North Star

NORTH STAR

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Events

Hackathons & meetups
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Education

Workshops & lectures
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Engineering

Projects & products
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Ecosystem

Partners & connections

Our events

Kids Hackathon Introducing the next generation to AI and robotics
ElevenLabs Hackathon One of our many hackathons, this time with
Every Thursday
OpenLab @ The Vessel Visit our open robotics/AI lab
Conferences If you saw a robot at a conference in Belgium, there's a non-zero chance it's through us
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Flagship Initiatives

The Vessel

An atelier for intelligent machines

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Community management and event platform

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Stories

Filip Nowak · March 11, 2026 · 4 min read

First open AI & Robotics Lab in Belgium

The Vessel is an open robotics and AI lab in the Antwerp port area. Think of it as a forever hackathon.

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Filip Nowak · December 31, 2025 · 7 min read

The Cost of Connection

Brain drain breaks the chain of people lifting other people up. How do we ignite Belgium's tech ecosystem?

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We ♥

Port of Antwerp-Bruges Wintercircus Brucon Autodiscovery EWOR

Our friends

Hugging Face ElevenLabs Lovable European AI Office LeRobot Karel de Grote Hogeschool iMagineLab Nerdlab Dwengo Brubotics WeSTEM Tectonic Campus 19 E6K Creative STEM WAT Young Engineers La Grand Poste The Beacon AP Hogeschool AISO

Let's build it together