Bob van Luijt

Bob van Luijt (born November 15, 1985) is a technology entrepreneur, technologist, and new media artist from the Netherlands. He is the co-founder of SeMI Technologies, consultancy firm Kubrickology and the chairman of the Creative Software Foundation.
Technology Entrepreneurship.
In March 2016 Van Luijt started the open source vector search engine Weaviate which is developed by SeMI Technologies. He has published and lectured about (open-source) software business models and the positioning of broadly applicable infrastructure software (e.g., databases and search engines). In his writings and lectures, he argues for a focus on a niche persona rather than a niche industry.
New Media & Arts.
Van Luijt received a bachelor's degree from Artez Institute of the Arts. After completing his studies he created notable works that include The Core. He collaborated on harpist Anne Vanschothorst's album "Ek is eik"., with Billy Martin and Florian Weber and with Yonga Sun and Cuong Vu.
Control(human, data, sound) (CHDS) was his first tech-based artwork and was selected as an awards Finalist for CREATE 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, in the category art+technology.
Writings.
Van Luijt's "explorations on the developments in technology, art, and business" can be found on his blog "Bob’s WTF blog". They form the source of frequent lectures at conferences and universities throughout Europe, the US, and Russia.