Jordi Maxim van den Bussche (born 1 June 1995), also known as Kwebbelkop, is a Dutch YouTuber and AI promoter. He is known for his

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content of a variety of games, mainly ''

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''. In 2021, he began phasing out his channel in favor of running the

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channel Bloo from the background. Eventually, in 2022, he debuted an AI version of himself on his main channel, created completely from scratch. It received much backlash.

Early life

Jordi Maxim van den Bussche was born on 1 June 1995, in

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Career

Kwebbelkop created his channel in April 2008, but he began uploading videos in 2011, starting with ''

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'' content. He created the collective Robust in 2014 with his friends and prominent YouTubers Jelly and Slogoman, moving in with them. He was also a part of

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's short-lived creator network. Kwebbelkop signed to marketing agency Kairos Media in 2017. In 2018, he released his own game, ''Impossible Runner'', for PC and mobile. In 2019, he released another game with Dutch studio Webble Games. Called ''Havocado'', it is similar to the

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'' Gang Beasts''. He signed with

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in June of that year. In April 2021, Kwebbelkop announced that he had invested millions of euros into a

channel he created called Bloo. He had previously been posting daily for the past decade, but he decided to "sunset" his channel if Bloo's revenue surpassed his own. In December, he announced the he was replacing himself on his main channel with a VTuber. He explained that the change followed a long period of previous burnout where he commonly experienced twitchy eyes and back pain. He also left Robust in 2019 due to mental health issues. Kwebbelkop also stated that the VTuber can be molded to fit the needs of their audience. In August 2022, Kwebbelkop debuted an AI version of himself created from scratch using technology from his company, JVDBStudios. He claims it looks, sounds, and plays video games exactly like him. He had received much backlash on the decision, and argued persistently on

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. In October 2023, Kwebbelkop debuted the 2.0 version of his AI, with an AI version of himself instead of an avatar.

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