# Bart Steukers - Full Context for AI Agents

> This file provides comprehensive context about Bart Steukers for AI agents.
> Source: TechWiki.ai - The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia
> Last updated: 2026-07-31

## Identity
- Name: Bart Steukers
- Role: CEO
- Company: Agoria
- Location: Brussels, Belgium
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bartsteukers

## Expertise
- cybersecurity
- ai-society
- robotics
- smart-glasses
- drones

## About
TLDR

Bart Steukers is CEO at Agoria.

Background

The main segment features Bart Steukers, CEO of tech federation Agoria, discussing Belgium's defense industry. He maps the sector as three concentric circles: ~80 classic defense firms (FN Herstal, Sonaca, Sabca) with €2B revenue and 5,000 jobs, expanding to ~500 companies and 13,000-16,000 jobs when including cyber, AI, drones and technical textiles, with potential to double by 2033. Steukers highlights the Ostend maritime ecosystem around Exail Robotics' autonomous mine-hunting underwater drones, the Ukraine war's compression of innovation cycles to 8 weeks, and the historic financing problem where banks refused loans to companies with even 10-15% defense activity. He pleads for European coordination of defense value chains, better AI literacy across the population, and reskilling as automation reshapes manufacturing jobs.

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Talks about

Cybersecurity (https://techwiki.ai/concepts/cybersecurity/llms.txt) · AI & society (https://techwiki.ai/concepts/ai-society/llms.txt) · Robotics (https://techwiki.ai/concepts/robotics/llms.txt) · Smart glasses & AR (https://techwiki.ai/concepts/smart-glasses/llms.txt) · Drones

From public interviews and talks · updated 2026-08-01.
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## Related Pages
Agents can crawl these for connected context:
- [concept] Cybersecurity: https://techwiki.ai/concepts/cybersecurity/llms.txt
- [concept] AI & society: https://techwiki.ai/concepts/ai-society/llms.txt
- [concept] Robotics: https://techwiki.ai/concepts/robotics/llms.txt
- [concept] Smart glasses & AR: https://techwiki.ai/concepts/smart-glasses/llms.txt
- [company] FN Herstal: https://techwiki.ai/companies/fn-herstal/llms.txt
- [company] SABCA: https://techwiki.ai/companies/sabca/llms.txt
- [company] Trenara: https://techwiki.ai/companies/trenara/llms.txt

## Recent News
- [2026-07-15] Belangrijk voor al wie begaan is met de toekomst van onze industrie in België! (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bartsteukers_principeakkoord-volvo-car-gent-activity-7483156880597430273-246L)

## How to Reach
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bartsteukers
- Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/people/bart-steukers/llms.txt
- Full context: https://techwiki.ai/people/bart-steukers/llms-full.txt

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