Keynotes
From exponential technologies to the future of work and life. Clear, engaging and delivered with humour and a touch of philosophy.
Explore the keynote topicsGUIDO VAN GAGELDONK
What could technology make possible?
I’m Guido van Gageldonk, a founder and engineer with twenty years of experience building businesses. In keynotes and strategic conversations, I explore how exponential technologies could change our work, our businesses and our lives. With technical depth, a down-to-earth perspective and a touch of philosophy, I connect possible futures to the choices you make today.
Founder and engineer with twenty years of experience building businesses. In keynotes and strategic conversations, I make exponential technologies understandable and connect possible futures to today’s choices, with a down-to-earth perspective and a touch of philosophy.
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Jarvis
My AI assistant and chief of staff
For startups
Through my role at BOM, I help founders think through which customers, markets and business models fit their technology.
Explore startup support through BOMTechnology strategy
Look further ahead, then consider your organisation: what could change, which direction is worth exploring and what should you investigate now?
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ON STAGE
Technology through the eyes of a founder and engineer.
I take your audience from how technology works to how it could shape our world. With examples from software, AI and high-tech industry, I explore possible futures and the questions they raise. Down-to-earth, with humour and a connection to the choices we face today.
Explore the keynotesQuestions I’m exploring
On LinkedIn, I share questions, experiments and possible futures around technology and entrepreneurship. From learning with AI to considering what we want to leave to machines. I connect what becomes technically possible to what it means for people, businesses and the choices we face today.
Three selected posts
A hand-picked selection · 9 October 2026
AI gets a workspace
Memory, tools and feedback give AI a different role in digital work. Which tasks change, and where are human choices and judgement needed?
Read on LinkedIn
Start with the urgent customer problem
Real customer conversations help reveal problems, urgency and markets. Between interviews, a discovery agent can help explore questions and patterns.
Read on LinkedInVIDEO · FACTORY SIMULATION
Engineering together with AI
Jarvis and I built a simulated factory with CNC machines, cobots and AMRs. We examined its flow: faster-moving robots produced no extra output in this test. It remains a simplified model with assumptions we need to keep testing.
Watch the video on LinkedInWhat would you like to explore?
Feel free to email me. Jarvis, my AI assistant, will take a look and help you get started.