Katya Vladislavleva

TLDR

Katya Vladislavleva founded DataStories, an industrial AI and ML analytics company for the automotive sector, which was acquired, making her one of the rare female founders in Belgian deep and industrial tech.

Overview

Katya Vladislavleva holds a PhD in predictive modelling and applied that research background to founding DataStories, an Ghent-based company focused on machine learning and analytics for industrial applications, particularly automotive manufacturing.

DataStories was subsequently acquired, representing a successful exit in the industrial AI category. Her profile is notable both for the technical depth of the company and for being a female founder operating in the industrial and deep tech segments, which remain heavily male-dominated in Belgium.

Her academic grounding in predictive modeling combined with a commercial exit positions her as a credible voice at the intersection of applied AI research and product development.