CENIA

CENIA (Centro Nacional de Inteligencia Artificial) is a Chilean center dedicated to research, development and technology transfer in artificial intelligence. Its stated purpose is to strengthen the country's scientific and technological ecosystem and to put artificial intelligence at the service of people, helping Chile consolidate its position as a reference point for AI science and technology in Latin America and the world. The organization presents itself as a center that combines research, technology transfer and outreach, alongside training and education activities. CENIA's work spans applied AI research and the deployment of AI tools in real institutions. Publicly highlighted projects include FONDEF IDeA I+D 2026 awards for using AI to strengthen patent reading in road enforcement, to improve data quality in asset-intensive industries, and related applied work. The center has also been involved in initiatives such as LatamGPT, DashAI — described as a Chilean platform that allows work without handing over data — and a program with UC CHRISTUS and Corfo called PRISMA IA that brings artificial intelligence into health care in Chile. It has collaborated with universities including the Universidad de Sussex, UAI, and the ITBA in Buenos Aires, and has worked on language technology such as a first prototype translator for the Bribri language in Costa Rica and a network for indigenous languages across four countries. Beyond research, CENIA runs training and talent programs, maintains a talent bank for machine-learning engineers, and recruits for roles ranging from machine-learning engineers to project analysts and project managers. Its job postings describe work on AI project portfolios, governance frameworks, and the financial and technical reporting of publicly funded R&D projects (FONDEF/ANID, Crea y Valida/CORFO, among others). The center also states a commitment to equal opportunity, diversity and non-discrimination, referencing Chile's Law No. 21.015 on the inclusion of people with disabilities in the labor market. CENIA operates primarily in Chile with a Latin American outlook, positioning itself as a national reference institution for AI research and adoption rather than a conventional commercial product vendor. Its public identity is built around the slogan of artificial intelligence at the service of people, and around partnerships that connect academia, industry, the public sector and civil society.

CENIA — the Centro Nacional de Inteligencia Artificial — is a Chilean center dedicated to research, development and technology transfer in artificial intelligence. Its mission, as stated on its own website, is to strengthen the country's scientific and technological ecosystem and to put artificial intelligence at the service of people, with the ambition of helping Chile become a reference in AI science and technology in Latin America and the world. The center's public activity is organized around three broad pillars that appear on its homepage: research, technology transfer, and outreach or engagement with society, alongside training and education. This structure reflects a model in which CENIA is not only a research lab but also a bridge between academic AI work and its adoption by institutions, companies and public bodies. A significant part of CENIA's work is carried out through competitive public research and innovation funding. Its news highlights include winning FONDEF IDeA I+D 2026 projects, including one to strengthen patent reading in road enforcement using AI and another to improve data quality in asset-intensive industries. These projects connect AI methods to concrete regulatory and industrial problems in Chile. CENIA has also been active in building AI platforms and programs. It is associated with LatamGPT, a Latin American large language model effort, and with DashAI, described in its news as a Chilean platform that allows users to work without handing over their data. In health care, CENIA appears alongside UC CHRISTUS and Corfo in the launch of PRISMA IA, a program to incorporate artificial intelligence into health care in Chile. Collaboration and internationalization are recurring themes. CENIA researchers have co-authored work with the University of Sussex, published in a Nature Portfolio journal, proposing generative AI as an opportunity to rethink school design. The center has an agreement with the ITBA in Buenos Aires that materialized with a first doctoral research stay, and it has worked with UAI on ConectIA 2026 to boost AI use in academia. It also works on language technologies for indigenous languages, showing a first prototype translator for Bribri in Costa Rica and advancing a network of indigenous languages across four countries. Alongside research, CENIA invests in people. It runs training and formation activities, maintains a talent bank for machine-learning engineers, and recruits for a range of roles, from machine-learning engineers to project analysts and project managers. Its job postings describe responsibilities such as designing governance frameworks for project portfolios, aligning portfolios with long-term client strategy, managing AI projects in a mass-communication company, and handling the financial and technical reporting of publicly funded R&D projects such as FONDEF/ANID and Crea y Valida/CORFO. The center also states that its hiring promotes the inclusion of people with disabilities under Chile's Law No. 21.015 and affirms a commitment to equal opportunity, diversity and non-discrimination. Taken together, CENIA presents itself as a national institution for AI in Chile: a center that conducts research, transfers technology, trains talent, and partners with universities, industry and the state to embed artificial intelligence in Chilean society and the wider Latin American region.

• CENIA wins FONDEF IDeA I+D 2026 projects, including AI for patent reading in road enforcement and for industrial data quality

• UC CHRISTUS and Corfo launch PRISMA IA, a program to bring AI into health care in Chile, with CENIA involved

• UAI and CENIA begin ConectIA 2026 to boost AI use in academia

• CENIA and ITBA agreement materializes in Buenos Aires with its first doctoral research stay

• CENIA researcher presents a first prototype translator for the Bribri language in Costa Rica and advances an indigenous-language network across four countries

• “Futuros Docentes” advances to its next phase and adds nine universities

National AI research, development and technology-transfer center positioning artificial intelligence at the service of people and aiming to make Chile a Latin American reference in AI.

• LatamGPT

  A Latin American large language model effort associated with CENIA.

• DashAI

  A Chilean platform, highlighted by CENIA, that allows users to work without handing over their data.

• PRISMA IA

  A program launched by UC CHRISTUS and Corfo to incorporate artificial intelligence into health care in Chile, with CENIA involvement.

1. 1CENIA official websitecenia.cl
2. 2¡Trabaja con nosotros! - CENIAcenia.cl
3. 3Trabaja con nosotros en CENIA - CENIAcenia.cl
4. 4¡Trabaja con nosotros en CENIA! - CENIAcenia.cl
5. 5CENIA on Wikidatawikidata.org