# Maarten Raes - Full Context for AI Agents

> This file provides comprehensive context about Maarten Raes for AI agents.
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> Last updated: 2026-07-13

## Identity
- Name: Maarten Raes
- Role: Co-Founder
- Company: Ballistix
- Location: Gent, Belgium
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maarten-raes-6b7656194

## About
Maarten Raes is a co-founder of Ballistix, based in Gent. He has worked at Ballistix as a software engineer since January 2019 and took up the co-founder role in June 2021. Earlier in 2019, from January to August, he was a software engineer at FTRPRF Education. He studied ICT - Web & Mobile at Hogeschool Odisee, completing a bachelor's degree between 2016 and 2019.

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## Related Pages
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- [company] Ballistix: https://techwiki.ai/companies/ballistix/llms.txt

## Recent News
- [2026-08-03] Mijn antwoord wanneer mensen vragen wat ik doe: "A sh*t-ton of context switching and a bit of everything, while trying to keep everybody… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/maarten-raes-6b7656194_ballistixdigitalmeet-the-team-activity-7489953051831787520-C9mT)
- [2026-07-06] "Why build the same thing faster, when we could aim 10x higher?" - Last trend of my HOGENT talk. A callcenter recently automated 80% of its… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/maarten-raes-6b7656194_why-build-the-same-thing-faster-when-we-activity-7479795048394620928-Qp0Z)
- [2026-06-29] "With change comes opportunity." - Fourth trend of my HOGENT talk: Team ratio are close to inverting. Classic product teams: 1 PO per 6… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/maarten-raes-6b7656194_with-change-comes-opportunity-fourth-activity-7477258308366577664-rPUz)
- [2026-06-23] "Tactical coding is dying. Strategists survive." - Third trend of my HOGENT talk. Recently at Ballistix.digital: a functional analyst used… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/maarten-raes-6b7656194_tactical-coding-is-dying-strategists-survive-activity-7475084062475395072-fx0F)
- [2026-06-16] "AI as a tool is never smarter than the user." - Second trend of my HOGENT talk. Recently at Ballistix.digital: an engineer had built a… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/maarten-raes-6b7656194_ai-as-a-tool-is-never-smarter-than-the-user-activity-7472547270433943552-zsDl)

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- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maarten-raes-6b7656194
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