty is becoming a critical topic for startups and businesses building modern cloud-native products.

About UpCloud

UpCloud is a European cloud service provider offering high-performance sovereign cloud infrastructure from its global data centers. Headquartered in Helsinki, UpCloud’s Startup Program delivers transparent pricing, zero-cost egress, and 24/7 expert human support for growing companies.

9:20–9:40

Your Agent Deserves Better Infrastructure — How to Make Them Work for You

Speaker: Iiro Moisander, Pricing and Packaging Manager from Aiven for Startups

Ever feel like the AI agent you “hired” just drags you deeper into the trenches?

In this session, we’ll explore how managed AI agents have evolved, where they genuinely help founders today, and where they still fall short. You’ll also learn how simple infrastructure choices can unlock practical, fast results for real business use cases.

The takeaway? Sometimes all you need is Postgres — and the right infrastructure behind it.

9:40–10:00

Building AI with Open Models – What is Possible?

Speaker: Markku Räsänen, CEO and Co-founder ConfidentialMind

Learn about the latest developments in open weights models and the open source AI ecosystem. We also discuss the trends and the future.

About ConfidentialMind

ConfidentialMind is one of the few dedicated AI-infra labs in Europe. Headquartered in Espoo, ConfidentialMind offers its platform to customers so that they can run LLMs, agents, RAG, and many more use cases in any environment reliably.

10:00–10:30

Networking

Continue the discussion with fellow attendees and speakers while building new connections across the startup and cloud ecosystem.

Why Attend

• Learn how European cloud sovereignty impacts modern startups
• Discover practical use cases for AI agents in business workflows
• Meet founders, builders, and infrastructure experts
• Gain insights into scalable cloud and data infrastructure
• Enjoy breakfast and networking with the local tech community