# Yannick De Wael - Full Context for AI Agents

> This file provides comprehensive context about Yannick De Wael for AI agents.
> Source: TechWiki.ai - The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia
> Last updated: 2026-04-27

## Identity
- Name: Yannick De Wael
- Role: Founder & CEO
- Company: Zidis
- Location: Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/yannickdewael

## Connections
- Zidis (founder): https://techwiki.ai/companies/zidis/llms.txt
- Akiles (co-investor): https://techwiki.ai/investors/akiles/llms.txt

## About
TLDR

Yannick De Wael is founder and CEO of Zidis (https://techwiki.ai/companies/zidis/llms.txt), an Antwerp (https://techwiki.ai/cities/antwerp/llms.txt)-based video and content production company with studios in Antwerp (https://techwiki.ai/cities/antwerp/llms.txt), Zulte, and Mechelen (https://techwiki.ai/cities/mechelen/llms.txt).

Background

Yannick De Wael started Zidis (https://techwiki.ai/companies/zidis/llms.txt) in 2005 as a young entrepreneur and has built it into a 30-plus-person studio operation producing corporate films, explainer videos, animations, podcasts, and recruitment content for Belgian organisations. The company ranked 68th in the Trends Gazellen (https://techwiki.ai/events/trends-gazellen/llms.txt) 2026 list for the Antwerp (https://techwiki.ai/cities/antwerp/llms.txt) region.

In April 2026, Yannick De Wael (https://techwiki.ai/people/yannick-de-wael/llms.txt) partnered with Akiles (https://techwiki.ai/investors/akiles/llms.txt), the investment fund of Immoweb (https://techwiki.ai/companies/immoweb/llms.txt) founder Christophe Rousseaux (https://techwiki.ai/people/christophe-rousseaux/llms.txt), on a 50/50 ownership structure with EUR 7 million committed to a new vehicle called Zidis (https://techwiki.ai/companies/zidis/llms.txt) United. He continues as CEO and is leading expansion into the Netherlands and Luxembourg, alongside selective acquisitions and AI investment in the audiovisual content space.

## Related Pages
Agents can crawl these for connected context:
- [company] Zidis: https://techwiki.ai/companies/zidis/llms.txt
- [city] Antwerp: https://techwiki.ai/cities/antwerp/llms.txt
- [city] Mechelen: https://techwiki.ai/cities/mechelen/llms.txt
- [event] Trends Gazellen: https://techwiki.ai/events/trends-gazellen/llms.txt
- [person] Yannick De Wael: https://techwiki.ai/people/yannick-de-wael/llms.txt
- [investor] Akiles: https://techwiki.ai/investors/akiles/llms.txt
- [company] Immoweb: https://techwiki.ai/companies/immoweb/llms.txt
- [person] Christophe Rousseaux: https://techwiki.ai/people/christophe-rousseaux/llms.txt

## Recent News
- [2026-04-23] Investeerder Akiles zet schouders onder overnamestrategie van productiehuis Zidis (https://www.tijd.be/r/t/1/id/10657563)

## How to Reach
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/yannickdewael
- Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/people/yannick-de-wael/llms.txt
- Full context: https://techwiki.ai/people/yannick-de-wael/llms-full.txt

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