Overview
It was founded in 2023, is headquartered in Kontich and reports a size of 201 to 500 employees, with offices in Antwerp, Leuven, Kortrijk and Hasselt and further locations in Amsterdam, Breda and Stockholm. The company bundles specialised companies from the wider group into one AI offering, counting more than 90 use cases, more than 40 teams and more than 350 experts. Its services run from Inspiration and Strategy through Governance to Build, and it sells three ready-made products: Oswald for virtual assistance, Irisearch for answering questions from company documents, and KlassifAI for document processing. It keeps vendor pages for AWS, Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft, Nvidia, Oracle, Red Hat, Salesforce and SAP. Published cases name DP World, Technoform, Mercedes-Benz Customer Assistance Center, Eurocontrol and Partena Professional, delivered together with group companies EpicData, Coretecs, Arinti, Hyperion, Mr. Watts and Raccoons. At DP World's Antwerp Gateway Container Terminal a berth planning simulation tool saves more than 250,000 kilometres of straddle carrier travel a year. The client list also includes VRT, Fluxys, CM, Port of Antwerp-Bruges, VDAB, Van Marcke and the Flemish government. A Cronos AI Academy covers AI literacy, Copilot adoption, prompting, agentic workflows and ISO/IEC 42001 Lead Implementer certification. Parent De Cronos Groep was founded in 1991 by Jef De Wit and Dirk Deroost and reports more than 9,000 employees, EUR 1.323 billion consolidated revenue in 2025 and 5,000 Benelux clients.
Stated facts & numbers
- Founded: 2023
- Headquarters: Kontich
- Employees: 201-500
- Part of: De Cronos Groep NV (enterprise number 0467.132.994)
- Group CEO: Sam Bambust (De Cronos Groep)
- Group founders: Jef De Wit and Dirk Deroost, 1991
- Group scale: 9,000+ employees, EUR 1.323 billion consolidated revenue in 2025
- Network: 350+ experts, 40+ teams, 90+ use cases
- Products: Oswald, Irisearch, KlassifAI
- Services: Inspiration, Strategy, Governance, Build
- Customers: DP World, Eurocontrol, Mercedes-Benz Customer Assistance Center, Partena Professional, Technoform
- Also serves: VRT, Fluxys, CM, Port of Antwerp-Bruges, VDAB, Van Marcke, Flemish government
- Offices: Kontich, Antwerp, Leuven, Kortrijk, Hasselt, Amsterdam, Breda, Stockholm
- Platforms: AWS, Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft, Nvidia, Oracle, Red Hat, Salesforce, SAP
- Training: Cronos AI Academy, including ISO/IEC 42001 Lead Implementer
In the news
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- Leuven Night Run 2026: samen de nacht in! Vorige week zaterdag kleurde Leuven opnieuw helemaal anders tijdens de Leuven Night Run. Met opnieuw een nieuw parcours werden zelfs de doorgewinterde deelnemers opnieuw verrast. We liepen door een 20-tal unieke locaties en gebouwen in het centrum, waaronder de Stadsschouwburg, het Justitiepaleis, het Lemmensinstituut, het Kartuizerklooster en Sancta Maria. 🌙 Meer dan 5.000 lopers trokken door stad Leuven, langs muziek, straattheater, enthousiaste supporters en heel wat bijzondere
- Google Drive, Jira, Microsoft Teams, Your CRM,... All the info you need for one decision is scattered across four different tabs… 🤷♀️ 𝗚𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 starts by fixing that: one search bar that pulls from all of it, understands what you're actually asking, and only shows you what you already have access to. Our colleagues at Tensr, one of the Google AI experts within De Cronos Groep, took it a step further. Let's say an event invite lands in your inbox. Instead of digging through your calendar by hand, you ask
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Alumni 12 went on to found or lead
Gunter Van SteenIntern→Digital Architect & Founder at Rebel Scrum
Janice HenderixQlik Consultant→Co-Founder & Business Lead | BI Consultant | Qlik Expert at Numbers
Matthias VallaeyBusiness Development Big Data→Managing Partner & Co-Founder at Big Industries
Mike CoeckMicrosoft Business Development manager→Co-founder - CEO - Studio Lead at Cybernetic Walrus
Nima ChitgarAI Developer & Innovator→CEO & Co-Founder at Saply.ai
Quinten RosseelAdvisory Board Member→Co-Founder at Ella Energy AI
Stefan MoelantsSoftware developer→Founder / CEO at Codacious
Tim BogemansContent Management Consultant→Co-founder & Product manager at involv intranet- PTimmy MarisSoftware Architect→Founder at Climapulse
Veerle GoossensHuman Resources Officer→Chief Operating Officer at CrossPoint Solutions
Wendy Geeraertmanager→Founder at Co-libry
Alexander VanwynsbergheCollaboration Architect→Zaakvoerder at Aptus
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