AWS Startup Exchange Vienna isn't your typical tech event. There's no stage, no fixed agenda, and definitely no death-by-PowerPoint. Instead, we set up five rooms — each with a topic and a host — and you decide where you go. Jump into a room, join the conversation, and when the time's up, switch to the next one that sparks your interest. The people in the room shape the discussion, not a slide deck. After three rounds and plenty of coffee and snack fueled networking in between, we wrap up and head to the pub for drinks, food, and an AWS Pub Quiz that gets way more competitive than anyone expects. Whether you're building your first MVP or scaling your Series B — come hang out, swap stories, and meet the people building the Austrian (and CEE) startup scene.
Join us together with our sponsors DoiT, Confluent, Clickhouse and ByteSource
How it works
→ Pick a room. Each room has a topic and a host — from real-time analytics to vibe coding. Walk into whatever interests you most.
→ Join the conversation. This isn't a presentation. The host kicks things off, but you drive the discussion. Bring questions, opinions, war stories.
→ Switch it up. After ~45 minutes, doors open again. Grab a coffee, say hi to someone new, and pick your next room.
→ Repeat. Three rounds, three conversations, zero slides.
→ Head to the pub. We close out the afternoon and reconvene at Charlie P's for drinks and the legendary AWS Pub Quiz. Yes, there will be prizes. Yes, it will get competitive.
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