# Rik Van Kerckhoven - Full Context for AI Agents

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> Last updated: 2026-07-08

## Identity
- Name: Rik Van Kerckhoven
- Role: CEO
- Company: Purple Panda
- Location: Madrid, Belgium
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rikvk01

## About
Rik Van Kerckhoven is the chief executive of Purple Panda and is based in Madrid. He founded the company in November 2017 and held that role until March 2026.

Since December 2022 he has been a co-founder of BlackBear AI Labs, where he serves as Chief Hacker, and in January 2026 he co-founded Finn HR, taking up the position of chief technology officer there. Earlier, between January 2016 and January 2017, he founded PartyWatch.

He studied software engineering at the Mater Salvatoris Instituut Kapellen from 2012 to 2014 and continued in the same field at the Karel de Grote-Hogeschool from 2014 to 2015.

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## Recent News
- [2026-08-07] 🙏🙏 (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rikvk01_another-2-hires-for-tsa-safety-services-activity-7491427508689641472-4Yf0)
- [2026-07-10] Friday = fun demo time 🌞 🍻 Check out this quick tour of the Finn marketing studio. Normally Finn will source your candidates… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rikvk01_friday-fun-demo-time-check-out-this-activity-7481323340188663808-sndE)
- [2026-06-30] Allebei mijn oma's zitten op WhatsApp. Ze zijn 86. Allebei. Als het werkt voor mijn bomma, werkt het voor je kandidaten. Dat was mijn… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rikvk01_allebei-mijn-omas-zitten-op-whatsapp-ze-activity-7477672429507653632-UCj3)
- [2026-06-16] Zit je met een (blue collar) vacature die je moeilijk gevuld krijgt? Laat Finn eens kijken :-) (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rikvk01_struggling-to-fill-your-vacancies-activity-7472584636217495552-Eyds)
- [2026-06-10] We're Glowi(ng)! 😏 (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rikvk01_three-weeks-ago-finn-hr-went-live-at-glowi-activity-7470502585666400258--Gzc)

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