I Amsterdam's Founder Fridays (Interview)
I Amsterdam interviewed Antigoni Kourou about NEKOD for their Founder Fridays series. Here's the link and the parts of the conversation that stand out.
I Amsterdam ran an interview with NEKOD's founder and CEO, Antigoni Kourou, as part of their Founder Fridays series. You can read the full piece on the I Amsterdam website.
It's a snapshot of where NEKOD is as a company, what vibe coding actually means for the people building apps inside organisations, and why Amsterdam is the right base to build a global governance platform from.
What's in the interview
A few threads that come through:
Vibe coding in plain English. Antigoni breaks down what vibe coding is without the buzzwords. You describe what you want in natural language. A large language model turns that description into code. You don't need to know how to program to get something working. That is the shift NEKOD exists to support safely.
The Techstars origin. NEKOD applied to Techstars Future of Finance powered by ABN AMRO with an idea and a PowerPoint deck. €120K came back. That's the story of what's possible at the idea stage in a strong ecosystem.
The founder path. Antigoni is a software engineer herself. She left her job to build NEKOD. The interview digs into what that decision looked like and why the Dutch ecosystem was the right launch pad for an Amsterdam-headquartered, globally-minded governance platform.
Why non-technical builders need governance. The core insight: AI tools are putting software creation in the hands of people who have never written code. That is a generational shift. But shipping real apps requires security, compliance, and production readiness. NEKOD is the platform that makes those requirements manageable instead of intimidating.
Why this feature matters
I Amsterdam is the city's official business platform. Their Founder Fridays series features founders building from Amsterdam for a global market. The wider company story sits in NEKOD Founded in Amsterdam.
If you want the fuller picture of how NEKOD thinks, and who is behind it, the interview is the fastest way in.
Read the full piece on the I Amsterdam website.