Nebius Open Source AI Salon
Hosted by Nebius for Startups + Yasemin Gunes + Dylan Bristot + Darya Vishlenkova
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What to look forward to
Nebius will host an invite-only discussion on what open-weight AI needs to reach its breakout moment, covering compute, funding, distribution, evaluation, and Europe’s role. Founders, CTOs, enterprise AI leaders, researchers, investors, and the team behind Moonshot AI’s Kimi will share practical insights on deploying open models and building the ecosystem.
Inside the event
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 · Berlin · By Invitation Only
About the Event
Open-weight models are closing the gap on the frontier, and Europe's labs, founders, developers and enterprises are building on them at pace. Yet the breakout moment for open source AI still hasn't arrived. What is standing in the way? Compute, capital, distribution, evaluation, policy? Who pays for the open ecosystem? And what role will Europe play?
Join Nebius on the evening of the GTC Berlin keynote for an invite-only salon exploring a central question: What has to be unlocked for open source AI to have its breakout moment, and what will it take to build it?
Agenda
5:00–5:30 PM — Doors Open, Registration, Meet the team.
Free shuttles from STATION Berlin to Nebius HQ. Meet fellow founders, enterprise AI leaders, researchers and investors. Enjoy some nibbles and refreshments.
5:30–5:45 PM — Welcome
A brief welcome from Nebius.
5:45–6:15 PM — The Conversation
A moderated discussion on where open models are delivering today, where teams get stuck, and what labs, infra providers and builders each need to unlock.
6:20–6:45 PM — Fireside chat with Moonshot AI
The team behind Kimi will share how companies are putting open models to work: real use cases, and what matters to their customers about cost, deployment and control of data.
6:45–7:30 PM — Open conversation and Audience Q&A
7:30 PM onwards — Nebius Networking Reception
Join the Nebius secret afterparty and continue the conversation with the speakers and the community over drinks and canapés.
Who should join
This evening is for founders, CTOs and technical leads building on open models, investors who back them, along with enterprise teams evaluating, buying or deploying open models in production.
Invite-only. Space is limited and confirmed by invitation.
About Nebius
Nebius, the AI cloud company, is building the full-stack platform for developers and companies to take charge of their AI future — from data and model training to production deployment. Founded on deep in-house technological expertise and operating at scale with a rapidly expanding global footprint, Nebius serves startups and enterprises building AI products, agents, and services worldwide. Nebius Token Factory, its managed inference platform for production AI, helps teams run and scale open models in production.
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Berlin, Germany
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