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Hein de Wilde

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Projects

Q4 2025

Platform to compare web browsers based on features, speed, privacy, and more. 10K monthly visitors and growing.

Q1 2026

The open source, lightweight, feature-packed read-it-later solution you've been looking for.

Q2 2026

The delightful way for freelancers and small businesses to organize their (net)work.

Q2 2026

Connecting ambitious talent to opportunities at high-potential European startups.

Q3 2026
mijn.money 💸 (coming soon)

The simple way for Dutch young professionals to organize their personal finances and plan for the future.

Q3 2026
Runalytics 🏃 (coming soon)

Strava stats that are actually useful. Analyze your running performance and improve over time.

Ongoing

Writing about interesting things I've come across to my (small but growing) newsletter audience.

Work Experience

2025 — Now
Founder at Brainpower
Amsterdam

Freelance data & AI specialist delivering project-based work for a diverse set of clients. My work is focused on improving decision-making and operational efficiency through analytics, automation, and AI-driven workflows.

2024 — 2025
Amsterdam

Worked at the intersection of strategy consulting and data science. Completed several business analytics and (generative) AI projects for clients from various sectors, including retail, consumer, and energy.

2023 — 2023
Amsterdam

Used geospatial and meteorological data to predict phenological processes. Concluded the internship with a working prototype of a prediction algorithm, which improved upon previous work in the field.

2021 — 2021
Amsterdam

Connected startups and scale-ups with corporations and governments to form strategic tech partnerships. Worked on projects for Adyen, Nestlé, Rabobank and Pon.

2020 — 2020
Amsterdam

Supported the team with implementing their product (for detecting fraud, money laundering and terrorism financing) into the architecture of payment service provider Mollie.

Volunteering

2025 — Now
Mentor at Forward·Inc

Supporting forcibly displaced entrepreneurs with tech and data challenges they might encounter while running their business.

2025 — Now
Volunteer at Hardlist

Researching startups for inclusion on the Hardlist website and supporting the organisation of in-person events for the hard tech community.

2023 — Now
Data Analytics at Volt Europa

Contributing where I can to build Europe into the strong, innovative, democratic and safe continent that it deserves to be.

Education

2022 — 2023
MSc Data Science (cum laude) at University of Amsterdam

Did some more advanced number-crunching.

2017 — 2022
BSc Information Science at University of Amsterdam

Learned the ropes of crunching numbers.

Awards

2024
T500 from TNW x Financial Times

Selected as one of the top 500 digital minds under the age of 30 in the Netherlands.

2023
T500 from TNW x Young Creators

Selected as one of the top 500 digital minds under the age of 30 in the Netherlands.

Contact

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