Above the Tree Line 🏔️ That was the theme of our P9 Founder Summit this year. Over three days in the Bavarian Alps, we brought together 130 founders to step away from the day-to-day and spend time reflecting on what it means to build and lead companies as AI continues to reshape the way companies are built. We followed the journey from base camp to tree line to summit, but the most valuable moments weren’t on the agenda. They happened in conversations over coffee, on hikes, between sessions, and late into the evening. More than anything, we’re proud of the community we’ve built. Seeing founders—whether they’ve been part of P9 for years or are joining for the first time—share their knowledge so openly and talk candidly about the challenges they’re facing is what makes these gatherings worthwhile. A huge thank you to all the founders, speakers, partners, and the team behind the scenes who made it possible! See you above the tree line 🌲

Huge congrats to the @factorialapp team on announcing their $150M Series D at a $2.5B valuation! Ten years after being founded in Barcelona, Factorial has reset from a SaaS company into an AI Workforce Operations Platform, serving 16,000 businesses across 90 countries and becoming one of the most valuable scale-ups in Europe. Having supported the company since the Seed round, it’s been incredible to watch this journey unfold. Congrats to @jordiromero ,@bernatfarrero and the entire Factorial team. Onwards! 🚀

Huge congrats to @s2o , Paolo Negri, Karthik Rau and the entire @Contentful team on today’s acquisition announcement by @salesforce. 🎉 What an incredible journey and achievement. Congrats to everyone who helped build one of Europe’s standout software companies. 🚀

This week, we hosted the Energy Night together with @TransitionVC: an evening for the founders, operators, and researchers rebuilding Europe's energy system. The room reflected where the sector is heading: software-defined energy supply, AI for grid and asset operations, electrification of heat and mobility, and the next generation of European deeptech. The conversations were sharpened by a fireside between @davidhelgason from @TransitionVC and @pawell from @PointNineCap on what the Iran conflict exposed about Europe's energy security, where we lead and lag the US, lessons from scaling a complex multi-stakeholder ecosystem like Unity, and how AI is reshaping the system on both sides. We were also joined on stage by @JonSigvert from @ReelEnergy and @JoshuaKuepper from RIZM, two founders building at the frontier of the energy transition who shared candid perspectives from the ground. Excited for what's to come ⚡️

Today we @PointNineCap are excited to launch the P9 AI Fluency Index. One of the big challenges for many founders right now is to get their organizations fully "AI-pilled". We wanted to create a tool that that helps founders and CEOs benchmark their company's AI fluency and get recommendations on how to get to the next level. The index is grounded in published rubrics and posts by @zapier, @Fin_ai, @tobi @Shopify, @RampLabs, @AnthropicAI, @GetJobber, and @bassim_eledath. Huge thanks to them for publishing their valuable insights! Head over to AI-pilled.com and come back with your report card! :)

📢 Future founders! Every year, we host the Point Nine Founder Summit — this year in the Bavarian Alps. For a few days, we bring together ~150 founders from our portfolio, plus a small group of operators and friends, to talk about all things company building. This year, we’re opening up 5 spots to future founders outside the portfolio. Whether you’re already building or still exploring ideas, it’s a chance to spend a few days learning, sharing, and getting to know people who are a bit further along the journey. ⛰️ June 4–7 | Bavaria 👉🏻 Apply here: lnkd.in/dd5Qx7tt P.S. We’d especially love to see more women paving their way into tech.

Energy is Europe's defining infrastructure challenge right now. We're bringing together the founders, operators & researchers building the answer. ⚡️ Energy Night — powered by @PointNine × @TransitionVC 📅 11 May · 17:00 · Berlin Talks, open discussion, food & drinks. Curated room, limited spots. 👉🏻 luma.com/aa92majp

Join us in Munich for our Physical AI Meetup on the 23rd of April. We'll hear from builders working on some of the most exciting fields of AI in the built environment. @TuscherMarc from @SereactAI on world models in robotics @KoestlerLukas from SE3 Labs on spatial intelligence and understanding the 3D World @NikolausWest from @rerundotio on building the right data infrastructure for robot learning and more coming soon :)

Welcome to the #P9Family, @forithmus ! Access to medical imaging expertise is one of the most pressing gaps in global healthcare. The @forithmus team is building generalist medical AI that helps doctors interpret images faster, more consistently, and at scale — extending expert-level care to places where it's scarce. We’re excited to co-lead their $4M pre-seed alongside @e2mindset to help make that vision a reality and to build the future of medical intelligence together. 🚀

Last Friday we hosted our first @openclaw Meet & Build in Berlin together with @posthog and @OpenAI . 🦞 An afternoon of builders working on real projects, from dev agents and coding workflows to GTM automation and internal copilots, with amazing mentors such as Ying (OpenAI), Manoel (PostHog), Reetu (Zendesk), Fredrik & Johannes (Findable), Dominik & Ceyhun (Jay) (TextCortex), and Daniel (Civic) jumping in to help. We wrapped the day with a fireside chat with @andreasklinger and @LauraModiano lead by @chrija, plus some awesome demos and lightning talks by Onur (OpenClaw Contributor), Johannes (Findable), Marko (CompoundLaw), Andrey (OpenClaw Contributor), and Maciek (Graphone). Huge thanks to everyone who joined - the energy in the room was amazing! 🚀

That’s a wrap on the P9 CTO Meetup 2024! From leadership strategies and aligning engineering teams with business goals, to scaling technical teams and managing growth in dynamic environments, we send a huge thank you to our speakers for sharing their expertise and making this event a success. @michaelrwolfe, Ilya Zayats (@factorialusa), Benoit Perrot (@algolia), @dmytro_voloshyn, Cécile Ritte (@gopigment), Paolo Negri (@contentful), @VC_Talent_Guy Another big thanks to everyone who joined, shared, and connected.... we’re already looking forward to next year’s event 🚀

The P9 CTO Meetup 2024 has kicked off in Paris 🇫🇷 CTOs & VPs of Engineering from top startups & The P9 Family are gearing up for a day packed with keynotes, round tables & workshops. Looking forward to the day ahead!

We're thrilled to share @goclio's amazing journey from our 2009 seed round to a record $900M Series F! 🎉 As one of the largest vertical SaaS capital raises ever, Clio now serves 150k legal professionals with $200M ARR. bit.ly/4d00fVf check out @chrija's latest blog post to uncover key insights and lessons from Clio's journey.

🚀 Excited to launch the 8th edition of our CTO Meetup in Paris. We're opening 10 tickets to the public, apply here: bit.ly/3LtFMf9 Join about 100 CTOs, VPs of Engineering & VPs of Product from leading tech startups in Paris and from our portfolio across Europe for a full day of keynotes, roundtables, and networking. 📅 Date: Sep 26, 2024 📍 Location: Paris Highlights: - Keynotes from Paulo Negri, CTO at @contentful, @JbAviat, CTO at @SqreenIO, @michaelrwolfe, CPO at @gladly & 2 more to be announced soon. - Workshops on product management by @vrlandau, VP of Product at cargo one hiring and retaining top talent by @VC_Talent_Guy and tactics to navigate the new financial landscape by David Lambert, CTO at mytraffic - And as always, a good amount of opportunities to share insights, network with peers, and discover new technologies.

New blog post: Rumors of the death of software are greatly exaggerated medium.com/point-nine-news/e… cc @levie @mattturck

📝 New Post After last night's debate in the US and the upcoming elections in France, it's probably difficult to think about anything other than the evolution of the political landscape these days. But if you do or feel like taking a break, @alexandre_dewez and I have done some work on