
Circus Group CEO Nikolas Bullwinkel to Keynote EU-Startups Summit 2027
The founder of AI robotics firm Circus Group will speak on scaling European deep tech at the EU-Startups Summit in Malta in May 2027.
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Nikolas Bullwinkel, founder and chief executive of Circus Group, will deliver a keynote at the EU-Startups Summit 2027, according to EU-Startups. The event is scheduled for May 13-14 in Malta.
His talk will address AI robotics and the question of how Europe can move deep technology from the laboratory stage to the commercial market. EU-Startups reports that Bullwinkel plans to draw on his experience building both Flink and Circus to discuss what is required to turn European technology into commercially viable products, scale from prototypes to industrial production, and compete internationally in the field of physical AI.
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