{"id":7173,"date":"2026-05-29T11:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T08:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/?post_type=event&#038;p=7173"},"modified":"2026-06-01T13:37:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:37:51","slug":"cloud-ai-agents-breakfast-aiven-confidentialmind-upcloud","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/events\/cloud-ai-agents-breakfast-aiven-confidentialmind-upcloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud and AI Agents Breakfast with Aiven for Startups, ConfidentialMind, and UpCloud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join\u00a0Aiven 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When &amp; Where<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Tuesday, 09.06.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Time:<\/strong>\u00a008:30 \u2013 10:30<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Maria 01, Event Space, Building 1, 2nd Floor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Agenda<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8:30\u20139:00<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Breakfast &amp; Networking<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Start the morning with coffee, breakfast, and conversations with fellow founders, developers, and technology professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9:00\u20139:20<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">European Digital Sovereignty \u2014 And Why You Should Care<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Speaker:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/miikasivonen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miika Sivonen<\/a>, Director of Strategic Partnerships UpCloud<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn why European digital sovereignty is becoming a critical topic for startups and businesses building modern cloud-native products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About UpCloud<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UpCloud is a European cloud service provider offering high-performance sovereign cloud infrastructure from its global data centers. Headquartered in Helsinki, UpCloud\u2019s Startup Program delivers transparent pricing, zero-cost egress, and 24\/7 expert human support for growing companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9:20\u20139:40<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Your Agent Deserves Better Infrastructure \u2014 How to Make Them Work for You<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Speaker:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/iiro-moisander\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iiro Moisander<\/a>, Pricing and Packaging Manager from\u00a0Aiven for Startups<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ever feel like the AI agent you \u201chired\u201d just drags you deeper into the trenches?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this session, we\u2019ll explore how managed AI agents have evolved, where they genuinely help founders today, and where they still fall short. You\u2019ll also learn how simple infrastructure choices can unlock practical, fast results for real business use cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The takeaway? Sometimes all you need is Postgres \u2014 and the right infrastructure behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9:40\u201310:00<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Building AI with Open Models \u2013 What is Possible?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/markkurasanen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Markku R\u00e4s\u00e4nen<\/a>, CEO and Co-founder ConfidentialMind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn about the latest developments in open weights models and the open source AI ecosystem. We also discuss the trends and the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About ConfidentialMind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10:00\u201310:30<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Networking<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Continue the discussion with fellow attendees and speakers while building new connections across the startup and cloud ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Attend<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Learn how European cloud sovereignty impacts modern startups<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discover practical use cases for AI agents in business workflows<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meet founders, builders, and infrastructure experts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gain insights into scalable cloud and data infrastructure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enjoy breakfast and networking with the local tech community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join\u00a0Aiven 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":82724,"template":"","event-category":[211,214,217],"class_list":["post-7173","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/7173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/7173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7205,"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/7173\/revisions\/7205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-category?post=7173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}