About
Who I am, where I am, and how to reach me.
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Daniel van GriensvenIn one paragraph
Daniel van Griensven (born 1999, the Netherlands) is the founder of Future Proof Intelligence, which shapes the intelligence companies run on, and of Internship Abroad, an international student placement company he started in 2020. Through Future Proof he works with an ecosystem of founders across consulting, education, mobility, wellness and capital, and he created Future Proof Certified, a trust standard for businesses built for this era. He lives and works between the Netherlands, Asia and Italy. His work rests on one conviction, that the way we learn, work and grow can be better designed, and the systems built now should carry the people inside them.
In my own words
I give people ground to stand on while their world reshapes.
I leave with a thought, and come home to it built.
How the work feels now, with the systems we made.The bigger the work grows, the simpler my side of it becomes.
I build with partners, slowly, with people I trust.
The work was to build the system. The work now is to trust it.
Currently
Where I am, and what holds my attention.
The Netherlands, Asia and Italy.
Where I spend most of my time, as close to the sea as the work allows.
- Future Proof Intelligence
- The ecosystem around it
- Internship Abroad
- The full picture
- How intelligence changes what a company is made of
- What the EU AI Act means for European founders
- How trust gets earned slowly
Updated 1 October 2026.
For the record
Facts you can check.
For anyone doing their homework before we meet, investors included.
- Born1999, the Netherlands.
- Future Proof IntelligenceFounder. The company I build everything else through.futureproofintelligence.com
- Internship AbroadFounder, since 2020.internshipabroad.nl
- Future Proof CertifiedThe trust standard Future Proof made.certified.futureproofintelligence.com
- Smart&Start ItaliaFuture Proof is approved under Smart&Start Italia, the Italian state's programme for high-tech innovative startups, managed by Invitalia.invitalia.it
- CapitalConversations about capital are personal, and they start with me.Write to me
- Also written asDaan van Griensven, Daniël van Griensven.LinkedIn
Common questions
If you arrived with a question.
Who is Daniel van Griensven?
I am a Dutch entrepreneur, born in 1999, and the founder of Future Proof Intelligence and Internship Abroad. I live and work between the Netherlands, Asia and Italy.
What is Future Proof Intelligence?
The company I founded to help businesses through this shift. We shape the intelligence a company runs on. Everything it knows is read in, how it works is written down, and then it builds, with every decision still the company's own. Around it is an ecosystem of founders building their own companies. More at futureproofintelligence.com.
What do you believe about intelligence and work?
That this shift will reach everyone, and faster than the ones before it. The way we learn, work and grow can be better designed for it, and the systems we build now should carry the people inside them. Nobody should have to carry the transition alone.
What else have you founded?
Internship Abroad, which places students in companies abroad and which I started in 2020, and Future Proof Certified, a trust standard for businesses built for this era.
What do you mean by building slowly?
I start few things, and I stay with what I start. I would rather build a few things well over a long horizon. The ecosystem grows by deepening.
How can I reach you?
Email is the one channel I keep. daniel@futureproofintelligence.com. I read every message myself, and when it is about something real, the reply comes in my own words.
