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Joined May 2026
One of Europe’s top 100 AI startups is part of our community 🏆 Huge congratulations to EquiLibre on being ranked #31 in the 2026 @Siftedeu AI 100 👏 🔎 1,500 European AI startups assessed 💯 Just 100 made the list 🚀 Series A closed this year
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Great panel at @WorldSummitAI #WSAI today! 🎤 Esther Bisschop, Marius Woldberg and @jelleprins (NADI) on building the Netherlands' AI and deep-tech advantage. Ecosystems make impact when meeting physically and everyone works together.
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Photo credits: Sophie van Veen
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End your workweek with some entrepreneurial inspiration from Constantijn Van Oranje-Nassau and Esther Bisschop at New Business Radio. Tune in at 5pm and learn all about The Stack’s big ambitions! newbusinessradio.nl/artikel/…
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New chapter at The Stack: Marius Woldberg joins as Director. Marius built Perron038 in Zwolle into a network of 20+ organisations. Now he leads Amsterdam's AI hub from launch to growth. Welcome, Marius! thestack.pr.co/272731-the-st…
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Spot our Founding Director Esther Bisschop on the streets of Amsterdam ✨ She's one of 30 women in the Equals Role Model Campaign, made with our Founding Partner Prosus. Let's celebrate the women in AI in the lead of Diversity Day October 6! #WomenInAI #DiversityDay
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Thank you @HumanX for having The Stack at your first European edition, and for picking Amsterdam, Europe's AI capital. Constantijn van Oranje on stage, the deputy mayor mentioning The Stack, so much momentum for AI and the need for our AIHub. #HumanXEurope
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The Stack has selected @infinitSpace as our Workspace Operating Partner ahead of opening this month in Amsterdam They run the tech + operations behind our workspace, so we can focus on building the AI community, programme & network. Read more here: fmj.co.uk/the-stack-selects-…
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Deloitte has joined The Stack as a founding partner, betting on Amsterdam as Europe's next AI hotspot. Most scale-ups don't stumble on product. It's tax, legal, HR, finance. We connect founders with people who've solved it, so they stop reinventing the wheel.
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Last week we hosted a Construction Tour at The Stack Hard hats on (imaginary), we walked the raw, unfinished spaces with our Founding Initiators. Still a construction site. Still fully on track for September. Follow along 👇 luma.com/thestack #TheStack #AmsterdamAI
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At @Prosus_Ventures , they spent months mapping the robotics stack, model labs, hardware makers, data infrastructure, tracking 60 companies across the US, Europe and China. This week they share what they found, live from Amsterdam. Aug 19, 13:00 CET → luma.com/xn33xdtp
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📷 Amsterdam-based @nebiusai is making waves. They just posted its Q2 2026 results: group revenue up 454% year over year to $582.3 million. Numbers like these are a strong reminder of the caliber of talent and ambition Amsterdam has to offer in AI. nebius.com/newsroom/nebius-r…
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European AI startups secure record 55% of VC capital in H1 2026 European AI startups raised a record-breaking $23 billion in the first half of 2026, a 130% year-over-year surge that captured 55% of all venture capital in the region, according to the 2026 European AI Economy Report by HumanX and @crunchbase. Up from $10 billion in H1 2025, the historic funding total signals that Europe is rapidly asserting itself as a primary engine of global AI innovation. Read more: startupsmagazine.co.uk/europ… #StartupsMagazine #Startups #Tech #AI #European
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New data: Dutch AI researcher numbers grew 87% in 2025. Amsterdam now has the highest concentration of AI talent per capital globally after SF and Seattle. The talent is already arriving. The Stack opens in September to give it a home. sciencebusiness.net/news/ai/…
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Spotted in the latest Monocle Quality of Life issue. “Amsterdam (#15) is positioning itself as a European technology centre and AI hub, leveraging the fact that a substantial share of global internet traffic already passes through the region." This is what we're building 🧱
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Amsterdam is the magnet for AI companies in NL: and @FD_Nieuws asked why. Founding director Esther Bisschop: "Founders don't just want an office, they want a clubhouse. That's what The Stack is building. 4,500m² in Oostenburg, opening September." 🔗 fd.nl/bedrijfsleven/1603001/…
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In this interview with BusinessWise, The Stack co-founder Lennard Zwart discusses with Thomas Besselink and Michiel Knoers from partner IMC why The Stack brings true builders together - and why coffee-machine conversations can create real momentum. Read: businesswise.nl/strategie/ni…
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