RR013 Starting your own AI company with Gijs van de Nieuwegiessen and Tijn van Daelen, One Horizon AI

Starting an AI company is all about spotting a real problem and using AI to solve it in a smarter, faster way than what’s out there today. It’s less about having the perfect idea and more about starting focused, learning fast, and building something people actually want.

This week, Dave, Esmee, and Rob are joined by Gijs van de Nieuwegiessen and Tijn van Daelen, founders of One Horizon AI, to explore what it really takes to start and build an AI‑native company

TLDR

00:32 – Introduction

00:55 – Hang out: Why Dutch names can be a real tongue-twister

02:00 – Dig in: Exploring how an AI-native culture fits with human-to-human interaction

13:35 – Deep dive with Gijs van de Nieuwegiessen and Tijn van Daelen

1:01:54 – Following AI: Bloopers, reflections, and field hockey with the kids

Guest

Gijs van de Nieuwegiessen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nieuwegiessen/

Tijn van Daelen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tijn-van-daelen-495986131/

Open source repo: https://github.com/onehorizonai/ink