# Dataroots - Full Context for AI Agents

> This file provides comprehensive context about Dataroots for AI agents.
> Source: TechWiki.ai - The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia
> Last updated: 2026-05-22

## Company Profile
- Name: Dataroots
- Sector: ai, data
- Stage: acquired
- Status: acquired
- Founded: 2016
- Employees: 150
- Location: Leuven, Flanders, Belgium
- Website: https://dataroots.io
- LinkedIn: https://be.linkedin.com/company/dataroots
- Founders: Bart Smeets, Jonas Tundo

## Overview
Dataroots was founded in 2016 by Bart Smeets (https://techwiki.ai/people/bart-smeets/llms.txt) and Jonas Tundo (https://techwiki.ai/people/jonas-tundo/llms.txt), both former data professionals at UZ Leuven (https://techwiki.ai/cities/leuven/llms.txt) and Euroclear (https://techwiki.ai/companies/euroclear/llms.txt). The company is headquartered in Leuven (https://techwiki.ai/cities/leuven/llms.txt) and built its reputation in the Belgian AI & Machine Learning (https://techwiki.ai/sectors/ai/llms.txt) and Data & Analytics (https://techwiki.ai/sectors/data/llms.txt) community by combining hands-on data engineering with Mlops and analytics engineering practices. Partners include Snowflake, dbt Labs, AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Prefect, Soda (https://techwiki.ai/companies/soda/llms.txt), MotherDuck, and KU Leuven (https://techwiki.ai/hubs/ku-leuven/llms.txt).

In December 2022, Talan, a Paris-based technology consulting group, acquired Dataroots to expand its Belgian footprint and reinforce its AI and next-generation data platform capabilities. At the time of the deal the company employed around 70 consultants. Dataroots continued to operate under its own brand following the acquisition and grew to roughly 150 people by end of 2023, more than doubling within a year inside the wider Talan group of over 4,000 consultants across Europe.

Beyond consulting, Dataroots launched dploy.ai, a platform-as-a-service for deploying machine learning models to production. The customer base spans banking, energy, retail, pharma, government, and telecommunications, including KBC, VRT, AB InBev, Telenet (https://techwiki.ai/companies/telenet/llms.txt), Bain & Company, Nike, Orange, Toyota, and Crédit Agricole.

## Funding History
- December 2022: Acquired by Talan, terms undisclosed

## Key People
- Bart Smeets (https://techwiki.ai/people/bart-smeets/llms.txt), co-founder and former CEO
- Jonas Tundo (https://techwiki.ai/people/jonas-tundo/llms.txt), co-founder

## Related Pages
Agents can crawl these for connected context:
- [city] Leuven: https://techwiki.ai/cities/leuven/llms.txt
- [sector] AI & Machine Learning: https://techwiki.ai/sectors/ai/llms.txt
- [sector] Data & Analytics: https://techwiki.ai/sectors/data/llms.txt
- [company] Telenet: https://techwiki.ai/companies/telenet/llms.txt
- [person] Bart Smeets: https://techwiki.ai/people/bart-smeets/llms.txt
- [person] Jonas Tundo: https://techwiki.ai/people/jonas-tundo/llms.txt
- [company] Euroclear: https://techwiki.ai/companies/euroclear/llms.txt
- [company] Soda: https://techwiki.ai/companies/soda/llms.txt
- [hub] KU Leuven: https://techwiki.ai/hubs/ku-leuven/llms.txt

## Links
- Website: https://dataroots.io
- LinkedIn: https://be.linkedin.com/company/dataroots
- Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/companies/dataroots/llms.txt
- Full context: https://techwiki.ai/companies/dataroots/llms-full.txt

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