Robin Praet
Praet co-founded Smartendr in 2021 together with Robbrecht Delrue and Louis Pannier, building an ordering platform for bars and restaurants. The company grew to 600+ venues, 400,000+ monthly users, and over EUR 1M in revenue before being acquired by Ghent-based OrderBilly in September 2025. The combined business processed over EUR 175M in transactions in 2024.
After the exit, Praet co-founded Holmes in 2026 with Robbrecht Delrue and Sofie Buyse, an autonomous QA platform for engineering teams shipping AI-generated code. The company launched publicly in May 2026 with a EUR 1.1M pre-Seed round led by Syndicate One.
Praet is based in Ghent.
Career
Roles
HolmesCo-FounderJan 2026 – Present
- SmartendrCo-FounderMay 2020 – Sep 2025
WeGroupAI EngineerMar 2019 – May 2020
- Love ITCo-FounderAug 2017 – May 2020
OutspotData ScientistOct 2017 – Mar 2019
- My SherpaTeacherSep 2016 – Sep 2017
BijlesHuisTeacherMar 2015 – Jun 2017
- MaisonRougeStewardJan 2015 – Mar 2017
Education
Ghent University#2schoolMaster's Degree, Computer Engineering2014 - 2016
- Sint-Lodewijkscollege#57schoolLatin-Mathematics2005 - 2011
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