{
  "id": 15581249,
  "title": "TechWolf co-founder: Ghent flywheel \"super important”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/techwolf-co-founder-ghent-flywheel-super-important",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-19T08:02:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tech.eu",
    "slug": "tech-eu",
    "url": "https://tech.eu/2026/10/19/techwolf-co-founder-ghent-flywheel-effect-super-important/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Jeroen Van Hautte, co-founder and CTO of TechWolf, an AI startup being acquired by SAP, highlighted the significance of Ghent's flywheel effect in a recent interview on the Tech.eu podcast. The deal, valued at hundreds of millions of dollars, marks the largest acquisition of a venture-backed software company in Belgian history.\n\nTechWolf's AI technology helps companies analyze their employees' skills and work, which will become a crucial part of SAP's talent and workforce strategy. The CTO spoke about the Ghent flywheel effect, noting that the city has one of the highest densities of startups in the world. He emphasized that the flywheel effect is \"super important,\" as key employees from startups develop ideas of their own, launch their own startups, or fund other startups.\n\nVan Hautte also discussed his move to San Francisco, TechWolf's business model, and the differences between open and closed source AI models.",
  "summary": "One of the co-founders of a Ghent-based AI startup which is being acquired by sofware giant SAP in a deal valued at hundreds of millions of dolllars has stressed the importance of the city’s flywheel ...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}