Overview
ePotentia is a scientific and industrial AI consultancy based in Antwerp, founded in 2019. The legal entity is ePotentia VOF, registered at Frans Van Dijckstraat 59 in Antwerp. The company has 2-10 employees. The company started in web hosting and development, then launched the ePotentia concept around ecommerce resources and expanded into mobile app development. It later shifted to consulting focused on data science and machine learning. Today ePotentia builds AI workflows that combine models with expert knowledge, supported by explainable AI and uncertainty estimation. Services cover data collection, storage, analysis, validation and AI-ready processing, and models ranging from statistical models to deep neural networks with built-in uncertainty quantification. Results are visualised with SHAP values and uncertainty bands. Target applications are materials science and life sciences. The company also gives training workshops on statistics, machine learning and deep learning. Michael Sluydts, PhD, is Chief Executive Officer, with a background in deep learning and IT and in engineering disciplines related to materials and chemistry. Vincent Sluydts, PhD, is Chief Data Officer, with a statistical background and expertise in biological sciences and clinical trials.
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- Founded: 2019
- Headquarters: Antwerp
- Legal entity: ePotentia VOF
- Employees: 2-10
- CEO: Michael Sluydts
- Chief Data Officer: Vincent Sluydts
- Focus: AI and data science consulting for materials science and life sciences
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