Beñat Galdós

Founder @ Galde | Former Associate Professor @ Deusto Senior Data Architect & Scientist | Occasional Blogger | Global Shaper Alumni (Bilbao & Madrid)

Iberian Retreat 2025 · Porto Bridging Cities, Bridging Shapers, Bridging Generations

Once a year, the Global Shapers Hubs from across Iberia —both Spain and Portugal— come together for one of the most anticipated moments of the year: the Iberian Retreat. This gathering has become a key tradition to strengthen collaboration between Hubs, share learnings, and build partnerships that transcend borders. Each edition is an opportunity to […]

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95% of AI Pilots Deliver No Economic Return

The report that generated that headline and caused a stir is this one:https://mlq.ai/media/quarterly_decks/v0.1_State_of_AI_in_Business_2025_Report.pdf This headline was somewhat controversial a week ago, where, in magazines like Forbes, it was given an interesting twist:https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaimecatmull/2025/08/22/mit-says-95-of-enterprise-ai-failsheres-what-the-5-are-doing-right/ Into a headline like this: “95% of enterprise AI fails” The way it’s phrased changes things quite a lot. Because what is actually

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Global Shapers Madrid: AI Summer Camp

One of the things I enjoy most is sharing my knowledge with those eager to learn. And that’s precisely what happened last July 17th, with people from different Hubs (Madrid, Bilbao, Cartagena, etc.) in the Iberian region. To briefly contextualize: Global Shapers is an international community promoted by the World Economic Forum, whose goal is

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Euskal Encounter 28 'The Unexpected Data Science; let's have a laugh!'

Under that name more worthy of an Internet clickbait ad than anything else (The Unexpected Data Science; let’s have a laugh!), I gave a talk at Euskal Encounter 28 at the end of July; specifically, on 07/25/2020, at the Urretxu fronton. Here you can find my promotional space on the main website. Doing a quick

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