Slush comes to Helsinki on Wednesday and Thursday, November 18 and 19, and Verda will be there as a key partner with our own booth at the main venue. If you are a founder, investor or engineer building with AI, come and meet us.
Verda is the full-stack AI cloud, built across data centers, compute, storage, networking, and software for the teams pushing the boundary of what's possible with AI. Helsinki is our home, and during the Slush week you'll find us everywhere, from the Junction hackathon the week before to side events, such as a founders' fireside and a long-table dinner.
Visit our booth
You will find us at Booth 7B1, right by the Founder Stage. The booth is open on:
- Wednesday, November 18, 08:00 to 18:00
- Thursday, November 19, 08:00 to 21:00, staying open during the Slush after-party from 18:00
Come and talk to our team about how we can support your AI journey, such as with our latest offering, Verda Inference. Whatever you are building, we can help, from on-demand compute to a dedicated cluster.
Talks at our booth
We are running short talks at the booth on both days. Each one lasts up to 20 minutes, for a small group, so you can ask questions and get practical answers about AI and life at Verda.
Wednesday, November 18
- 10:30-10:50: Robin Stringer, AI Developer Advocate: Verda Inference
- 13:30-13:50: Eyas Taha, Senior Talent Partner: People and culture at Verda
- 15:00-15:20: Svitlana Chaplinska, Senior Security Engineer: Security
- 16:30-16:50: Ömer Tumer, VP Marketing: Inference and startups
Thursday, November 19
- 11:00-11:20: Eyas Taha, Senior Talent Partner: People and culture at Verda
- 12:15-12:35: Svitlana Chaplinska, Senior Security Engineer: Security
- 13:45-14:05: Robin Stringer, AI Developer Advocate: Verda Inference
- 15:00-15:20: Arturs Polis, CTO: Topic to be announced
On stage
Solo Founding A Unicorn from My Garage
Thursday, November 19, from 14:20 to 14:50, Builder Stage
What does it take to build an AI cloud alone? Ruben Bryon, our Founder and CEO, started Verda in his garage in 2020, bootstrapped it, and this year raised a $189M Series B. He sits down with Magnus, Partner at byFounders, his first VC investor and later a member of our team, to unpack the solo founder journey, from first customers to scaling the company. See the session on the Slush program.
Around Slush
Salesforce and Slack fireside chat
Wednesday, November 18, from 11:00 to 12:00, Messukeskus Helsinki, Partner Side Event Wing, Venue 8
Ömer Tumer, our VP Marketing, joins Herman Heuvinck, RVP Sales at Salesforce, for a relaxed 15-minute fireside chat as part of "Salesforce Runs on Slack. So Do the World's Leading AI Companies. Here's Why." Event details.
Owning the AI Stack: Can Europe Do It?
Thursday, November 19, from 15:10 to 15:55, Messukeskus Helsinki, Partner Side Event Wing, Venue 1
Ruben joins a panel hosted by Aiven on whether Europe can own the full AI stack, or should compete more selectively. Event details.
Epicenter's DJ Tech Battle
Thursday, November 19, from 17:00 to 21:00, Messukeskus Helsinki, Partner Side Event Wing, Venue 1
Eight enterprises and scale-ups go head to head in a DJ battle, at this official Slush side event from Epicenter and TiDB. Christopher "Toby" Ostheimer is on the decks for Verda, so come and cheer him on. You do not need a Slush ticket to get in. Event details.
Beyond the venue
Junction
The Slush week starts early for us at Junction, Europe’s largest hackathon, taking place in Espoo, from 13 to 15 November. We're giving free credits to all participants, offering a bounty and giving two talks. Our engineers will be on site all weekend. Event details.
Media briefing
On Tuesday, November 17, our Founder and CEO Ruben Bryon hosts journalists at our Helsinki office for a briefing ahead of Slush. By invitation only.
Founders, off the record: Matthew Prince x Ruben Bryon
On Wednesday, November 18, from 16:15 to 18:00, Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare, sits down with Ruben for a founder-to-founder conversation, moderated by Magnus Hambleton of byFounders. Seats are limited and subject to approval: request to join.
Eating the Wilderness: A Long Table for Verda
On Wednesday evening, we're co-hosting a private dinner with byFounders and Emergence Capital, bringing together a small group of founders, operators, investors and friends from across the European tech community to celebrate Verda's journey so far. At the heart of the evening is Antto Melasniemi: chef, artist, musician and commercial fisherman, and one of the most distinctive voices in Finnish food. A few seats remain for founders and VCs: request a place.
Meet our team at Slush
Founder and CEO Ruben Bryon, CTO Arturs Polis, Chief Business Officer Anssi Harjunpaa and VP Marketing Ömer Tumer will be at Slush, together with our engineering, people, and go-to-market teams. To meet them, or to talk with our team about what you are building next, use the Slush platform meeting system at platform.slush.org or get in touch.
See you at booth 7B1 at Messukeskus Helsinki!
