AWS & Anthropic Taiwan Startup Happy Hour 🥂
Anthropic Startup team is coming to Taipei — and we're bringing them into the room with you. Join Amazon Web Services (AWS), Anthropic for a relaxed, networking-first happy hour built for startup founders, builders, and technical teams. No dense keynotes, no hard sell — just two sharp sessions, an open mic to ask the questions you actually care about, and plenty of time to mingle over drinks. If you're building with AI, this is your chance to meet the people behind Claude and the AWS team powering the next generation of Taiwan startups. This event is co-hosted by AWS, Anthropic and A2Growth Launchpad, a joint incubator by AWS and AVA Angels. What to expect 🎤 Two focused sharing sessions from Anthropic and AWS — practical, founder-friendly 💬 Ask Us Anything — put your most-asked Claude & AWS questions to the experts 🥂 Casual networking — meet fellow founders, the Anthropic team, and the AWS Startups crew 🌏 Meet Anthropic's regional team who work with founders from first API call to production scale Agenda 14:00 – 14:30 Guest arrival & welcome drinks 14:30 – 14:40 Welcoming remarks 14:40 – 15:00 Anthropic session — The Frontier Advantage: How Startups Win with Claude 15:00 – 15:20 AWS session — Built to Scale: The AWS Startup Path from Idea to Growth 15:20 – 15:30 Ask Us Anything — open Q&A with Anthropic & AWS 15:30 – 16:30 Casual networking & happy hour 🥂 Meet the Anthropic team Daragh McGough — GTM, Anthropic Daragh McGough looks after startups at Anthropic across Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia. Based in Sydney, he works with founders from their first Claude API integration through to production at scale. Before Anthropic, Daragh was at AWS, where he worked closely with Australia's software and partner ecosystem - so he knows the ground founders are building on. Eric Cheng — Applied AI, Anthropic Eric Cheng is a Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic where he sits at the intersection of our customers, products and research. Prior to Anthropic, Eric ha