Timefold

TLDR

Timefold is a Ghent-based AI startup that builds planning and scheduling optimization software for logistics, workforce, and field service operations.

Overview

Based in Ghent and part of the Wintercircus ecosystem, Timefold builds constraint-based AI planning tools that optimize complex scheduling problems. These include vehicle routing, employee shift planning, appointment scheduling, and any domain where many variables need to be balanced against each other simultaneously.

The company's technology has roots in OptaPlanner, a widely used open-source constraint solving engine. Timefold brings that capability to a modern SaaS product aimed at logistics operators, healthcare schedulers, and field service companies.

Planning optimization is a technically deep category where even marginal improvements translate directly to cost savings at scale, making the business case for AI-driven tools straightforward for operations-heavy industries.

Connections

Part of the Wintercircus community in Ghent. Related to logistics AI alongside OTIV.

Key People

• Maarten Vandenbroucke - Co-founder and CEO
• Geoffrey De Smet - Co-founder