Valkuren

23/06/2026

✨ 𝐀𝐈 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲. 𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲.

A month ago, we facilitated a new 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐈 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 with a client, bringing together business stakeholders around one key question:

👉 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 ?

During the session, we worked collectively to:
🔹 Map key business processes
🔹 Identify friction points & inefficiencies
🔹 Prioritize high-value AI opportunities
🔹 Define success metrics & business impact
🔹 Build a roadmap balancing quick wins and long-term transformation

Because successful AI adoption is 𝐍𝐎𝐓 about deploying tools.
It’s about aligning 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 + 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 + 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 + 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚.
That’s why AI transformation cannot be delegated entirely to IT or innovation teams. As a CEO, your involvement, alongside your ExCom, is critical to drive priorities, accelerate adoption, and turn AI into measurable business impact.

The outcome?
✅ Clear priorities
✅ Actionable use cases
✅ Shared vision across teams
✅ Foundations for sustainable AI transformation

A big thank you to our client for the openness and engagement throughout the workshop.
And thanks to Julien Boistel and Valerie Zapico | Big Data & AI for leading the session, with the support of Magnus Kinder, turning discussions into concrete transformation opportunities.

💬 In your organization,  𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞: data quality, use case identification, adoption, or governance?

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17/12/2025

🎸Team offsite 2025 ! 🎸
🎄Clear minds. One direction. Ready for 2026!🎄

To close 2025, the team took time to step back together.

🌿 Morning offsite at .rosieres
We reached the clearing accompanied by the mascot of the day 🐾 Auxo, the guardian dog of the place, setting the tone right away: grounded, authentic, and human.
A true reset moment to reflect on the year behind us, challenge ourselves honestly, and define a clear, shared roadmap for 2026.

🍽️ Lunch at .comptoir
A perfect moment to slow down, connect, and also celebrate a very special milestone: the upcoming arrival of Derrick’s baby🤍 in 2026.
Because strong teams don’t only build projects : they celebrate life, too.

🎳 Evening in Brussels : bowling, laughs & rock vibes
Festive, engaged, a bit loud , exactly how we like it 😉 🎶

This day perfectly captures who we are at Valkuren:
👉 strategic and grounded
👉 demanding but human
👉 serious about impact, never about ego

🚀 We’re ready to take on the challenges of 2026.
With clarity, energy, and a team fully aligned.

🎄 Merry Xmas & Season’s Greetings to all of you.
Let’s make 2026 a bold one.

11/12/2025

🎙️ Valkuren au salon IAKA : innovation, souveraineté, maîtrise et… prompt hacking !

Merci aux équipes du salon IAKA pour cette édition inspirante (INFOPOLE , Pôle MecaTech , Agence du Numérique (AdN) )

Nous avons eu le plaisir d’y représenter une vision claire : l’IA n’apporte de la valeur que lorsqu’elle est maîtrisée, souveraine et alignée avec les besoins métiers.

🔥 Durant sa Keynote, notre CEO .zapico a rappelé un enjeu stratégique : l’IA ne doit pas être un gadget mais un levier structuré, gouverné et sécurisé. Elle a démontré comment les organisations peuvent reprendre la main grâce à une architecture souveraine, des agents contrôlés, et une gouvernance documentaire robuste.

🛠️ Du côté du stand VALKUREN : c’est Derrick Van Frausum et Elisei Talpalariu qui ont présenté notre outil odAIn
Merci à tous ceux qui sont venus échanger avec nous autour de nos démonstrations.

💬Mais Derrick Van Frausum a aussi participé au « Bar à prompt » dans lequel il a montré comment un système peut être hacké… et comment éviter que cela arrive.
✔️ Démonstrations de prompt injections
✔️ Comment contourner des garde-fous (et pourquoi cela arrive)
✔️ Comment s’en prémunir via une architecture robuste, des filtres multi-niveaux et des agents souverains

Un excellent moyen de rendre tangibles les risques… et les bonnes pratiques.

🤝 Merci à tous ceux qui sont venus discuter data, RAG, agents souverains, architecture documentaire et cas d’usage concrets. Votre énergie et vos questions alimentent notre mission : déployer une IA utile, maîtrisée et responsable.

📌 Pour prolonger la discussion ou tester nos démos (bat à prompts inclus 😉), prenez rendez-vous : https://lnkd.in/e2YR3Ajg

20/10/2025

💥 SMEs that don’t transform today will disappear tomorrow.

Artificial Intelligence is not a gadget, it’s a strategic lever for any organization that wants to remain agile, high-performing, and competitive. But it must be approached differently than the way we casually use ChatGPT in our living rooms.

This was the key message shared by .zapico , CEO of , during the Lunch & Learn hosted by .rosieres , in front of a room full of leaders and decision-makers eager to understand how to transform their SMEs.

💡 One clear takeaway emerged from the discussions: AI is not something you improvise, it’s something you structure:
👉 Through a clear business vision aligned with your priorities
👉 Through governance of both structured and unstructured data
👉 And through a secure, well-designed architecture

At VALKUREN, we help organizations take this step forward through a structured AI journey that enables transformation at multiple levels. We deploy our sovereign AI agent platform to unlock value by integrating with your existing systems (ERP, CRM, business tools) — automating, predicting, and optimizing without compromising the security or sovereignty of your data.

👏 A big thank you to Foster Rosieres for the invitation and for creating such spaces where leaders and innovators can exchange ideas, share experiences, and leave with concrete actions to drive transformation.

📩 And you?
Does your company want to understand how to leverage AI in a practical and secure way?
👉 Book a personalized session with our experts: See Link in Bio

17/10/2025

🎧 Digital sovereignty isn’t a luxury, it’s a strategic choice.

In the very first episode of the new Software.brussels (.brussels ) podcast series, our CEO .zapico shares the vision and journey behind VALKUREN.

💡 Since 2019, we’ve been helping companies , from SMEs to large organizations, navigate their transition to Artificial Intelligence, with value, trust, and responsibility at the heart of every project.

In this episode, Valerie talks about:
🚀 The story behind and the challenges of building a deep-tech company
🇪🇺 Why European sovereignty is essential in AI
💼 And how innovation only matters when it creates real value for businesses and society

🎙️ A powerful and inspiring conversation, created with , & Delphine Godfriaux, under the coordination of Cécile Jabaudon.

👉 Listen now:
🎧 Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eP4rhA2P
🌐 Website: https://lnkd.in/evt_yUCA

10/09/2025

✨ At VALKUREN, we believe that Data & AI transformation starts with 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

Yesterday, we facilitated a collaborative workshop as part of a Data & AI Assessment.

🎯 Objective:
• Highlight key business processes,
• Identify pain points,
• Define relevant success indicators,
• Envision concrete use cases.

✅ Outcome : a clear vision of quick wins and strategic projects to simplify, automate, and better steer performance.

👉 And you, where would you start to unlock the Data & AI potential of your organization?
📅 Book a discovery call with our team: https://lnkd.in/eUrS5XQ9



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25/06/2025

🇪🇺 Cloud, Cybersecurity, Software, AI… and Digital Sovereignty: Time for a Wake-Up Call.

During the panel “European Alternatives Exist – How to Make Them Work for You”, part of the Sovereignty Day hosted by La French Tech Brussels, one message became crystal clear:

🔹 Yes, Europe has alternatives.
🔹 Yes, we have the talent.
🔹 But we still lack the political signal and operational clarity.

To truly unlock European tech sovereignty, we need:
✅ A Pan-European Tech Act to structure and scale strategic alternatives,
✅ A Small Business Act to secure public market access for sovereign solutions,
✅ A massive awareness campaign to educate companies on digital dependency risks,
✅ And above all: a clear one-stop shop to help organizations discover, test, and deploy sovereign tools across Europe.

At VALKUREN, we actively contribute to this shift through ODIN, our platform of sovereign AI agents: From intelligent email automation to internal chatbots and predictive insights, we prove that AI can be useful, secure, and sovereign.

Thank you to all speakers for their powerful and forward-looking contributions:
🎙️ Quentin Adam , Clever Cloud
🎙️ CLEMENCE PHILIPPE , Examin
🎙️ Johann Ruiz , Gcore
🎙️ Valerie Zapico , VALKUREN
and special thanks to Elodie Trojanowski, Satisco group for moderating the session.

And a big thank you to La French Tech Brussels , lead by Samuel Profumo , for organizing this inspiring and action-oriented Sovereignty Day 🇪🇺

📣 The future of European tech should not only be imagined.
It must be defended, funded, and embodied.



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Software.brussels European Commission

16/06/2025

🚀 Big week ahead for !
We’re excited to take part in 𝟐 major events tomorrow, 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟏𝟕, to showcase innovation and sovereign tech in action 👇

🔹 📍 : Join our CEO Valerie Zapico for the panel
👉 « Transforming Mobility with AI: Opportunities, Expectations and How to Get There »
https://lnkd.in/egePXb4U

🔹 📍 Flander AI Forum at ICC Ghent
Visit our booth with Maryse MANZO & Elisei Talpalariu to discover our custom AI assistant, designed for developers, analysts and innovation teams. Live demos, real use cases, and great conversations await! 💬🤖
https://lnkd.in/dPpkKh-n

💡 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐈.

09/01/2025

24/12/2024

🎄✨ The entire team wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🌟🎁

May this festive season be filled with joy, precious moments with your loved ones, and inspiring new projects for 2025 🎉💡. Thank you for your support throughout this incredible year 🙏🚀.

See you next year to keep pushing boundaries together! 💪🌍