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OpenLab @ The Vessel
Visit our open lab in AI & Robotics, build your own project or help us with our engineering initiatives.
Public AI Hackathon · Antwerp
One day building AI tools with the people who serve our communities. With the Province of Antwerp and AP Hogeschool, builders take on real public-sector challenges, mentored by the officers who run them.
Where we’ve been
OpenAI Build Week Community Hackathon - Brussels
OpenAI Codex Community Meetup — Antwerp
OpenAI Codex Community Meetup
Hackers & Ravers
TechXperience: OpenClaw Workshop
Benelux Robotics Meetup
ElevenLabs Worldwide Hackathon (Community Edition)
Agentic Payments Hackathon with Stripe
Tectonic
Future In Bloom Pt. I
Kids AI Vibecoding Hackathon
AI Hackathon III
SIGNAL II
Robotics Hackathon I
SIGNAL I
AI Hackathon II
AI Hackathon I
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More robots are coming to The Vessel
The Vessel is expanding its shared robotics infrastructure with new robots, perception tools, workshop equipment and physical AI projects.
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First open Robotics and AI 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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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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