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Amsterdam Fintech Breakfast
The Weekend Build Myth. Lessons from One Year of Building Fintech with AI
- Date
17 November 2026
9:00–12:00- Where
nhow Amsterdam RAI hotel, Zuidas
24 registered · 46 seats left
→ You can build a fintech product over a weekend with AI
That's the promise many tech leaders hear.
At this Business Breakfast, Marek Gajda, COO at The Software House, will share what one year of AI-driven software delivery taught TSH teams.
He'll bring examples from projects for banks & fintechs with the wins, the setbacks, and the new problems that replaced the old ones.
You'll get the full picture: where AI speeds up delivery, where it creates new work, and what changes for companies that handle money and customer data.
With a structured process and human review at every step, TSH teams deliver systems in months instead of years.
Marek will show what makes that possible and where the AI limits are.
One Year of Building Fintech with AI
We will cover
Join us for an honest look at what it takes to build fintech products with AI.
What a year of building with AI changes, from faster discovery to smaller teams with new roles,
Which delivery problems AI solves, and which new ones it creates in code review, QA, and documentation,
What fintech teams need to watch, from protecting customer data to deciding what to build or buy,
Why a system takes months to build with AI, not a weekend.
AGENDA
01 →
9:00–9:30 Registration, coffee & finger food
Breakfast and informal conversations in a closed, invite-only format.
02 →
9:30–10:00 Presentation
Presentation: "One Year of Building with AI. What Worked, What Didn't"
Marek Gajda, COO @ The Software House03 →
10:00–10:30 Panel discussion
Panel Discussion: "One Year In. How Fintech Teams (Don’t) Build with AI"
Moderator: Michał Szehidewicz, AI & Fintech Strategy Consultant @ The Software House04 →
10:30–12:00 Delicious food, coffee & networking
Food, drinks, and informal conversations in good company!
Meet the experts
Product and technology fintech leaders
Koen van Gilst
Principal Engineer @ Rabobank
→ Koen helps set the technical direction for wholesale banking at Rabobank, where he works as a Principal Engineer. He explores what AI makes possible and helps turn promising ideas into tools that bankers actually want to use. He also writes and speaks about how AI is changing software development, creativity, and the future of work.
Sendil Nellaiyapen
Engineering Manager II @ Uber
→ Sendil spent nearly seven years at Uber building payments. He launched wallet.uber.com, rebuilt the web payments team from two engineers, and founded the Payment Selection team behind payment preselection before checkout. He now works within the Uber infrastructure team in Amsterdam.
Marek Gajda
COO and Co-founder
→ Marek builds bridges between technology and business. He leads a team of 300+ engineers and has been involved in over 160 software projects for companies from 31 countries. His focus is on AI, scalability, and software architecture, backed by 12 years of hands-on work as a developer and Scrum Master.
Michał Szehidewicz
AI & Fintech Strategy Consultant
→ Michał has 12 years of experience in financial services and a background in C-level management and B2B consultancy. He helps CTOs, CPOs, and CEOs unblock delivery with a focus on GTM engineering. The host of Fintech Recoded, an interview series with financial company leaders.
Product and technology fintech leaders
Join us at Amsterdam Fintech Breakfast
17 November 2026,
9:00–12:00
