Pieter Wellens is the co-founder and CTO of Apicbase, a role he has held since its inception in April 2017. At Apicbase, he leads a team of software developers and oversees the technical foundations of the Cloud SaaS platform, which streamlines food management processes. Pieter holds a PhD from the VUB AI Lab, where he was involved in
advanced artificial intelligence research. Pieter and Apicbase are actively involved in the MUHAI project, a European research initiative aimed at enhancing AI by integrating meaning and understanding to make AI systems more human-centric.
MUHAI project is a collaboration between the universities of Bremen, Amsterdam, Venice, Brussels, Namen, Sony, and Apicbase. Pieter's expertise spans machine learning, AI, and computer science, with previous roles as a lead software architect on large-scale international projects.