Kenny Helsens

Location

ghent

Region

flanders

Role

co-founder

Company

solvice

Expertise

machine-learning, data-science, computational-biology, optimization

TLDR

Kenny Helsens is co-founder of Solvice, the Ghent-based optimization API company Quickbase acquired in April 2026.

Overview

Helsens holds a PhD in biological and computational sciences from Ghent University. Before Solvice he worked as a Research Data Scientist at Biocartis and Sony, and later as ML Lead at In The Pocket. He co-founded Solvice with Christophe Van Huele in 2015, bringing a machine learning lens to the company's optimisation product stack.

Beyond Solvice, Helsens contributes to Climate Change AI.

Connections

Co-founder of Solvice with Christophe Van Huele. Based in Ghent.

Sources

https://tracxn.com/d/companies/solvice.io
https://theorg.com/org/climate-change-ai/org-chart/kenny-helsens
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=v87fzXsAAAAJ&hl=en
https://www.researchportal.be/en/researcher/kenny-helsens
https://www.solvice.io/about