Groningen

From Jan Wilmake's personal knowledge base

Groningen

Grote Markt and Martinitoren, Groningen
Grote Markt and Martinitoren, Groningen

Groningen is a city in the north of the Netherlands and the provincial capital of the province of the same name. It is the primary base of Jan_Wilmake, who has lived in and around the city intermittently since 2012 and settled there permanently from approximately 2023.

Relevance to Jan Wilmake

PeriodGroningen Activity
2012–2016BSc in Artificial Intelligence, University of Groningen (RUG)
2018Employment at Target Holding and BenCompare/Topicus
2022Code_From_Anywhere base; wildcamping
2023ActionSchema public alpha; VentureLab North; AIGrunn conference
2024Slimmer_AI/ClaimWise contract; NOM investor meetings; outdoor working in Drenthe
2024–presentSettled residence

University of Groningen (RUG)

The Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG), founded in 1614, is one of the Netherlands' oldest universities. Wilmake completed his Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence there between approximately 2012 and 2016. In 2025, he returned in a supervisory capacity, overseeing four software engineering students working on uithub-related tooling.

Professional Ecosystem

  • VentureLab North – Startup accelerator; Wilmake participated in 2023 with ActionSchema
  • AIGrunn – AI community conference; Wilmake spoke at the 2023 edition
  • NOM (Noordelijke OntwikkelingsMaatschappij) – Northern Netherlands regional startup fund; Wilmake held investor meetings in August 2024 to discuss ActionSchema funding

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