Overview
Sam co-founded OTIV with Niels Van Damme in Ghent. The company develops AI-powered navigation and autonomy systems for barges operating on Belgium and Europe's inland waterway network.
As co-founder of OTIV, Sam contributes to the technical and strategic development of the company's autonomous navigation platform.
Career history
In the news
- The results are in! What an incredible evening celebrating the very best of Belgium's tech ecosystem at the Deloitte Technology Fast 50. A huge shout-out to Octave.energy, this year's Fast 50 winner 🏆 and also recipient of the Sustainability Award 🌱 Congrats as well to Sirona Technologies💡, winner of the Most Disruptive Innovator Award, and Spott ⭐, our Rising Star. Applause for all the tech innovators who took home an award or earned a spot in the ranking! Explore their achievements and see the full #Fast50BE ranking at
- Yesterday, I sat on the Rising Star jury of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 for the first time, and what an event! ⚡ Ten finalists. Ten founding teams who had already made it through more than 100 first candidates. Ten stories of people who chose the road less travelled by: building #tech from #Belgium, with ambition beyond Belgium. Beyond the founders’ energy and the road behind them, what struck me most was their massive ambition for what comes next 💯 Honored to have deliberated alongside Sam De Smet, Veroniek Collewaert
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