Overview
Cuez is a cloud-based newsroom, rundown and automation platform for live productions. Its products are Rundown for collaborative scripts and rundowns, Automator for no-code control of studio equipment, Storydesk as a newsroom content system, plus Blockz, Browz and a MOS Connector. The company serves news, sports, esports, entertainment, universities, live events and worship, and integrates with EVS, Blackmagic, Panasonic, Yamaha, vMix, Ross and Vizrt hardware and software. The company was founded in 2015 and previously operated as TinkerList, having started as bvba Boenk.be. Founder Erik Hauters worked 15 years as a TV director at Woestijnvis and built the tool after going freelance. Hauters is Chief Product Officer; Jens De Maere is CEO, Aaron Nuytemans is Chief Revenue Officer, Tijl Claessens is Chief Technology Officer and Kristof Beckers is Chief Financial Officer. The European headquarters is at Sluisstraat 79 in Leuven and there is a US office in Fairfield, New Jersey. The company has 11-50 employees and hires in Belgium and the USA. In 2016 Tom Lenaerts, Bart Cannaerts and Kathleen Maes put €100,000 into the company, with iMinds also investing. In 2020 the company raised around €1,000,000 in growth financing: €850,000 through The CoFoundry, a bank loan and SME co-financing, plus €222,000 in crowdlending via WinWinner. By December 2020 the platform was used by more than 100 TV shows, including Gert Late Night, Vive le Vélo and Switch. Newsroom customers include ITN, VRT NWS, Ticker News, RNF, BX1 and News UK. Cuez is a Premium solution partner of EVS and exhibits at IBC2026.
Funding history
- 2016 Angel round: €100,000 from Tom Lenaerts, Bart Cannaerts and Kathleen Maes; iMinds also invested
- 2020 Growth financing: About €1,000,000 mix: €850,000 via The CoFoundry, bank loan and SME/PMV co-financing, plus €222,000 crowdlending via WinWinner
Stated facts & numbers
- Founded: 2015
- Former name: TinkerList (originally Boenk.be)
- Headquarters: Leuven (Sluisstraat 79); US office in Fairfield, New Jersey
- Employees: 11-50
- CEO: Jens De Maere
- Founders: Erik Hauters (CPO), Vero Vanden Abeele
- Products: Rundown, Automator, Storydesk, Blockz, Browz, MOS Connector
- Customers: ITN, VRT NWS, Ticker News, RNF, BX1, News UK
- Partnerships: EVS Premium solution partner
Key people
In the news
- Create maps without leaving your rundown. 🗺️ Cuez Browz now connects straight to Mapcreator, so producers can build broadcast-ready maps from inside the story they're already working on. Here's what makes it worth trying: ▪️ Search a location and set the zoom, right inside your Graphic element ▪️ Choose static, interactive, or animated, whatever the story needs ▪️ Send straight to air in HD or 4K ▪️ OGraf-compatible animations give you real-time control once you're live Think about how many stories in a bulletin come down to one
- Cuez is hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Node.js). Live broadcasts don't wait for a failed integration. You'll build the ones connecting our platform to the broader ecosystem, API-first, with a path toward MCP-based AI workflows. What you'll do: 🔹 Design and build integrations with third-party broadcast systems 🔹 Lead the shift to a modular, service-oriented architecture 🔹 Work with event-driven systems, built for reliability under pressure 🔹 Set technical direction and mentor engineers as the team grows What you bring: 🔹
- Wrapping up IBC2026, what a week! There’s something special about coming to IBC - International Broadcasting Convention after months of building, creating and working towards this moment, and finally seeing it all come together. This year, we brought Storydesk, MOS Connector, Browz and the ground-breaking Story Object Model Project through the IBC Accelerator to the show floor. Cuez was also named the winner of Best use of Agentic AI in media Cuez - Storydesk with built-in agentic AI framework in CSI Magazine awards, which proved
- Last night, our IBC Accelerator project was named Project of the Year for 2025, and we got to celebrate with the people who built it. 🥳 This project started back at IBC2023, proving that any device, on-prem, cloud, or hybrid, can run through one common language. It grew into AI-powered voice control through Cuez Automator in 2024. And this year, it became a multi-agent workflow running real tasks across the newsroom. Three years, three Project of the Year wins. All with a wonderful team of broadcasters, vendors, and
- Day 2 at IBC - International Broadcasting Convention is here 🙌 We are so ready to welcome you at booth 6.A23. Come by, say hi, and discover what we’ve been working on! And drop by at 4PM to enjoy a cold Belgian beer with us 🍻 Camille Comblin Iris Muradoglu Zeineb Hamdi Jan Van Puyvelde #IBC #IBC2026
- It’s time for some Belgian beers at the Cuez booth! Come by and enjoy a cold beer with us ➡️ booth 6.A23! #INBC #IBC2026
- It’s time for some Belgian beers at the Cuez booth! Come by and enjoy a cold beer with us ➡️ booth 6.A23! #IBC #IBC2026
- Yesterday’s MIXER community event came with a proper imec.istart Awards Show, celebrating the startups that raised the bar this year. Here are the 2026 winners… 🥁 🏆 Booming Team Award - Payflip Fastest-growing team. Nominees: VEOWARE SPACE, Cuez, nxgsat 🏆 World Domination Award - VEOWARE SPACE For the startup taking on the world and winning. Nominees: Go Vocal, Cuez 🏆 Impact Catalyst Award - ReVision Implant For real, measurable impact on people, planet or society. Nominees: Puray, Sencilia 🏆 Pay It Forward Award - Aloïs Echard
Open roles
- Account Executive (EU)Belgium
- UX/UI DesignerBelgium
- Senior Software Engineer (Node.js)Belgium
Alumni 1 went on to found or lead
Jeroen HerczegSenior Software Engineer→Founder at Protoku
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