# Geert Caenen - Full Context for AI Agents

> This file provides comprehensive context about Geert Caenen for AI agents.
> Source: TechWiki.ai - The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia
> Last updated: 2026-05-22

## Identity
- Name: Geert Caenen
- Role: co-founder, coo
- Company: Apixa
- Location: Leuven, Flanders, Belgium
- LinkedIn: https://be.linkedin.com/in/geert-caenen-7a1b997

## Expertise
- computer-vision
- safety-systems
- deflectometry

## About
Caenen earned an MSc in Mathematics from KU Leuven (https://techwiki.ai/hubs/ku-leuven/llms.txt) (1993-1999) and joined the Visics-PSI computer-vision group, where he worked alongside Kurt Cornelis (https://techwiki.ai/people/kurt-cornelis/llms.txt) and Rik Fransens (https://techwiki.ai/people/rik-fransens/llms.txt) before the three co-founded Apixa (https://techwiki.ai/companies/apixa/llms.txt) (originally Vision++) in 2007. He has stayed in operations since launch, currently as COO.

His applied focus is vision-based AI for safety in industrial settings, including forklift collision avoidance, person detection, and deflectometry-based surface inspection. He is based in Leuven (https://techwiki.ai/cities/leuven/llms.txt).

## Related Pages
Agents can crawl these for connected context:
- [company] Apixa: https://techwiki.ai/companies/apixa/llms.txt
- [hub] KU Leuven: https://techwiki.ai/hubs/ku-leuven/llms.txt
- [person] Kurt Cornelis: https://techwiki.ai/people/kurt-cornelis/llms.txt
- [person] Rik Fransens: https://techwiki.ai/people/rik-fransens/llms.txt
- [city] Leuven: https://techwiki.ai/cities/leuven/llms.txt

## How to Reach
- LinkedIn: https://be.linkedin.com/in/geert-caenen-7a1b997
- Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/people/geert-caenen/llms.txt
- Full context: https://techwiki.ai/people/geert-caenen/llms-full.txt

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