Join us for an exclusive fireside chat with Guillermo Rauch, Founder & CEO of Vercel, and Jafar Shameem, Director of Worldwide Startup Business Development at AWS. In this one-hour conversation, we’ll explore how Guillermo took Vercel from a zero-to-one idea into a platform used by millions of developers—and how startups today can harness AI, AWS, and modern developer tools to accelerate their own journeys.

From launching the Next.js framework to building a globally distributed cloud platform on top of AWS, Guillermo will share hard-won lessons from his founder journey, how Vercel is integrating AI into the development workflow (including the launch of v0.dev), and why velocity is the most underrated competitive edge in early-stage startups. We’ll also dig into the real-world infrastructure choices behind Vercel’s platform and how founders can model build-vs-buy decisions as they scale.

Who should attend: Early-stage and growth-stage startup founders, CTOs, product builders, and anyone navigating how to build and ship faster in the age of AI. Attendees will walk away with actionable insights on startup strategy, developer-first tooling, and how AWS and Vercel can help you focus on what matters: shipping great products.