Funding: Own budget (23), Tech company (Google/GNI) (11), Tech company (OpenAI) (8), Media dev org (5)
Signària — a system built by Pompeu Fabra University and Barcelona firm Sorensen.ai that lets a deaf journalist host live radio, and translates live radio audio into Catalan Sign Language in real time. It began with journalism student Berta Viñas, who found she could not work in radio through an interpreter. A camera reads her signs; a live transcript of the conversation and the text of articles she has already…
La Buloteca — AI-powered collaborative verification and data-driven newsroom operations platform; transforms Maldita's full disinformation-response workflow from community submission to publication; citizen-facing layer: WhatsApp chatbot (Botalite) allows users to submit potentially false content anonymously; AI automates duplication checks, narrative detection and prioritisation to reduce manual editorial…
Group-wide responsible AI policy establishes rules for appropriate, ethical, transparent and lawful use of AI tools, with AI supervision committees at corporate and business-unit level
'ESCRIBA' — AI assistance for print-edition production. The tool helps convert digital-first content into the printed newspaper: selecting and distributing pieces, adjusting them and adapting them to the final page design, within defined editorial parameters. Aimed at the deadline-driven print 'closing' process for a sports daily whose content changes rapidly. Editorial staff retain full control over layout,…
Participant in Google AI article overviews pilot on Google News (announced Dec. 11, 2025) — Spain's leading daily and PRISA flagship joins Google's AI article overviews pilot; builds on existing commercial relationships through the Google News Showcase scheme; deal delivers AI-powered article overviews on Google News pages, audio briefings, and real-time information in the Gemini app; articles carry clear…
JournalismAI Innovation Challenge 2025 grantee: developing AI back-office assistant for small newsrooms — tool will help staff navigate fragmented internal systems and databases, respond to supporter requests, automate routine administrative tasks and identify engagement opportunities; designed to lower operational barriers for non-profit and independent outlets