Henrik Djurestål | Founder of Vorker.ai - Slush 2025

Henrik Djurestal is the founder of Vorker.ai - a deep AI coworker built specifically for the smallest businesses: one to ten-person teams who need leverage, not headcount.Fresh off raising a €700,000 pre-seed round, Henrik breaks down why deep AI agents will transform small business operations, and why the next entrepreneurial wave won’t be no-code, it will be AI co-workers running entire workflows end-to-end.From automating admin and outreach to drafting contracts, generating designs and handling integrations across thousands of tools, Vorker is building the future of how tiny teams operate. Henrik also shares candid lessons from raising as a solo founder, the challenges of selling a horizontal AI product, and why traction beats pitch decks every time.CHAPTERS:00:18 – Introducing Vorker.ai and the €700k Pre-Seed Round00:57 – What Vorker.ai Actually Does for 1–10 Person Businesses01:39 – How Deep AI Agents Work Inside Vorker02:26 – Using Off-the-Shelf Models vs Training Your Own03:25 – The Future of AI Co-Workers for Small Businesses05:14 – Real Tasks Vorker Can Automate Across a Business06:50 – Hiring the Team and the Vorker “Secret Code” Challenge09:06 – Lessons from Fundraising as a Solo Founder11:29 – What Comes Next: Closed Beta, Open Beta and Seed PlansA huge thank you to Henrik for joining us live at Slush - a brilliant conversation with a founder building in one of the most explosive new categories in AI.#foundersandbuilders #henrikdjurestal #vorkerai #aicoworkers #startups #slush