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ARRtist AI Summit 2026

ARRtist AI Summit 2026 is an exclusive, invite-only event for 250 SaaS and AI founders, C-Suites, and investors dedicated to building the next generation of AI-driven companies. The summit features a curated program including Q&A talks, interactive round tables, mastermind sessions, mentor matchmaking, startup pitch competitions, and high-profile networking…

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40Speakers
30Sponsors
33On the bill · sessions
62Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at ARRtist, in alphabetical order.
André Christ
Co-Founder & General Manager · SAP LeanIX
Charlotte Rothert
CEO & Co-Founder · doinstruct
Christoph Gerber
CEO · Talon.One
Christoph Wagner
CEO at Scanbot SDK · Scanbot SDK
Deepa Gautam-Nigge
VP Corporate Development · SAP SE
Domagoj Dolinsek
Founder · PlanRadar.com
Dr. Kilian Schmidt
Co-Founder & CEO · Kertos
Dr. Roger Gothmann
Co-Founder · Taxdoo
Elvin Kingma
Country Manager Germany · Bluebird
Florian Heinemann
Partner · Project A Ventures
Gaëtan Gachet
Executive in Residence · Singular
Hanna Marie Asmussen
Co-Founder & CEO at Localyze · Localyze
Hauke Lamb
Managing Director · TRASER Software
Henric Meinhardt
Co-Founder · comstruct
Isabel Delgado
EVP Strategy & Founder at IDB Performance · IDB Performance
Iskender Dirik
Partner · Delin Ventures
Jan Marquardt
CEO · Zive
Jan Oberhauser
Founder & CEO · n8n.io
Johan van Mil
Founder & Managing Partner · Peak
Julia Goelles
VP Marketing · Parloa
Kristina Kierner
Chief Revenue Officer · orderbird
Leonie Althaus
Co-Founder & CEO · traide AI
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Platinum
ba taxPlatinum
MolliePlatinum
PSG EquityDiamond
StripePlatinum
Brave New BrandsGold
CarlsquareGold
Drake StarGold
ExpandiGold
FrisbiiGold
KertosGold
KickscaleGold
Nobel RecruitmentGold
re:capGold
YouniumGold
ApteanSilver
Cremanski & CompanySilver
DoiTSilver
GrowablySilver
heyDataSilver
HubSpotSilver
LexwareSilver
OMR ReviewsSilver
PeakSilver
PeakoraSilver
Public Cloud Group (PCG)Silver
Riverside Acceleration CapitalSilver
SalesPlaybookSilver
Warburg Pincus LLCSilver
WebinarGeekSilver
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Agenda

Selected from 33 sessions on the bill.
  • TBA

    Agentic AI: Let's automate everything!

    Where do we stand with Agentic AI? Can we build the 100% automated business yet? In this session, we'll explore what parts of a business can be automated, to what degree, and, wher…

    Go-to-Market
  • TBA

    AI as a Teammate? What We’re Learning in Product

    AI is already changing how product teams work - from research and ideation to communication and planning. In this workshop, I’ll share how we’ve started using AI as a practical tea…

    Product & Tech
  • TBA

    All In on Partnerships: Why Betting Big Pays Off (If You Play It Right)

    Going all in on partnerships can unlock massive growth - but only if you choose the right partners, stay focused, and execute with a clear strategy. In this workshop, we’ll explore…

    Go-to-Market
  • TBA

    Behind the Exit: Real Stories from SaaS Founders

    Description to be announced.

    Funding, Legal & Exit
  • TBA

    Community as a GTM Engine: What We Learned Scaling n8n to 230k customers

    Discover how Jan Oberhauser scaled n8n to more than 40 Mio. ARR through community-led growth - without a traditional sales team. In this interactive session, you'll get a behind-th…

    Funding, Legal & Exit
  • TBA

    Data-Driven GTM Diagnostic: How to Read the Right Data to Uncover What’s Broken in Your Go-To-Market Engine

    Ready to ignite your growth engine? This masterclass, "Data-Driven GTM Diagnostic," will equip you with the foundational theory you need to understand the essential prerequisites f…

    Go-to-Market
  • TBA

    Fast Forever: How to Keep Shipping at Speed as Your SaaS Company Grows

    Every SaaS company wants to move fast, until tech debt, bloated teams, poor technology choices, and unclear product direction slow them down. In this talk, Nick Franklin shares Cha…

    Product & Tech
  • TBA

    From Agile to Agentic: AI’s Impact on Product & Engineering

    Join us for a fast-paced roundtable on the shift from Agile to Agentic - where AI agents don’t just support teams, they collaborate and ship. We’ll explore how autonomous and copil…

    Product & Tech
  • TBA

    From FOMO to Frameworks: Launching AI Responsibly Without Getting Fined

    Every SaaS founder wants to integrate AI, but very few know how to stay compliant - especially with things like LLMs, automated decision-making, or user-facing AI tools - irrelevan…

    Funding, Legal & Exit
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 62 companies show up, and 8 bet on three roles at once?

62 companies. eight are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
8All threespeak · spons · exh
22Sponsoringsponsor only
32Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Aptean·Carlsquare·Cremanski & Co·heyData·Kertos·Peak·SalesPlaybook·warburg pincus

Speakers by seniority

93% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite2153%
  • Founder / Owner1230%
  • VP-level38%
  • Director / Head of13%
  • Manager / Lead13%
  • Other roles25%

Of 40 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01ApteanSp·S1V
  2. 02CarlsquareSp·G1V
  3. 03Cremanski & CoSp·S1V
  4. 04heyDataSp·S1V
  5. 05KertosSp·G1V
  6. 06PeakSp·S1V
  7. 07SalesPlaybookSp·S1V
  8. 08warburg pincusSp·S1V
  9. 09AWSSp·P
  10. 10ba taxSp·P
  11. 11Brave New BrandsSp·G
  12. 12DoiTSp·S
  13. 13DrakestarSp·G
  14. 14ExpandiSp·G
Sponsors by tier
diamond1
3% of 30
platinum4
13% of 30
gold10
33% of 30
silver15
50% of 30
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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