We're Elium, pleased to meet you.
We've spent nearly two decades on one thing: knowledge. Take a seat – here's our story.
Our story
Elium, initially known as Knowledge Plaza, was founded in 2007 in Belgium by Antoine Perdaens and Raphaël Slinckx in collaboration with Olivier Verbeke, during their final year of studies – as Europe's first knowledge management SaaS.
“It began as a student idea: people work and learn better when knowledge is easy to find and share.”
Since then, our services have grown alongside our clients and expanded with the surrounding technologies. Through digital transformation and economic recessions, the need for employees to connect and organise knowledge only grew stronger.
“That belief never changed. Today it holds for AI too – and people, not machines, still decide what is true.”
AI is now part of everything we build, by design. We make content ready for retrieval, ground AI assistants on trusted answers, and keep knowledge governed at machine speed. The companies that make AI work are the ones that got the knowledge layer right first.
“In a world of AI, knowledge is the source code that lets you answer questions and feed agents. Elium is the central building block for developing and managing knowledge in a world of AI – with AI, and for AI.”
Antoine Perdaens, CEO, Elium
Trust and security have guided us from the start. We chose to build and run Elium in Europe, from the heart of the continent near Brussels. Independent ownership, European hosting, and ISO 27001 certification are not recent additions – they reflect values we have held for years. Your knowledge stays yours, and it stays in safe hands.
Our Mission
To help every organisation turn its collective knowledge into positive impact – trusted by its people and its AI, and empowering the people behind it.
2007
Founded in Belgium
150,000+
Active users across 150+ organisations
4.8/5
Rated on Capterra & GetApp
98.8%
Renewal rate
Our team
Our team is human-sized and we are proud of the unique culture that unites us. Trust, transparency, passion, creativity, autonomy, collaboration, boldness, humility, fun and work-life balance are what define us as a team.
Product engineers, specialists, marketers, customer success coaches, salespeople, and transversal support – our teams and offices are in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, a vibrant student city near Brussels. And for several years now, we work remote-first.
“We see magic happen when we bring our team together. We're passionate about doing things the right way and are never afraid to go back to basics, be bold and share our passion, crafting beautiful products for our customers.”
Antoine Perdaens
CEO, Elium
