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Here’s everything you need to know to get to the City of Arts and Sciences, whether you’re flying in, arriving by train or already in Valencia 📍

And once you’re here, make time for the city too 🌴🥘🌅

Plan your trip, enjoy Valencia and we’ll see you at VDS ⚡

From to building one of Europe’s AI unicorns, Uljan Sharka brings Domyn’s Responsible AI story to 👋

🦄 Raised a €70M Series A, reaching unicorn status
💰 Secured €650M in financing in 2024, at a reported €1.7B valuation
🍎 Formerly at Apple, before founding the company that became Domyn

As Founder and CEO of Domyn, Uljan is building AI for environments where security, accountability and control are non-negotiable.

Founded in 2016, Domyn develops sovereign AI infrastructure, models and agents for highly regulated industries including financial services, government and heavy industry. Today, the company has more than 150 team members representing 25 countries.

Its ambitions go beyond enterprise AI. In 2026, the European Commission selected a Domyn-led consortium to develop Europe’s frontier AI model, placing the company at the centre of the continent’s push for greater technological sovereignty.

Before founding Domyn, Uljan worked at Apple. He is now a World Economic Forum Global Innovator and serves on the Advisory Board of the AI Hub for Sustainable Development, co-led by the G7 Presidency and the United Nations.

At , he will bring his perspective on Responsible AI, sovereignty and what it takes to build foundational technology for some of the world’s most highly regulated industries.

Meet Uljan on October 21-22 in Valencia.

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$950M raised. A $4.8B peak valuation. And more than a decade building one of Latin America’s leading fintech platforms.

Founder & CEO Sergio Furio will take the stage at 👋
💰 $950M raised, backed by SoftBank and Kaszek since founding
🦄 Reached a $4.8B peak valuation following its 2022 funding round
🤝 Endeavor Brasil Chair, advising entrepreneurs after a career at BCG and

Sergio founded Creditas in 2012 with the ambition of reshaping consumer finance in Latin America through technology, AI and lower-cost financial products.

Today, Creditas operates across home, auto and employee benefits, building financial solutions around some of the most important assets in people’s lives.

Before becoming an entrepreneur, Sergio worked at The Boston Consulting Group and Deutsche Bank’s investment banking division, bringing experience across strategy and financial services into the company he would later build.

Beyond Creditas, he plays an active role in Latin America’s entrepreneurial and investment landscape as Chair of Endeavor Brasil and partner at fintech-focused venture capital fund Actyus.

At , Sergio will bring a founder’s perspective on scaling fintech, capital and the evolution of financial services in Latin America.

Meet Sergio on October 21-22 in Valencia.
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What happens when seeing is no longer believing?

At VDS, actress reflected on a world where AI makes it increasingly difficult to know what is real, who is actually speaking and how much we can trust what we see online.

As synthetic content becomes easier for anyone to create, the way we consume information will have to change too.

🎟️ Join the conversations shaping what comes next at VDS 2026.

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From launching to raising €20M+ and expanding across Europe, is coming to 👋

💰 Raised a €6M Seed round, backed by Adevinta Ventures, Brighteye Ventures and Athos Capital
📈 Closed a €14M Series A led by Partech to accelerate Shakers’ European expansion
🏆 Named among ’s 100 Most Creative People in Business in 2024
🌍 Shakers has grown to 10,000 validated freelancers and 450+ client companies

As Founder and CEO of Shakers, Héctor is building an AI-powered platform designed around how companies and independent talent will work together in the years ahead.

Founded in 2021, Shakers connects businesses with specialised freelance talent while using AI to make it faster and easier to build flexible teams. The company has since expanded beyond Spain into markets including Italy, Portugal and the United Kingdom.

Its growth has attracted more than €20M in funding. After a €6M Seed round, Shakers raised €14M in Series A funding led by Partech in 2025 to accelerate its technology and European expansion.

Héctor was also recognised alongside his Shakers co-founders in Forbes Spain’s 2024 list of the 100 most creative people in business.

At , he will bring a founder’s perspective on AI, independent talent and how technology is reshaping the way companies build teams.

Meet Héctor on October 21-22 in Valencia.
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Who should shape the future of AI?

As competition accelerates, questions around safety, regulation, access to advanced chips and global leadership are becoming harder to ignore.

At , these debates will be part of the AI & Deep Tech track, bringing together different perspectives on how AI should evolve, where the limits should be and what its development means for the global tech landscape.

Join the conversation on October 21-22 in Valencia.

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Valencia’s tech ecosystem is getting noticed beyond Spain.

At , H.E. Mr. Roel Nieuwenkamp, Ambassador, Kingdom of the Netherlands in Spain, shared how Dutch tech companies are increasingly looking to Valencia, with talent playing a key role in that attraction 🇳🇱

For him, VDS is part of a wider ecosystem helping the city strengthen its position as an international hub for technology companies 💻

More global perspectives and connections are coming at

Sometimes moving forward means going back to basics.

At VDS, , Legendary Former England Captain & Premiere League Champion, Sport Tech Leader, shared a lesson shaped by a career at the highest level of football: when things start falling apart, ego can’t be the thing holding you back.

“I’ve had to dig myself out of holes. Sometimes you’ve got to let your ego go and say, ‘Do you know what? I have to start again.’”

A mindset that applies far beyond football, especially when building a company and navigating the lows that come with entrepreneurship.

What happens to today’s encrypted data when quantum computers become powerful enough to break it? 🔐

For , Founder & CEO of , preparing for that future has to start now.

In The Room by VDS, he explains the idea behind “harvest now, decrypt later”: attackers collecting encrypted data today with the intention of accessing it once quantum computing makes that possible.

That’s why Internxt is building privacy-first technology around post-quantum cryptography, encrypting data on the client side to keep it protected even against future computing capabilities.

🎙️ Watch the conversation on The Room by VDS, link in bio

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