Building the AI Backbone: Axoniq Conference 2025 Opening Keynote | Jessica Reeves & Allard Buijze

Welcome to Axoniq Conference 2025! 🎉
Join us for the opening keynote from Amsterdam where we unveil the future of event sourcing and AI-powered enterprise architecture. This historic conference marks a transformative moment for Axoniq as we announce our evolution into the AI era.

🔑 Key Highlights:

Introduction of Jessica Reeves as new CEO (former COO of Anaconda)
Company rebranding from "Axon IQ" to "Axoniq" - one unified name
Launch of the new Axoniq Platform with AI-powered capabilities
Ask AI: Revolutionary code generation from requirements
Analytics Agent: Query your event store in natural language
Why event sourcing is the foundation for trustworthy AI systems
The 5th wave of computing and what it means for developers

0:00 Welcome to Amsterdam & Historic Venue Tour
1:41 Conference Schedule & Day Overview
3:07 Eight Years of Axoniq & The AI Revolution
4:16 Raising Capital & Search for New Leadership
5:42 Introducing Jessica Reeves as New CEO
6:00 Jessica's Open Source Background at Anaconda
6:48 Why Jessica Joined Axoniq
7:27 The Bedtime Story: AI Without Context
9:29 AI Should Matter to All of Us
10:09 Architects of the Future, Not Its Victims
11:18 The Foundation Crisis in AI
13:06 Building on 16 Years of Strong Foundation
14:07 73 Million Downloads & Battle-Tested Technology
15:14 Rebranding: Introducing Axoniq (One Word)
16:24 The New Axoniq Platform Layers
17:35 Choice: Build for Now or Build for the Future
18:26 Allard Buijze Takes the Stage
18:49 Hypes vs. Substance: Finding What's Real
21:51 The Five Waves of Computing
24:02 Software Complexity & The Refactoring Problem
26:33 The Rise of the "ilities"
29:00 Digital Transformation Explained
30:02 Wave Pressure: 100x More Than Before
32:06 AI Will Make Cloud Look Like a Ripple
33:12 Three Things Needed to Thrive: Data, Governance, Scalability
36:04 Event Sourcing: The Accidental Solution
38:02 Axoniq Tools: Server, Framework & Console
40:02 Event Modeling: The Right Abstraction Level
43:47 The Dream: Tell Computers What to Build
44:07 Axoniq Platform Demo: AI-Powered Development
47:03 Analytics Agent: Query in Human Language
49:49 The Journey Continues: Open Source & Agentic Ecosystem
52:20 Closing: Be Event Driven
52:57 Break & Session Information

📊 By the Numbers:

73 million downloads in 2 years
10 billion business events processed daily
80% of Fortune 100 companies use Axoniq
16 years of event sourcing innovation

🔗 Resources:
Visit: https://www.axoniq.io
Documentation: https://docs.axoniq.io
Try Axoniq Platform: https://build.axoniq.io/

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About Axoniq:
Axoniq provides the AI backbone for modern enterprises, built on 16 years of event sourcing innovation. Our platform enables organizations to build scalable, auditable, and context-rich systems that AI can trust.

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