# Wannes Groote - Full Context for AI Agents

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> Last updated: 2026-07-13

## Identity
- Name: Wannes Groote
- Role: Co-Founder
- Company: Leap Technologies
- Location: Gent, Belgium
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wannes-de-groote-a7380b194

## About
Wannes Groote is a co-founder of Leap Technologies, a role he has held since July 2022. He is based in Gent.

Before that he spent five years at Ghent University, first as a researcher and PhD candidate from August 2017 to October 2021 and then as a postdoctoral researcher until August 2022. Earlier he completed an internship at BASF in mid-2017 and an internship at Universidad de San Buenaventura between July and September 2016.

He obtained his PhD in electromechanical engineering at Ghent University in October 2021. He also holds a master's degree in industrial systems and operations research engineering and a master's degree in electromechanical engineering, control engineering and automation, both from Ghent University, and a master's degree in automatic control from Grenoble INP - Ense3. He followed a transition programme in the bachelor of electromechanical engineering at Ghent University after completing a bachelor's degree in electromechanical engineering technology, automation, at KU Leuven Ghent Campus.

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## Related Pages
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- [company] Leap Technologies: https://techwiki.ai/companies/leap-technologies/llms.txt
- [person] Tom Staessens: https://techwiki.ai/people/tom-staessens/llms.txt

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