Overview
Kasper De Smaele is a co-founder of Kasqade, where he has served as chief executive since December 2025. He is based in Gent.
Before that he was an AI presales engineer at Robovision from July 2023 to September 2025. Earlier roles include a satellite systems engineering internship at QinetiQ Space in 2022, a position as assistant strategic projects at Modis between October 2019 and June 2021, and a spell as CEO for One Month at Adecco in 2019. He worked as a propulsion test engineer at Airbus from August 2018 to May 2019, and briefly as a sales consultant at Opel in January 2018.
De Smaele studied aerospace engineering at Delft University of Technology, completing a bachelor's degree in 2018 and a Master of Science in 2023. He spent an exchange semester at the University of British Columbia studying engineering economics and principles of software construction, and followed the MBA Essentials programme at The London School of Economics and Political Science in 2019. He attended Sint-Gertrudiscollege Wetteren. His stated areas of expertise include artificial intelligence, aerospace engineering, go-to-market strategy and global cross-functional team leadership.
Career history
In the news
- Who's bringing AI from lab to factory? The more embedded Kasqade becomes in industrial operations, the more it becomes obvious to me there is a huge gap between what AI can do in research and lab environments, versus what's actually working in factories and warehouses. At a recent talk at Wintercircus Ghent, Tim Berckmoes, CEO of Anglo Belgian Corporation and Chairman of Agoria, requested researchers to bring their robots to his factory, and test them in a real environment with real operating conditions instead of a clean polished
- Storm or no storm, when you get an invitation to Volvo Cars you do NOT decline. Explained how Kasqade brings world-class experience from the field of video AI to industrial operations. Super cool to visit the biggest employer in Flanders and an actual automotive OEM.
- Pitched Kasqade at the Tectonic pitching competition finals yesterday! Unfortunately, top 10 was all we managed to achieve, but still proud to have represented our team in front of judges from 100IN, Entourage Ventures, Baseline, and ScaleFund. Congrats to Paldo for taking the bag 💰, and thanks to the entire Tectonic crew for an exciting and energising day right in our home base at Wintercircus Ghent. Till next year!
- Boom. The time is now, and Miles Ahead knows it.
- We're looking for our first commercial full-time hire at Kasqade! Calling people who love early-stage startups, are looking for a commercial role with massive impact, and who are not afraid to walk around in factories or warehouses. Extra points if you have the gen z slang down. Otherwise our Slack will be a very confusing place for you... Join our team at Wintercircus Ghent ASAP! Bart Van Miegem Paul van Tieghem Jana Ryckaert Arthur Meuleman Shreya Tanmayi Madam
- Boom! Not one but TWO Kasqade onstage appearances at Tectonic this coming week. 10:30AM: pitching competition 3:00PM: Start it Accelerate | @KBC keynote on what came before the funding Proud of our team and the pace they're building at. Bart Van Miegem can I borrow one of our engineering cameras to videotape the pitches so I can show it to my grandma? 🎥
- A pleasure to speak about Kasqade for the Transport & Logistics community at Voka Oost-Vlaanderen!
- I'm speaking at Tectonic next week! I'll join the stage with the Start it Accelerate | @KBC team to talk about the reality of starting something from nothing with Kasqade. A lot of people romanticise startup life - but there's a lot of hurdles, doubts, and walls to overcome before you even get started. Call it an honest view of a founder's life. See you on our home turf at Wintercircus Ghent.
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