Eduardo Valencia
Pamplona, Spain

Eduardo
Valencia

Linguist · Econometrician · AI Governance Specialist. 15 years building AI systems. Co-founder of Kairós. Author of the Thinking AI Series. Lingüista · Econometrista · Especialista en Gobernanza IA. 15 años construyendo sistemas de IA. Co-fundador de Kairós. Autor de la Thinking AI Series.

ProfilePerfil

Computational linguist, econometrician and Machine Learning specialist with over 15 years of experience building and auditing AI systems in high-stakes, regulated environments. For 10 years I worked as an AI Engineer at Reddit Inc. in New York, contributing to the validation and risk management of probabilistic decision systems deployed at global scale.

Founder of Shadow AI Risk Advisory, working with enterprise IT and HR leadership teams to audit informal AI usage, map decision architectures and identify regulatory exposure. Active consultant for Pfizer AI projects globally, including a healthcare project in Australia (2026).

Co-founder of Kairós, a sovereign European AI governance platform built for EU AI Act compliance. Founder of Merickson IA, premium Spanish-language AI training platform.

Lingüista computacional, econometrista y especialista en Machine Learning con más de 15 años de experiencia construyendo y auditando sistemas de IA en entornos de alta exigencia regulatoria. Durante 10 años trabajé como AI Engineer en Reddit Inc. en Nueva York, contribuyendo a la validación y gestión de riesgo de sistemas de decisión probabilística a escala global.

Fundador de Shadow AI Risk Advisory, trabajo con equipos de liderazgo IT y RRHH para auditar el uso informal de IA, mapear arquitecturas de decisión e identificar exposición regulatoria. Consultor activo para proyectos de IA de Pfizer a nivel global, con un proyecto en hospitales de Australia en curso (2026).

Co-fundador de Kairós, infraestructura soberana europea de gobernanza de IA. Fundador de Merickson IA, plataforma premium de formación en IA en español.

ExperienceExperiencia
Co-founder & Chief AI Officer
2025 —
Kairós · Pamplona

European AI governance platform for EU AI Act compliance. Product architecture, governance module design and regulatory strategy. Functional prototype live at kairos.luquin.com.

Plataforma europea de gobernanza de IA para el EU AI Act. Arquitectura del producto, diseño de módulos de gobernanza y estrategia regulatoria. Prototipo funcional en producción.

AI GovernanceEU AI ActData Sovereignty
Founder & CEO
2024 —
Merickson IA · Pamplona / Lima

Premium Spanish-language AI training platform. Certified courses for SEPE and enterprises. Operations in Spain and Peru.

Plataforma premium de formación en IA en español. Cursos certificados para SEPE y empresas. Operaciones en España y Perú.

TrainingSEPEEnterprise
Founder — Shadow AI Risk Advisory
2024 —
Shadow AI Risk Advisory · Madrid

Advisory practice specialised in enterprise AI governance. AI usage audits, model dependency mapping, regulatory exposure assessment and board-ready risk briefings.

Consultoría especializada en gobernanza de IA enterprise. Auditorías de uso de IA, mapeo de dependencias de modelos, evaluación de exposición regulatoria e informes de riesgo para consejos de administración.

EnterpriseRisk Advisory
AI Engineer & Decision Systems Analyst
2014 — 2024
Reddit, Inc. · New York (10 years)

Probabilistic decision systems deployed at global scale on one of the world's highest-traffic platforms. Validation, monitoring and operational risk assessment of AI-influenced decision workflows. Parallel AI consulting for Pfizer, in collaboration with Sngular (José Luis Vallejo).

Sistemas de decisión probabilística a escala global. Validación, monitorización y evaluación de riesgo operacional. Consultoría paralela para Pfizer en colaboración con Sngular.

Machine LearningDecision SystemsAI Risk
Founder & CEO — CLUSTERTIC Award
2009 — 2013
Marque. Online Marketing & Analytics

Named most innovative ICT company of the year. NLP and ML personalisation deployed across 9 European markets: Spain, France, UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Austria and Greece.

Premio CLUSTERTIC a la empresa TIC más innovadora. NLP y ML desplegados en 9 mercados europeos.

NLP9 European markets
Founder & CEO
2011 — 2014
Playing for Learning · Pamplona / Europe / LATAM

AI-assisted EdTech platform. Macmillan distribution contract across Europe and Latin America. €700K raised including €300K personal capital.

Plataforma EdTech asistida por IA. Contrato Macmillan para distribución en Europa y LATAM. 700.000€ en financiación.

EdTechAI Product€700K raised
Founder & Driving Force
Fundador y fuerza motriz
1999 — 2012
Basque Media Library of Navarre · Pamplona
Mediateka Vasca de Navarra · Pamplona

Digitisation and public access to the Basque linguistic heritage of Navarre. Corpus of 733,205 structured examples. Early precursor to modern NLP resources for minority languages.

Digitalización y acceso público al patrimonio lingüístico vasco de Navarra. Corpus de 733.205 ejemplos estructurados.

NLPDigital HeritageBasque
PublicationsPublicaciones
Thinking AI Series · Vol. 3 · Amazon KDP, 2025
Thinking AI: Applied · Vol. 1 · Amazon KDP, 2025
Thinking AI Series · Vol. 2 · Amazon KDP, 2024
Thinking AI Series · Vol. 1 · Amazon KDP, 2024
Thinking AI: Applied · Vol. 4 · Amazon KDP, 2024
Euskaltzaindia · 2026 · 147,258 entries

Projects & PlatformsProyectos y plataformas
AI Governance · SaaS

Kairós

Sovereign European infrastructure for AI governance. EU AI Act, GDPR and 7 additional regulations.

Training · Courses

Merickson IA

Premium Spanish-language AI training platform. Certified courses for enterprises and SEPE.

Consulting · AI

Pragma Group

AI advisory and implementation for organisations navigating responsible AI adoption.

Books · Amazon KDP

Thinking AI Series

Shadow AI, People Analytics AI, Public AI and the Civic AI Series. Amazon KDP.

Series · Website

thinkingai.eu

Home of the Thinking AI Series for IT, HR and public sector practitioners.

Network · Profile

LinkedIn

Professional network, articles and updates on AI governance and applied econometrics.


Recent WritingArtículos recientes
01
Critical Theory and AI: A Reassessment of Innerarity
Popperian methodology applied to AI governance discourse
EN
02
La IA responsable: el nuevo factor de competitividad
Cumplimiento del AI Act como ventaja competitiva real
ES
03
Kairós y Merickson IA: dos respuestas al mismo problema
Gobernanza y formación como infraestructura complementaria
ES