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title: "Wayra: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Wayra is a technological innovation hub, which was started in Latin America and Spain in 2011 as an initiative of Telefónica's chief executive in Europe, José María Álvarez-Pallete. Wayra operates through 11 hubs in 10 countries within Telefónica’s footprint: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom and Venezuela."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-wayra
type: Organization
wikidata: Q6166603
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayra
website: https://wayra.com/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Wayra

> Wayra is a technological innovation hub, which was started in Latin America and Spain in 2011 as an initiative of Telefónica's chief executive in Europe, José María Álvarez-Pallete. Wayra operates through 11 hubs in 10 countries within Telefónica’s footprint: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom and Venezuela.

Read on the web: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-wayra

## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: Spain
- Headquarters: Madrid
- Status: private
- Website: https://wayra.com/
- Also known as: Telefónica Open Innovation, Telefónica Open Innovation, S.L.U.

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Wayra, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-wayra#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6166603, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayra

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