Proxify Talks - Stockholm Nationalmusem - Oct 19

AI Meets Reality

From AI potential to real-world impact. A special evening at the Stockholm Nationalmuseum, hosted by Proxify.

About the event

​AI's potential is no longer in question; what separates the leaders from the laggards is execution in the real world. Proxify Talks brings together CTOs, senior engineering leaders, and technical executives for an evening of candid keynotes, sharp panel discussions, and honest conversation about what it takes to put AI to work inside real organizations - beyond the hype, beyond the demos, and past the current technological chaos. Expect depth over buzzwords: our speakers choose their own angle on the theme, so you'll hear a genuine range of perspectives on implementation, not a repeated pitch deck.

Speakers

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Certified board member and member of The Swedish Academy of Board Directors. A passionate serial entrepreneur with expertise in SaaS, IoT, and Electronics in B2B and B2C space. Founded his first company, Jens of Sweden at the age of 24 followed by JAYS which is listed on NASDAQ. Founded Automile in 2014 later acquired in 2020.

Jens Nylander

CEO & Founder at The Intelligence Company

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Since 2020 Simon turned to his passion: researching software engineering productivity at Stanford. Before this, he served as CTO at Crunchyroll, where he led the engineering team through rapid growth and an acquisition by AT&T/WarnerMedia, and later by Sony, in a $1.2 billion deal.

Simon Obstbaum

Software Engineering Researcher at Stanford University

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Jasper began her career in the US, working with CTOs at public and high-growth companies. After moving to Sweden, she worked at Sinch before becoming Head of Engineering Operations at Trustly. Her work in AI enablement and third-party risk management exposed a gap in third-party security, inspiring her to co-found Ethira. She now leads the company as CEO.

Jasper Mills

Co-founder & CEO, Ethira

Panelists

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Isabel Storgårds is the CEO and co-founder of Klar, building the learning agent. Klar went from $0 to $650k ARR in six months, bootstrapped, with zero CAC and is now expanding into the US.

Isabel Storgårds

CEO & Co-founder at Klar

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Johan Wallquist is an AI Solution Architect at Microsoft, helping companies turn AI into practical business value. With a background in digital transformation, innovation and business development, he focuses on how organizations can successfully adopt and scale AI in the real world.

Johan Wallquist

Partner Technology Strategist at Microsoft

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Oskar Block is the co-founder and CEO of Stilta, a Y Combinator-backed company building agentic AI for patent work. A serial entrepreneur and former McKinsey consultant, he focuses on using AI to transform complex, high-stakes professional workflows.

Oskar Block

CEO & Co-Founder at Stilta

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Amalia Berglöf is the founder of crewcial, vibe-coded from day one. She started building with GPT Engineer before it became Lovable, and has kept building through every wave of agentic AI since. She also leads Pepp's network for girls & women in tech and engineering, which has for over 14 years worked to create a more diverse industry.

Amalia Berglöf

Founder and CTO at crewcial

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Fabian Lindfors is the co-founder and CEO of Specific, a YC-backed startup that lets coding agents build infrastructure. He has been programming since the age of 10 and has a background as a tech lead and engineer at companies like Stripe and MongoDB.

Fabian Lindfors

CEO and founder at Specific

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Heaven Bereket is Business Translator for Data Science & AI at ICA Gruppen and runs her own consultancy. She is Vice Chair of SWEACC and was named one of Sweden's Top 33 Female Tech Leaders.

Heaven Bereket

Business translator Data Science & AI at ICA Gruppen

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Head of Global Data & AI Strategy at Ericsson, focusing on enterprise data and AI strategy outside of R&D, including data and AI-enabled business transformation and the foundations needed to scale. Previously, as Nordic AI Strategy Leader at EY-Parthenon, she advised clients and investors on AI-driven value creation, strategic priorities, and disruption risks.

Barbara Wozniak

Head of Global Data & AI Strategy at Ericsson

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A high agency builder at heart! Commercially & design-driven technical product leader, raised as an Engineer, building & scaling teams across Design, Engineering, Sales, and Data, and somehow became a book author along the journey.

Akash Shrivastava

Senior AI Product Manager at Proxify

Hosts and moderators

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Vincent Weir is a Stockholm-based entrepreneur and investor. He’s a GP of Nordic Science Capital, where he sourced the funds' investment in Lumos AI and Lila Sciences. He’s also the founder of Growth minds, a startup-focused executive network home to many of Stockholm’s most hyped AI founders.

Vincent Weir

Founder at Growth Minds

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Viktor Jarnheimer began building websites at age 11 and later founded Sweden’s top traffic school booking site and an edtech platform, acquired by Natur & Kultur. He was nominated for Founder of the Year 2025 by Founders Alliance.

Viktor Jarnheimer

Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer at Proxify