Maisa has solved one of AI’s most significant challenges – making AI agents both reliable and transparent in the way they operate – so businesses can use them in their mission-critical operations.
The company recently completed a $5m investment round, the largest pre-seed ever for a Spanish startup, and is backed by investors NFX and Village Global (a VC fund supported by Mark Zuckerberg, Eric Schmidt and Jeff Bezos).
David Villalón, CEO and cofounder of Maisa, said:
“This massive investment shows that the next stage in the growth of AI – Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) – is no longer a fringe concept but an inevitable reality requiring unprecedented investment in infrastructure, akin to laying down the tracks for the next Industrial Revolution.
“Soon, an entire parallel economy could emerge around AI agents, who will carry out a wide range of tasks and could outpace traditional human-led businesses in scale and impact.
“Powering the change will be computing capacity, which is the new currency in the AI era, and Europe needs to react and recognize that data centers thrive on reliable, cost-effective energy.
“The countries which win the race will get access to state-of-the-art intelligence early and, crucially, have enough capital to compute, leverage it and invest in the future.
“Spain, for example, has immense potential in renewables, but more investment is needed to remain competitive on a global stage and strategically independent. Spain is spending peanuts on vacuous publicity AI projects, while ignoring, or not understanding, what’s needed – compute.
“Without large-scale capital commitments and a bold approach to AI infrastructure, Europe risks surrendering its future to global players who control the fuel of tomorrow.
“To use a football analogy, Europe is currently in the relegation zone while USA and China – with their budgets, quality and ambition – are operating in the Champions League.”
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