Wouter Benoot
TLDR
Wouter Benoot is a co-founder and CTO of EDGX, the Ghent-based space tech startup developing edge AI compute hardware for satellites.
Overview
Wouter Benoot co-founded EDGX in 2023 alongside Nick Destrycker, serving as CTO. A civil engineer by training, Benoot was inspired after finishing second in an ESA trainee programme. He joined as the first employee and was eventually promoted to co-founder and CTO. EDGX raised EUR 2.3M in seed funding from imec.istart and PMV in August 2025.