Maikki Sipinen

Maikki Sipinen

Maikki drives Government Relations at Verda, a Finnish scaleup building sovereign AI cloud infrastructure. She also has a decade of hands-on experience in national and international AI policy and governance.

Maikki has worked in AI policy since 2018: She played a key role in Finland’s AI strategy (one of the very first AI strategies in the world) and went on to serve as AI Policy Officer at the European Commission, where she developed AI policy and strategy for Europe. She has also supported the United Nations’ global multistakeholder dialogue on AI. Maikki holds Master’s degrees in Business (Aalto University), Education (University of Helsinki), and IP&ICT Law (KU Leuven).

Verda is a full-stack AI cloud and one of the fastest-growing companies in Finland. Headquartered in Helsinki, the company has 150+ employees and serves customers across 50+ countries. Verda’s data-centre infrastructure runs on 100% renewable energy in the Nordics.

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    Verda Cloud
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