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An exceptional start of 2026 for I-care, an early member of the A6K community, is already setting the tone for 2026.

End of December, I-care announced it had reached unicorn status, crossing the €1 billion valuation milestone following its latest funding round. And in early January, Fabrice Brion, CEO and co-founder of I-care, was named Manager of the Year by Trends-Tendances.

Taken together, these aren’t just two headlines, they reflect a deeper shift in where industry is heading.

The industry of the future will be led by companies that know how to turn industrial data into industrial excellence. Sensors and embedded technologies are making assets observable at scale. The real competitive advantage comes from data analysis: detecting weak signals, identifying anomalies early, understanding patterns over time, and translating insights into concrete actions on the shop floor. That’s how reliability becomes a performance lever; higher uptime, better maintenance decisions, safer operations, and continuous optimisation.

From the very early days of A6K, I-care has been part of the journey. Long before unicorn status and national recognition, I-care already stood out for its strong industrial vision, its ability to turn data into concrete operational value, and its ambition to scale internationally. Over the years, multiple milestones - including being named Company of the Year in Belgium - have confirmed this trajectory (and yes, we still have the screenshot to prove it). Today, as I-care reaches a new level of growth and visibility, we are proud to count I-care among our early members, since 2019, and to see how far this industrial success story, rooted in the A6K ecosystem from the very beginning, has come.

Congratulations to the entire I-care team, and to Fabrice Brion, on this exceptional start to the year. We’re proud to have I-care in the A6K community, and we look forward to the next chapter of industrial transformation this momentum can help accelerate.