Koen van Eijk
Serial founder building AI systems and automation products.
Two Cum Laude master's degrees — Accountancy & Finance, and Management Information Systems. The uncommon combo of someone who understands both the business and the build.
Selected Projects
Things I've built, shipped, and sold.
Novelty search and patent landscaping platform for IP professionals. Processing 150M+ patents with AI-powered analysis.
patgrid.com →Ultra-minimalist local-first AI pair programmer (~600 LOC). Air-gapped Docker execution, works with any GGUF model via llama.cpp.
GitHub →RPA startup for GUI automation. Founded from scratch, grew to enterprise clients, acquired by Netcall plc in October 2020.
Read the story →Synthwave-themed VR rhythm shooter. Built and published on SideQuest (Meta Quest). Combines music, motion, and virtual worlds.
SideQuest →The Journey
From accounting classrooms to AI labs — the path so far.
Patgrid
Building AI-powered patent intelligence platform processing 150M+ patents for IP professionals worldwide.
Localagent
Released open-source local-first AI pair programmer. Air-gapped Docker execution with any GGUF model.
Automagica — Acquired
RPA startup acquired by Netcall plc (LSE: NET). From zero to enterprise exit in three years.
Founded Automagica
Democratizing RPA — robots with white collars for boring office work. Featured in De Tijd.
Education
MSc Accountancy & Finance and MSc Management Information Systems — both Cum Laude. The bridge between balance sheets and code.
What I'm Doing Now
Inspired by Derek Sivers' /now pages.
- Building AI agents and automation systems at Patgrid
- Released Localagent — open-source local-first AI pair programmer
- Exploring autonomous agents and local AI tooling
- Operating Oak MGT and DataTalk alongside product work
- Open to conversations about AI, startups, and interesting ventures
As Featured In
Let's Build Something
Whether it's AI, automation, or your next venture — I'm always up for a good conversation.