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About me

Hi! I'm Dave, an entrepreneur and educator from the Netherlands. My goal is to cut through the hype and make the complex world of data and AI accessible to everyone. My journey started in 2013 when I started studying artificial intelligence at VU Amsterdam. At that time, having never written a single line of code, I followed my natural intuition for building and optimizing things.

Fast forward a decade and I'm still as excited as ever about programming, data, and algorithms, now also sharing my lessons and experiences online. This website is an attempt to document my ongoing journey in personal growth, entrepreneurship, and of course, artificial intelligence.

Navigating this website

You can easily navigate and search this website using your keyboard.

When search is not focussed and when there's no other focussed element that is susceptible to keyboard input. The following keys are bound:

  • / : open search dialog
  • , : go to previous page
  • . : go to next page

When the search is focused. It provides several key bindings to make search accessible and navigable via keyboard:

  • Down , Up : select next / previous result
  • Esc : close search dialog
  • Enter : follow selected result

Things I'm working on

Here you'll find an overview of everything that I am currently building.

  • Datalumina®


    Datalumina is my company, which I founded in 2022. It has since grown beyond just me, and we now focus on building intelligent data-centric solutions, helping businesses effectively implement and leverage AI technologies.

  • YouTube


    Following my passion for making videos and educating, I share my journey and lessons on YouTube in the form of practical tutorials on how to build data and AI applications. Subscribe to follow the journey!

  • Data Freelancer


    Through Data Freelancer, I help data professionals to launch and scale successful freelance careers. The program offers mentorship, guidance, and all the resources and tactics needed to succeed.

  • GenAI Launchpad


    The GenAI launchpad is built to drastically accelerate the development and deployment of AI projects, allowing developers to go from idea to proof of concept in as little as a few days.

Follow my journey

If you're interested in following my journey, I recommend subscribing to my newsletter. I share lessons, new videos, product updates, and client success stories once or twice a week.