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| 10.03.2026 | TIER IV joins imec's Automotive Chiplet Program to accelerate chiplet-based architectures and AI accelerators for SDVs | TOKYO, March 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- TIER IV, the pioneering force behind open-source software for autonomous driving, has officially joined the Automotive Chiplet Program (ACP) overseen by imec, a world-leading research and innovation cen... |
| 09.12.2025 | Imec mitigates thermal bottleneck in 3D HBM-on-GPU architectures using a system-technology co-optimization approach | Holistic system-technology co-optimization (STCO) approach key in reducing peak GPU and HBM temperatures under AI workloads while enhancing performance density of future GPU-based architectures
LEUVEN, Belgium, Dec. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --
... |
| 09.12.2025 | Imec demonstrates first wafer-scale fabrication of solid-state nanopores using EUV lithography | Breakthrough enables scalable, high-precision biosensing applications in life sciences and healthcare
LEUVEN, Belgium, Dec. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --
Imec has achieved the first successful wafer-scale fabrication of solid-state nanopores usin... |
| 13.11.2025 | Taiyo Holdings Launches Next-generation Semiconductor-packaging Material "FPIM (TM) Series," Its First Successful Formation of 3-layer RDL with CD 1.6 Micrometers on 12-inch Wafer | - Paper Presented at 14th IEEE CPMT Symposium Japan (ICSJ 2025) -
TOKYO, Nov. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 13, 2025, Taiyo Holdings Co., Ltd. (Securities Code: 4626; hereinafter referred to as "Taiyo Holdings"), based in T... |
| 24.10.2025 | Когда кремний уже не тянет: зачем ученые встраивают графен прямо в чипы | Микросхемы — основа всех современных устройств, от смартфонов до серверов. Кремний, из которого их делают, десятилетиями был главным материалом электроники, но его возможности ограничены. С каждым годом создавать чипы меньше, быстрее и экон... |
| 24.09.2025 | EMBARGOED UNTIL 11:00 (EDT) 24 SEPT 2025 — Imec technology lights the path to utility scale for Diraq’s quantum chips | Diraq Measurement Engineer and lead author, Paul Steinacker, holding a 300 mm silicon wafer containing Diraq’s quantum computer chips, which were manufactured at Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (imec) using standard semiconductor pr... |
| 24.06.2025 | The Future of Computing: Superconductors and AI Chip Design | In the fast-paced world of technology, innovation is the lifeblood. Two recent developments shine a spotlight on the future of computing: Snowcap Compute's funding for superconducting platforms and Apple's exploration of AI in chip design. ... |
| 23.06.2025 | Snowcap Compute Raises $23M in Funding | Snowcap Compute, a Palo Alto, CA-based startup building a commercially viable superconducting compute platform, raised $23M in Seed funding.
The round was led by Playground Global. Other investors included Cambium Capital, and Vsquared Vent... |
| 19.06.2025 | Apple eyes using AI to design its chips, technology executive says | SAN FRANCISCO :Apple is interested in tapping generative artificial intelligence to help speed up the design of the custom chips at the heart of its devices, its top hardware technology executive said in private remarks last month.
Johny Sr... |
| 28.05.2025 | Revolutionizing Safety and Technology: The Future of Transport and AI in Europe | In a world where visibility can vanish in an instant, safety becomes paramount. Recent innovations from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Tooltech are setting new standards in transport safety. Their groundbreaking environment pe... |
| 27.05.2025 | Towards next-generation edge-AI technologies: EU consortium opens services to external customers | Towards next-generation edge-AI technologies: EU consortium opens services to external customers
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The European Union consortium PREVAIL, created to accelerate the development of next-generation... |
| 22.05.2025 | Belgium’s bold tech revolution at the heart of Europe | Belgium's tech ecosystem is showing strong signs of growth, maturation, and increasing global relevance.
According to European Tech 2024: The Big Picture, Belgian tech companies raised over €4.2 billion in 2024. Major deals included funding... |
| 19.05.2025 | Top semiconductor lab imec eyes 'programmable' AI chips, CEO says | AMSTERDAM : The CEO of imec, one of the world's top semiconductor R&D firms, has said the industry needs to steer towards reconfigurable chip architectures if it wants to avoid becoming a bottleneck for the future generations of artific... |
| 01.05.2025 | Beneq Transform® Qualified for GaN Power Device Production by Tier 1 Asian Manufacturer | Beneq Transform® Qualified for GaN Power Device Production by Tier 1 Asian Manufacturer
Thu, May 01, 2025 10:00 CET Report this content
Beneq expands global footprint in GaN device manufacturing with ALD tool qualification at leading Asian ... |
| 08.04.2025 | Will a Useful Quantum Computer Be a Reality Within 10 Years? DARPA, 2 Australian Startups, IBM & More Are Working On It | Andrew Dzurak, founder and CEO of Australian startup Diraq, holds one of the company’s projects. Image credit: Diraq
DARPA has awarded two Australian startups, Diraq and Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC), contracts for quantum computing resea... |
| 19.02.2025 | The Semiconductor Surge: Europe’s Bid for Tech Sovereignty | In the race for technological supremacy, Europe is stepping up its game. The semiconductor industry, a backbone of modern technology, is receiving a significant boost from the European Union. The EU Chips Act is not just a policy; it’s a li... |
| 17.02.2025 | EU funding boosts Europe's semiconductor production – VTT develops packaging methods | EU funding boosts Europe's semiconductor production – VTT develops packaging methods
Mon, Feb 17, 2025 07:10 CET Report this content
The Public Authorities Board of the Chips Joint Undertaking (EU Chips Act) has awarded funding to the APECS... |
| 22.01.2025 | Green Fusion and Vertical Compute: Pioneering the Future of Energy and Technology | In the heart of Europe, two startups are rewriting the rules of their respective industries. Green Fusion, a Berlin-based innovator, is tackling the inefficiencies of heating systems. Meanwhile, Vertical Compute, hailing from Belgium, is br... |
| 20.01.2025 | Vertical Compute: €20 Million (Seed) Secured To Build Integrated Memory And Computing Technology | Vertical Compute, a company founded by CEO Sylvain Dubois (ex-Google) and CTO Sebastien Couet (ex-imec), announced that it closed a seed investment round of €20 million. The funding round was led by imec.xpand and supported by a strong inve... |
| 09.01.2025 | 24 European tech companies that raised the most in 2024 | In 2024, European tech companies secured more than €74.4 billion across over 3,700 deals. When compared to a year before, this figure is higher by approximately 10 percent (€67.6 billion secured in 2023). This indicates a positive shift in ... |
| 06.01.2025 | Spectricity Unveils S1-A Accessory Device for Plug-n-Play Spectral Imaging on Mobile Platforms | The S1-A Accessory Device will be revealed together with Spectricity's latest Skin Analysis demonstration at CES 2025, Westgate Hotel, Suite #12-121.
MECHELEN, Belgium, Jan. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Spectricity, a leading provider of multisp... |
| 04.01.2025 | Swave Photonics: A New Dawn for Holographic Displays | In the heart of Belgium, a revolution is brewing. Swave Photonics, a fledgling company born from the innovative womb of imec, has secured €27 million in Series A funding. This is not just a financial boost; it’s a launchpad for a new era in... |
| 03.01.2025 | Seeing is believing: Swave Photonics raises €27 million for Augmented Reality smart glasses | Swave Photonics, a Leuven-based augmented reality (AR) startup, today announced the close of its €27 million Series A funding round that will help develop their Holographic eXtended Reality (HXR) platform.
The funding will also enable a rea... |
| 03.01.2025 | Swave Photonics raises €27M Series A Funding for the introduction of dynamic 3D holographic display products | Leuven (Belgium) & Silicon Valley - January 3, 2025 - Swave Photonics, the true holographic display company, today announced the close of its €27M ($28.27M) Series A funding round. This significant investment in Swave will catalyze the ... |
| 03.01.2025 | Swave Photonics secures €27M for 3D holographic display technology | Belgian holographic display company Swave Photonics has closed its €27 million Series A funding round., bringing its funding to over €37 million.
Founded in 2022, and spun out from imec, Swave develops chipsets to deliver reality-first spat... |
| 21.11.2024 | European deeptech companies: Shaping the future of innovation | European deeptech companies are driving breakthroughs across industries such as healthcare, energy, mobility, and AI.
These companies leverage advanced technologies, such as AI, robotics, quantum computing, and biotechnology, to solve compl... |
| 31.10.2024 | INBRAIN Neuroelectronics: Pioneering the Future of Brain-Computer Interfaces | In the world of neuroscience, a quiet revolution is brewing. INBRAIN Neuroelectronics, a Barcelona-based company, is at the forefront of this change. Recently, they secured $50 million in Series B funding, pushing their total capital raised... |
| 30.10.2024 | INBRAIN Neuroelectronics: Brain-Computer Interface Therapeutics Company Secures $50 Million (Series B) | INBRAIN Neuroelectronics, a brain-computer interface therapeutics (BCI-Tx) company developing graphene-based neural technologies, announced the closing of a $50 million Series B funding round. The funding round was led by imec.xpand with ne... |
| 09.10.2024 | Belgium's tech ecosystem maturing: key findings from the 2024 State of Belgian Tech Report | Syndicate One, Bain & Company and Sofina have joined forces to conduct data-driven and qualitative research into Belgium’s maturing technology startup and investment ecosystems.
The first result, the inaugural ‘State of Belgian Tech Rep... |
| 03.10.2024 | Significant EU funding for VTT's semiconductor development – supporting the growth of the semiconductor industry | Significant EU funding for VTT's semiconductor development – supporting the growth of the semiconductor industry
Thu, Oct 03, 2024 07:19 CET Report this content
The Public Authorities Board of the Chips Joint Undertaking (EU Chips Act) has ... |
| 19.08.2024 | Ghent-based Uman snaps €1.9 million to disrupt sales enablement market with AI agent | Uman, a Belgian AI-driven software platform for B2B sales teams, has raised €1.9 million. The funding round was led by Holland Capital, together with existing investors imec and Seeder Fund. This is a pivotal moment for the Ghentian startup... |
| 13.08.2024 | Новые способы отслеживать прогресс в полупроводниковых технологиях | Одним из самых известных принципов в мире технологий, конечно, является закон Мура. На протяжении более 55 лет «закон» описывал и предсказывал уменьшение транзисторов, указывая так называемые «технологические нормы». Словно некие «часы судн... |
| 07.08.2024 | Belgium's imec reports breakthroughs with new ASML chip printing machine | AMSTERDAM : Belgium's imec, one of the world's top semiconductor R&D firms, on Wednesday reported several computer chip-making breakthroughs at a joint laboratory it operates with ASML, using the Dutch company's newest 350 million euro ... |
| 27.07.2024 | The Future of 6G: Taiwan's Bold Leap into Advanced Communication Technologies | In the world of technology, change is the only constant. The race for the next generation of communication, 6G, is heating up. Taiwan is stepping into the spotlight, showcasing its innovations at the 2024 European Conference on Network and ... |
| 23.07.2024 | ITRI and Industry-Academia-Research Team Showcase Advanced 6G Innovations at 2024 EuCNC & 6G Summit | HSINCHU, July 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A 6G industry-academia-research team organized by the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) recently showcased its forward-thinking communication technology R&D capabilities and comprehen... |
| 29.06.2024 | Axelera AI Raises $68 Million In Series B To Advance Hardware Acceleration Technology | Axelera AI, a leading provider of purpose-built AI hardware acceleration technology for generative AI and computer vision inference, announced a successful closing of an oversubscribed $68 million Series B funding round, bringing the total ... |
| 03.06.2024 | ASML, Belgium's Imec open laboratory to test newest chip-making tool | AMSTERDAM :ASML, the biggest maker of equipment used to manufacture semiconductors, said on Monday it has opened a test laboratory for its High NA EUV lithography equipment, together with Belgium chip research firm Imec.
The laboratory in V... |
| 25.05.2024 | ETF Partners Raises €285M for Sustainability Ventures | ETF Partners, Europe's original sustainability venture capital firm, has successfully raised €285 million in an oversubscribed round for its fourth fund. Founded in 2006, ETF Partners focuses on investing in fast-growing innovative companie... |
| 24.05.2024 | €2.5B for NanoIC pilot line, ETF Partners raises €285M, and 10 Italian startups to watch | This week our research tracked more than 65 tech funding deals worth over €4.3 billion, and 15 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed the m... |
| 21.05.2024 | Imec raises €2.5B for advanced chip tech R&D pilot line | Global R&D hub Imec Flanders today announced at its annual Imec Technology Forum in Antwerp (ITF World 2024) that it has raised a €2.5 billion investment to establish a new R&D pilot line for advanced chip technology and systems-on-... |
| 12.05.2024 | Concerned about IMEC delay amid West Asia situation, says Jaishankar | - |
| 04.05.2024 | SumUp's €1.5B Funding Round: A Game-Changer for Fintech | This week, SumUp, a global fintech company, raised a whopping €1.5 billion in an oversubscribed round led by Goldman Sachs. Founded in 2012, SumUp provides financial services to millions of small businesses, supporting over 4 million mercha... |
| 03.05.2024 | SumUp raises €1.5B, 300M fund for nanotech startups, and 10 Spanish startups to watch | This week our research tracked more than 70 tech funding deals worth over €2.5 billion, and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed ... |
| 02.05.2024 | Imec.xpand launches €300M fund for semiconductor and nanotech startups | Imec.xpand, an independent global venture capital fund, today announced the launch of a new €300 million fund to accelerate the growth of transformative semiconductor and nanotechnology innovations.
Established as a collaborative effort wit... |
| 02.05.2024 | Belgian VC Imec.xpand launches €300 million fund to target global semiconductor and nanotechnology innovation | - |
| 10.04.2024 | Japan's Kishida expects more US chip collaboration opportunities | WASHINGTON: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday (Apr 9) that he saw opportunities for more collaboration with the United States in next-generation computer chips.
Kishida commented a day before a summit with US President J... |
| 12.12.2023 | Dutch startup SCIL Nanoimprint Solutions spins out from Philips, secures over €10M | Read this article in:
Eindhoven-based SCIL Nanoimprint Solutions, a company that offers solutions for patterning nano-structures on large wafers by using its lithography technology, has secured over €10M in a fresh round of funding.
The inv... |
| 21.09.2023 | HME Square aims to measure glucose painlessly with photoacoustics | People with diabetes have to monitor their blood sugar levels regularly by pricking their skin. Many glucose-monitoring device makers worldwide are pursuing needle-free approaches to make this painful process more manageable. Among them is ... |
| 07.07.2023 | EU and Belgium invest $1.6 billion in ‘brains-on-chips’ technology firm Imec | Imec, a Belgian chip technology firm that is creating human-specific living brain models, has received a fresh capital infusion from the European Union and Belgium’s regional Flemish government to support its research in nanoelectronics and... |
| 16.06.2023 | BRIDG Selected as Semifinalist for Inaugural National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines Competition | The NeoCity Semiconductor Technology Accelerator proposal is one of 34 semifinalists listed to encourage teaming, diversity and regional growth.
The NSF grant would enable the BRIDG team to generate workforce development programs, training ... |
| 17.05.2023 | UBI Global and DMZ reveal the world’s top-ranked incubators and accelerators | DMZ’s role as UBI Global’s research and selection partner reaffirms its recognition as the universal benchmark for other incubators and accelerators to strive to achieve worldwide.
/EIN News/ -- Toronto, May 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UBI... |
| 13.03.2023 | 6 questions for SMEs and start-ups looking to become more sustainable: 'Find the right balance between workload and impact' | You can find the original interview (NL) in Trends magazine here. |
| 17.01.2023 | SHIFT Invest backs OTIV; the Dutch-based impact VC fund’s first mobility investment | Belgium-based OTIV, an AI company that improves the safety and efficiency of railway transport by teaching vehicles to drive autonomously, announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount in a Series A round of funding.
OTIV claims it wil... |
| 19.08.2022 | Tripadvisor for IT, Qviro picks up €1 million to digitise procurement process | Belgium-based online robotics marketplace Qviro has raised €1 million in funding. The round was backed by LRM, Industrya and imec.istart.
Founded by Sven De Donder and Jorg Hendrikx, the startup digitises the procurement process of industri... |
| 16.05.2022 | Imec spin-off SOLiTHOR raises €10M to develop solid-state lithium battery tech | Leuven, Belgium-based SOLiTHOR, a company developing solid-state battery technology, announced on Monday that it has raised €10M in a Seed round of funding led by imec.xpand. The round is also supported by investment syndicates, including L... |
| 22.03.2022 | Belgian growth fund wraps up €150 million for ambitious deep tech startups | Leuven-based early-stage and growth fund for deep tech innovation, Imec.xpand has closed the first round of its second fund at €150 million in committed capital. The amount raised exceeds the initial target by €30 million.
Initiated by rese... |
| 29.10.2021 | Apple joins imec research program to assist companies reach a net zero carbon footprint by 2030 while potentially tapping into 3D chip technologies
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| 28.10.2021 | Apple joins new sustainable chip manufacturing effort | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Apple today announced that it has joined Sustaina... |
| 28.10.2021 | Apple joins new sustainable chip manufacturing effort | Apple today announced that it has joined Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies and Systems (SSTS), a new research program launched by Belgium-based R&D organization Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (Imec), to reduce the environm... |
| 07.10.2021 | Sentea raises 2.3 million Euros to support the growth of its fiber optic sensing business | Ghent (Belgium) – October 7th, 2021 – Sentea, a leading supplier of read-out systems for fiber optic sensor, today announced to have successfully raised 2.3 million Euros to further expand its business. The investment round is supported by ... |
| 16.09.2021 | Amsterdam’s Bitfury-backed Dutch AI semiconductor startup exits stealth mode and raises €10.1M funding | Axelera AI, an Eindhoven-based AI semiconductor startup, has exited stealth mode and announced that it raised $12M (approx €10.16M) in its Seed round of funding. The company says it is developing a “game-changing” hardware and software plat... |
| 18.08.2021 | Xanadu and imec Partner to Develop Photonic Chips for Fault Tolerant Quantum Computing | Xanadu, a full-stack photonic quantum computing company and imec, a world-leading research and innovation center in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, have announced a partnership to develop the next generation of photonic qubits bas... |
| 03.08.2021 | Belgian hyperspectral sensing developer Spectricity raises €14 million | Belgian semiconductor company Spectricity has raised €14 million in a Series B round. The company develops spectral sensing solutions in the visible and near-infrared spectral range for mobile devices. With the funding, Spectricity is plann... |
| 27.07.2021 | Social media management platform and coaching service Willow raises €1.5 million | Belgium-based social media management and coaching service Williow has raised €1.5 million in a new funding round. The service is targeted at SMBs and solopreneurs who need to maintain a social presence, but would rather be running their bu... |
| 03.06.2021 | Sivers Photonics joins forces with Imec and ASM AMICRA to Accelerate Hybrid Integration of Silicon Photonics | Sivers Photonics joins forces with Imec and ASM AMICRA to Accelerate Hybrid Integration of Silicon Photonics Thu, Jun 03, 2021 09:00 CET
Sivers Semiconductors AB today announced that its subsidiary Sivers Photonics has reached a significant... |
| 28.05.2021 | COLRUYT N.V.
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LEUVEN, May 28, 2021 - Flemish research centres imec and VITO (both partners in EnergyVille), together with industrial pioneers Bekaer... |
| 05.02.2021 | We Need To Talk About An Energy Label For AI | CSO at imec, a world-leading R&D and innovation hub active in the fields of nanoelectronics and digital technologies. |
| 07.12.2020 | XIMEA Releases New Versions of HyperSpectral Cameras With Imec Sensors | xiSpec HyperSpectral Cameras »As a world-leading nanoelectronics R&D center, …, our collaboration with XIMEA has been a key element for our technology to find its way to the market« – Andy Lambrechts, program director at imec
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| 21.10.2020 | Real-time DNA Sequencing On Your SmartWatch? The Tech Is Not Far Away | Will the Apple Watch Series 10 or 12 offer handy real-time DNA sequencing? It’s not beyond the realm of possibility, thanks to a series of scientific breakthroughs. And it could revolutionize personalized medicine, especially for super-mali... |
| 01.10.2020 | Imec Announces Whole Genome Data Analysis Available in Just a Few Hours | |
| 09.01.2020 | MICLEDI Microdisplays, spin-off of imec, raises €4.5 million for world’s brightest AR display | MICLEDI Microdisplays has raised a €4.5 million seed round from imec.xpand, with participation from PMV and FIDIMEC. The startup is the latest spin-off of imec, the Belgian research and development hub for microelectronics. The funding will... |
| 20.08.2019 | Life Sciences and Smart Cities Startups Star in Antwerp | Antwerp is an ideal place to build a startup for several reasons. For one, it’s located in Belgium, the center of Europe with access to multiple markets and countries. In Antwerp, people mainly speak Dutch but also English and French, so on... |
| 20.06.2019 | Imec / EnergieVille revolutionise solid-state batteries | Belgian research partners Imec and EnergyVille have developed a solid-state battery cell with an energy density of 400 Wh/Liter that can be charged in two hours. Importantly, the production process should also be very similar to that of bat... |
| 05.12.2018 | Belgian team secures million-dollar funding from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | Belgian team secures million-dollar funding from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
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The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), the philanthropic endeavor led by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and his partner Priscilla Chan, announced the launch o... |
| 24.09.2018 | MouSensor Closes a $3.3M Seed Round | MouSensor, Inc., a biotechnology company that develops a novel and potentially transformative platform to digitize the sense of smell, announced today that it has raised $3.3M in its seed round. The seed round was co-led by imec.xpand and A... |
| 12.09.2018 | Imec.xpand Closes €117M Early-Stage and Growth Venture Capital Fund | imec, a Leuven, Belgium-based research and innovation hub for nanoelectronics and digital technology, closed its first fund, at €117m.
Imec.xpand is an independent early-stage and growth fund which aims to turn hardware driven nanotechnolog... |
| - | Belgian hyperspectral sensing developer Spectricity raises €14 million | Belgian semiconductor company Spectricity has raised €14 million in a Series B round. The company develops spectral sensing solutions in the visible and near-infrared spectral range for mobile devices. With the funding, Spectricity is plann... |
| - | Como atingir o mercado europeu através da Bélgica? | Boas cervejas e o melhor chocolate é quase que pensamento unânime quando se fala da Bélgica. Além disso, o país teve grande importância na História mundial, conta com belíssimas paisagens e arquitetura, além de ser referência em Inteligênci... |
| - | Apple joins new imec research program to help reduce the (massive) ecological footprint of the semiconductor value chain | Apple has joined imec, a Leuven, Belgium-based research and innovation hub dedicated to all things nano-electronics and digital technologies, as the first (public) partner of its fledgling research program SSTS (short for 'Sustainable Semic... |
| - | Belgian growth fund wraps up €150 million for ambitious deep tech startups | Leuven-based early-stage and growth fund for deep tech innovation, Imec.xpand has closed the first round of its second fund at €150 million in committed capital. The amount raised exceeds the initial target by €30 million.
Initiated by rese... |
| - | Social media management platform and coaching service Willow raises €1.5 million | Belgium-based social media management and coaching service Williow has raised €1.5 million in a new funding round. The service is targeted at SMBs and solopreneurs who need to maintain a social presence, but would rather be running their bu... |
