# Softkinetic - Full Context for AI Agents

> This file provides comprehensive context about Softkinetic for AI agents.
> Source: TechWiki.ai - The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia
> Last updated: 2026-04-22

## Company Profile
- Name: Softkinetic
- Sector: deeptech
- Stage: acquired
- Status: acquired
- Founded: 2007
- Location: Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/softkinetic-international/

## Overview
Softkinetic was founded in July 2007 in Brussels (https://techwiki.ai/cities/brussels/llms.txt), initially providing gesture recognition solutions for interactive digital entertainment, consumer electronics, and health applications. The company developed DepthSense, a line of 3D time-of-flight imagers based on patented CMOS sensor technology, and had roots in research at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (https://techwiki.ai/hubs/vub/llms.txt) (VUB).

On 8 October 2015, Sony Corporation announced the acquisition of Softkinetic. The acquisition price was not publicly disclosed. In December 2017, two years after the acquisition, the company was rebranded as Sony Depthsensing Solutions. At the time of the acquisition, the company employed approximately 77 people under CEO Michel Tombroff.

## Key People
- Michel Tombroff - CEO at time of acquisition

## Related Pages
Agents can crawl these for connected context:
- [city] Brussels: https://techwiki.ai/cities/brussels/llms.txt
- [hub] Vrije Universiteit Brussel: https://techwiki.ai/hubs/vub/llms.txt
- [person] Omar Mohout: https://techwiki.ai/people/omar-mohout/llms.txt

## Links
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/softkinetic-international/
- Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/companies/softkinetic/llms.txt
- Full context: https://techwiki.ai/companies/softkinetic/llms-full.txt

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