Overview
BeCentral opened in 2017 inside the Victor Horta-designed Brussels Central Station building. Established by over 60 entrepreneurs and co-founded with Robin Wauters, the campus sits at the crossroads of Brussels' startup, education, and policy worlds.
The campus spans 10,500 sqm and brings together approximately 1,000 people daily from 72 nationalities. Residents include Google Atelier, Le Wagon (coding bootcamp), BeCode (digital skills training for job seekers), 42 Belgium, FARI (the AI and Robotics Institute for Society, a joint initiative of VUB and ULB), Proximus Ada, an ESA accelerator, and We Are Founders.
BeCentral hosts a consistent program of hackathons, pitch events, and technical workshops, making it one of the most active event venues in the Brussels tech community.
Omar Mohout previously chaired the BeCentral board.
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- We're proud to share that Hybrid Core has been selected as a finalist for the Startup World Cup Brussels 🇧🇪. Thank you to Startup&Angels for putting together such a strong finalist lineup, and to co-hosts Le Village by CA Brussels and BeCentral for building the room where this happens. On 30 September, we'll pitch in front of an investor-led jury at Degroof Petercam in Brussels — one step on the way to representing Belgium at the Global Grand Finale in San Francisco. Congratulations to the fellow finalists we'll share the stage
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- 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲 & 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗰𝘁? 🤖💳 AI is moving beyond simply helping consumers make decisions. As agentic AI develops, digital agents could increasingly search, compare, decide and even initiate transactions on behalf of users. But what does that mean for the future of payments? At our Payments Meets AI Meetup with Timelex on 24 September, our panel on Agentic Commerce & Payments will explore what happens when AI becomes an active participant in
- What if Belgium’s biggest challenge isn’t talent, but visibility? Good question. Amine Serock has a few answers. Amine is the founder and CEO of CREATICAL, where he helps entrepreneurs turn their expertise into powerful, visible voices. Because building something great is only part of the equation. If ambitious founders want to grow, attract opportunities and compete beyond Belgium, they also need to be seen and heard. At Brussels Think Bigger, he’ll share his take on ambition, visibility and what it takes to make sure Belgian
- 70 people, one Saturday afternoon, and plenty of conversations around what’s next in AI. ☕️🤖 Last Saturday, we hosted Cafe Compute Brussels at BeCentral, bringing together developers, founders and AI enthusiasts for an afternoon of talks, ideas and connections. A big thank you to everyone who joined Cafe Compute, organized by North Star and bringing the community together, with Cerebras and OpenAI. More than the talks themselves, it was great to see how much conversation continued afterwards with people comparing ideas,
- AI-first Engineering Workflows, live in Brussels on 28 October. Co-hosted by TechWolf and ML6, with Wintercircus Ghent as ecosystem partner. This one's about how the work actually gets done: spec, build, test, ship. Three talks from teams doing it in production. A walking dinner to open the night, drinks and networking to close it. The lineup: → Niels Lowie (TechWolf) on what Specto builds overnight, and what still breaks. → Christophe Geudens (Prismos) on two years of agentic coding, and what it did to code review. → Georges
- AI-first engineering workflows, live in Brussels on 28 October. Co-hosted by TechWolf and ML6. The theme is the real working practice, not the demos: spec, build, test, ship. Three talks from teams doing this in production, a walking dinner to open the night, drinks on both sides of the programme. We've got a full talk on the lineup: ▪️ Niels Lowie (TechWolf) on what Specto builds overnight, and what still breaks. ▪️ Christophe Geudens (Prismos) on two years of agentic coding, including what it did to code review. ▪️ Georges Lorré
- Where you work matters beyond the daily commute. It shapes how easily your team can meet clients, welcome partners, attend events and move around the city. At BeCentral, you’re right above Brussels Central Station and just minutes away from some of Brussels’ key landmarks and business hubs. Grand-Place, the European Quarter, Brussels-Midi, the airport… all within easy reach. Because being central isn’t just convenient. It keeps your team connected to the city and the people in it. 📍 Looking for a new office in the heart of
Alumni 1 went on to found or lead
Karen BoersCo-founder & Board member→Owner & CEO at Boers & Peusens BVBA
Laurent HubletCoFounder & Member of the Board of Directors→Minister for Economy, Employment & Tech at Government of the Brussels-Capital Region
Loubna AzghoudCo-founder & Lead we are founders program→Représentant parlementaire at Mouvement Réformateur (MR)
Omar MohoutChairman of the Board→Non-Executive Director at Verhaert
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