# Rijk van Zanten

> Co-Founder & CTO, Directus, as Web Summit lists them; 1 session in our programme.

*Source: <https://web-summit.newsroom.sgit.ai/people/rijk-van-zanten/index.html> · site v0.1.12 · generated from the same content as the page, so the two cannot drift.*

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| | |
|---|---|
| **Name** | Rijk van Zanten |
| **Role, as listed** | Co-Founder & CTO |
| **Organisation, as listed** | [Directus](../../companies/directus/index.md) |

## At the summit {#summit}

- **11:10** [Don’t feed shit to agents](../../events/don-t-feed-shit-to-agents/index.md) *Wed 11 Nov, until 11:30 · [Stage 10](../../places/stage-10/index.md)* `Our pick`

## Where this comes from {#sources}

- [websummit.com/sessions/lis26/858c105c-7c26-4196-bbc1-5a6ef6a35f55/don-](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/858c105c-7c26-4196-bbc1-5a6ef6a35f55/don-t-feed-shit-to-agents/), read 2026-11-04 by programme@web-summit.vicky: Co-Founder & CTO, Directus ([Don’t feed shit to agents](../../events/don-t-feed-shit-to-agents/index.md)).
- [websummit.com/attendees/lis26/950c4f32-f865-4cbc-9329-a176ed3ae5f3/rij](https://websummit.com/attendees/lis26/950c4f32-f865-4cbc-9329-a176ed3ae5f3/rijk-van-zanten/), read 2026-11-01 by curator@web-summit: Co-Founder & CTO, Directus.

We publish only what the summit lists publicly: name, role and organisation, and the sessions. No photos, no profiles, no contact details. Something wrong, or listed in error? Tell us and we correct it on this page, dated.

The same, as data: [people/rijk-van-zanten.json](../../api/v1/people/rijk-van-zanten.json) and its graph, [graph/people/rijk-van-zanten.json](../../api/v1/graph/people/rijk-van-zanten.json) (how to read them: [the data, as JSON](../../api/index.md)).

[All people](../index.md)

[Open Rijk van Zanten in the graph](https://web-summit.newsroom.sgit.ai/graph/?focus=person%3Arijk-van-zanten)

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