# Vertical Compute - Full Context for AI Agents

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

## Company Profile
- Name: Vertical Compute
- Sector: deep-tech, semiconductors, ai
- Stage: startup
- Status: active
- Total funding: EUR 57M
- Location: Leuven, Wallonia, Belgium
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/verticalcompute/
- Founders: Sylvain Dubois

## Overview
Spun out of imec (https://techwiki.ai/hubs/imec/llms.txt), Vertical Compute works on tightly integrated compute and memory architectures aimed at reducing the memory bottleneck that limits AI inference performance. The vertically integrated approach means both the chip architecture and the packaging are designed together rather than sourced from separate vendors.

The EUR 57M seed round, closed in January 2025, is one of the larger seed rounds in Belgian deep-tech history and reflects both the strategic importance of AI compute infrastructure and the credibility that comes with an imec (https://techwiki.ai/hubs/imec/llms.txt) lineage.

Vertical Compute sits in Leuven (https://techwiki.ai/cities/leuven/llms.txt)'s growing semiconductor cluster alongside other imec (https://techwiki.ai/hubs/imec/llms.txt) spin-offs including Swave Photonics (https://techwiki.ai/companies/swave-photonics/llms.txt).

## Funding History
- Seed: EUR 57M (January 2025)

## Key People
- Sylvain Dubois (https://techwiki.ai/people/sylvain-dubois/llms.txt) - Founder

## Related Pages
Agents can crawl these for connected context:
- [city] Leuven: https://techwiki.ai/cities/leuven/llms.txt
- [hub] imec: https://techwiki.ai/hubs/imec/llms.txt
- [company] Swave Photonics: https://techwiki.ai/companies/swave-photonics/llms.txt
- [person] Sylvain Dubois: https://techwiki.ai/people/sylvain-dubois/llms.txt
- [sector] Deep Tech & Hardware: https://techwiki.ai/sectors/deep-tech/llms.txt
- [sector] Semiconductors & Photonics: https://techwiki.ai/sectors/semiconductors/llms.txt
- [sector] AI & Machine Learning: https://techwiki.ai/sectors/ai/llms.txt

## Recent News
- [2026-03-04] Belgische start-up Vertical Compute haalt 37 miljoen op om AI goedkoper te maken (https://www.tijd.be/r/t/1/id/10650978)

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

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