About us

Back in 2013, our Founding Director, Paola Galvez-Callirgos, saw a demo video of Seeing AI Prototype, a Microsoft project which used AI to help the visually impaired perceive their surroundings. At that moment, Paola was working at Microsoft and that experience opened her eyes to the profound potential of technology as a catalyst for social good.

 

Paola was fascinated by the idea of leveraging technology as a force for inclusion. From that moment, her focus shifted towards the intersection of law, technology and policy. Her commitment to transforming Peru into a more inclusive and innovative place for everyone through human-centric regulation started back then.

 

Despite her young age, Paola became an influential player in the development of tech policies, contributing from the private and public sectors. Recently, she graduated with a Master of Public Policy from the University of Oxford and a graduate internship at the OECD. Being conscious that the health of democracy is affected by our choices around AI and that we can’t just sit on the sidelines when we care about the future of AI and society, Paola decided to establish IdonIA Lab committing to design and implement the necessary conditions to make AI benefit ALL.