Upstream – Breaking Barriers

Breakfast Information Session: AI-Hub Zuid-Holland x Breaking Barriers

AI-Hub Zuid-Holland and Breaking Barriers are proud to host a Breakfast Information Session during #Upstream2025, where participants have the opportunity to learn more about the Breaking Barriers programme and how it supports ambitious AI startups in overcoming growth challenges and scaling into successful international players.

Sign up for our event via the link and don’t forget to claim your Upstream Pass via www.upstreamfestival.com.

Breaking Barriers

As an AI startup, you want to break through, grow, and make an impact. Building a pioneering company comes with many challenges. How do you attract follow-up funding to accelerate your growth? How do you find and retain top talent to achieve ambitions? And how do you ensure that your company reaches new and international markets?

The AiNed Breaking Barriers programme is designed to turn these kinds of challenges into opportunities. With a tailor-made program, we support you in accelerating your growth path. Our goal? Strengthen the Dutch AI ecosystem in such a way that promising Dutch startups become successful international players. To achieve this goal, we work together with valuable partners.

Programme

​08:00 | Walk in

08:15 – 10:00 | The Breakfast Session: Information for Start-ups from Zuid-Holland about Breaking Barriers and the MIT Application

About Upstream

Upstream is where innovation meets community. Join us for an electrifying blend of inspiration, collaboration, and forward-thinking. Whether you’re a founder, investor or a corporate change maker, this community-driven festival is your gateway to cutting-edge ideas, meaningful connections, and endless possibilities.

About AI-Hub Zuid-Holland

The AI hub Zuid-Holland, located in Mondai | House of AI on the TU Delft campus is there for and by entrepreneurs – startups, scale-ups, SMEs and large companies, knowledge institutions and governments in the region that (want to) work together in an active AI ecosystem. This applies to parties that are already fully engaged in AI applications and to parties that are exploring AI.

MIT application

Do you work with other SMEs to develop or innovate products, production processes or services and do you want to contribute to the development of the digital key technology Artificial Intelligence (AI)? You can then submit an application for an R&D Collaboration project on the theme of AI.