Startup World Cup Belgium 2026 | Brussels

GTM Engineering: Hype or Reality? We dig into what most of you are already tinkering with: using AI to automate and augment GTM workflows. Practitioner-led, deliberately informal, and honest about what didn't work. Nathan and Kevin from Spott open on how they approach AI in GTM: what to automate first, what to leave alone, and how to tell the difference. Then Roger Akayesi (GTM Engineer, Powernaut.io), Christine Hick (Head of Growth, Oper Credits), and Amaury Hellebuyck (Global RevOps, TechWolf) compare notes on what worked, what didn't, how to embed AI in the org, and where the cost model is heading. Open Q&A after, then drinks and bites. Open to the wider ecosystem this time. Come compare notes. ---- Syndicate One backs ambitious Belgian tech founders, investing out of a €22M fund run by 40+ operators and investors, not career fund managers. Field Notes is where our portfolio companies compare notes on what actually worked and what didn't. This one's your first look inside.

Most pitch feedback arrives too late, too polite, or both. Pitchback is our answer: a fun but serious pitch arena. Five minutes to pitch. Two minutes of instant, honest feedback from the room. No jury, no prizes, just a room full of founders, operators and investors telling you what landed and what didn't. Residents can step up and pitch. Community members are more than welcome to listen and share feedback. Come pitch, or come sharpen someone else's. General Information 🗓 10 September, 18:30-21:00 📍 WAT Beta, Brussels 🅿️ No Car Parking on site 🎫 Free - Approval required

☕ Cerebras Café Compute | Brussels An exclusive evening for AI engineers, founders, and builders. Join a curated group of developers for a hands-on session exploring what becomes possible when inference is no longer the bottleneck. Bring your laptop, build alongside other AI practitioners, exchange ideas, and experience Cerebras in action. This isn’t a conference. It’s a small, interactive builder session designed for meaningful conversations, live experimentation, and collaboration, supported by North Star. Co-hosted by Kris, Cerebras Ambassador, and Oleksandr Tsepukh, Codex Ambassador Schedule : 2:00 PM Doors open. Settle in and connect with fellow builders. 2:25 PM Welcome and introduction. 2:30 PM Cerebras & Codex with Kris and Oleksandr 2:40 PM Nick Veenhof (GitLab) - From Personal Agent To Org Catalog: 13 Specialists, One Orchestrator (Codex as the harness) 3:00 PM Rafaela Nicolazzi (OpenAI). Talk + Q&A 3:30 PM Zigfrid Z. (Cerebras) Talk + Q&A 4:00 PM Networking and discussions. 5:30 PM Event concludes. Why attend? Cerebras is the world's fastest AI inference, up to 15x faster than leading GPUs. Cerebras Inference is powered by our Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE-3) - the world's largest AI chip. Experience the speed for yourself with OpenAI Codex-Spark, powered on Cerebras, or one of the open source models like GLM 4.7. Get free compute at Cerebras.ai. Whether you’re building AI agents, coding assistants, voice AI, or production LLM applications, this is an opportunity to experience the platform firsthand alongside fellow builders and members of the Cerebras community. Seats are intentionally limited to keep the experience interactive and conversation-driven. Register early to secure your spot. Join our rapidly growing communities: Discord ↗ Reddit ↗ X ↗