Filip Maertens
Filip Maertens (born 1978) is a Belgian tech founder and keynote speaker with a background in cyber-security and artificial intelligence.
Career
Cybersecurity
He was founder of Securax (1999), a Belgium-based cyber-security consulting company (acquired). As a cyber-security researcher in 1999-2001, Maertens published multiple software vulnerabilities on Microsoft and Linux platforms,[1][2] and was a global trainer on the EY Extreme Hacking courses.[3] He later worked as a computer forensic investigator and cybersecurity consultant.[4]
2012 Hacking Controversy
In 2013, Maertens was tried by the Antwerp courts for the production and supply of hacking tools in 2012, which he claimed to be coerced into manufacturing.[5] He was convicted for the manufacturing of hacking tools and served his sentence in a minimum security prison.[6] He provides lectures on this topic as a cautionary tale for other entrepreneurs.[7][8]
Artificial Intelligence
After having left the cybersecurity industry, Maertens founded the AI deeptech company Argus Labs (2012) based on his patent on recommender systems[9] and the concept of contextual computing[10][11][12]
He co-founded Faktion together with Joeri Van Steen[13] as a venture studio, that spun off Chatlayer (2018, acquired 2020[14]) and Metamaze (2021, acquired 2024[15]). A board and professional management was implemented in 2021.[16] Maertens' contribution to the Antwerp AI industry is recognised by industry experts as having jumpstarted over 300 jobs in the field of AI between 2011 and 2021.[17]
Keynote Speaker
As a public speaker, Filip is regularly invited to talk on subjects, such as Enterpreneurship, Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence, and has been on TEDx,[18][19] Cannes Lions,[20] LeWeb,[21] TheNextWeb,[22] Strata,[23] DI Summit,[24] SuperNova[25] and more.
Maertens was named Belgium's Top 50 Entrepreneur (2014) [26] and Innovator (2015).[27]
References
- ↑ "Packet Storm Security, Securax Vulnerabilities".
- ↑ "Hexyn Vulnerability News". Archived from the original on September 25, 2001. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Ernst & Young Launches Updated Extreme Hacking Courses" (Press release).
- ↑ "Interview met Filip Maertens en Paul Bakker over cybersecurity".
- ↑ "The Mob's IT Department". Bloomberg News.
- ↑ "Antwerpse havenhackers ook in beroep veroordeeld". Bloomberg.
- ↑ "Harde lessen over ondernemen met ups & downs". YouTube. 14 February 2019.
- ↑ "A Resilient Entrepreneur: From the digital underground to Belgium's most prolific AI serial-entrepreneur".
- ↑ "System and method for making personalised recommendations to a user of a mobile computing device, and computer program product".
- ↑ "Context Aware Technology Provider with High Accuracy".
- ↑ "Argus Labs wordt Sentiance". 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "Als ondernemer heb ik een strijdersmentaliteit gekweekt: nooit opgeven in het heetst van de strijd". 12 September 2016.
- ↑ "De Europese CTO van het Jaar is een Belg". 2 December 2019.
- ↑ "Chatlayer taken over by Sinch". 24 December 2024.
- ↑ "Our member, Metamaze, gets acquired by Duco".
- ↑ "Hoe Antwerps AI-specialist Faktion uitgroeide tot een broeinest van succesvolle spin-offs". 19 January 2022.
- ↑ "AI-ondernemerschap in Europa: lessen en visies van Filip Maertens". YouTube. 3 March 2025.
- ↑ "TEDx Leuven, Living with Big Mother". Archived from the original on July 1, 2015. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "TEDx UHasselt, Smart Phone or Sentient Agent"
- ↑ "Cannes Lions Innovation, unlocking mobile personalisation using sensors"
- ↑ "The 12 Companies That Will Compete In This Year's LeWeb Paris Startup Competition". 7 November 2012.
- ↑ "All 75 startups that will pitch on stage at TNW Conference: The votes are in!". 14 April 2015.
- ↑ "Strata Speaker Profile, Filip Maertens".
- ↑ "Can A.I. help us build a better world?". 8 May 2017.
- ↑ "A Resilient Entrepreneur: From the digital underground to Belgium's most prolific AI serial-entrepreneur".
- ↑ "De Tijd 50 Durvers". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
- ↑ "De Tijd Top 50 Vernieuwers".
External links
- TEDx Leuven Filip Maertens profile[Usurped!] at TEDxLeuven, 2012
- TEDx UHasselt Salon Filip Maertens profile at TEDxUHasselt, 2013
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