The AI Mirage: Why the True Revolution in Chile Requires Solid Foundations to Move Forward?
Capital Digital
July 27, 2026
The true business value of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Chile and Latin America is stalling because companies try to deploy advanced solutions on obsolete technological infrastructures and fragmented data silos. To overcome this technical debt, the author proposes the structured "1+3" model, where the ultimate ambition of scaling AI (the "1") depends entirely on first solidifying three essential technical pillars (the "3"): a resilient cloud foundation, robust data governance, and the modernization of legacy applications. Only by establishing these technical baselines can organizations move past isolated laboratory experiments, turn AI into a lasting competitive advantage, and position Chile as a true regional digital creator instead of a mere trend adopter.
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Tags: AI, AI Infrastructure, Cloud
Never sacrifice your Untouchables
LinkedIn
October 13, 2017
Many years ago I was attending a training course and one of the ending topics during the sessions was about how to balance your personal and professional life, something that seems impossible for many of us as we grow in our careers.
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Tags: Cloud, Careers
TEDx Talk
TED
November 17, 2025
In his TEDxFrutillar talk, Ángel Izurieta urges the audience to shift from being passive, fearful spectators of technological progress to becoming active builders of the future. He emphasizes that resisting technology is a losing battle—likening it to fighting with Waze—and that society needs a new evolutionary mindset rather than a technical manual to thrive. Ultimately, he challenges us to overcome the paralysis of what we might lose and instead focus on what we want to create, transforming the anxious question of "what will technology do to the world?" into a proactive mission: "what world will we choose to build with it?"
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Tags: AI, Digital Disruption, Innovation
AI Tinkerers Santiago: Let's talk about Artificial Inteligence - Between promise and reality
Bendita Inteligencia Artificial
September 07, 2025
In this Keynote from AI Tinkerers Santiago, Ángel Izurieta, CEO of Google Cloud Chile, explains that artificial intelligence has shifted from a phase of experimental pilots to a real-world business standard that drives significant ROI. Highlighting the transition from the "enthusiasm" of 2023 to the practical deployment seen in 2024, he showcases successful local and regional implementations, such as LATAM Airlines reducing marketing production costs by up to 95%, Mercado Libre optimizing product searches through Gemini, and various public projects like flood prediction and energy management. Finally, Izurieta stresses the importance of using enterprise-grade tools like Google Cloud for secure, compliant data processing instead of public, non-secure platforms.
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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Innovation
Chile Fintech Forum: Let's talk about innovation
FinteChile
July 10, 2025
In his presentation titled "Hey Google: Hablemos de Innovación" at the Chile Fintech Forum 2025, Ángel Izurieta, General Manager of Google Cloud Chile, outlines how Google and Alphabet foster a disruptive corporate culture centered around psychological safety, empirical data, and high-stakes experimentation. He introduces Google's five core pillars of innovation—user-centricity, open knowledge sharing, data-driven decisions over opinions, embracing human-centered failure, and a "10X mindset" aimed at addressing massive, global problems rather than making incremental 10% improvements. Through Alphabet’s Google X laboratory, the company develops moonshot projects that intersect complex problems with radical solutions and highly disruptive technologies, yielding breakthroughs like Waymo’s self-driving cars, Wing's autonomous delivery aircraft, and energy management tools currently tested or deployed in Chile like Projects Tapestry, Tidal, and Taara. Ultimately, Izurieta normalizes fast failure as a fundamental stepping stone to success, openly referencing the website Killed by Google—which documents over 3,000 deprecated products—and urges the fintech community to prototype rapidly, pivot without fear, and maintain the restless human curiosity necessary to build a better future.
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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Innovation
Hoy por Hoy Chile es - AI
Radio Agricultura
July 21, 2026
In this interview, Angel Izurieta emphasizes the critical role of technology in enhancing societal resilience, particularly in environmental monitoring and disaster prevention. He advocates for a leadership approach that balances digital transformation with deep empathy, urging executives to engage directly with real-world social challenges to better understand their community's needs. Furthermore, he stresses that in a rapidly evolving technological landscape, the most essential skill for professionals is the constant 'capacity to learn' and adapt to change, maintaining an open mindset to stay relevant in the workforce.
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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Innovation
Hoy por Hoy Chile es - AI
Agricultura TV
July 19, 2026
In this program, Angel Izurieta, Vice President of Huawei Cloud for Latin America, emphasizes that artificial intelligence is a long-standing technology that has recently become more visible and democratized. He argues that instead of focusing solely on the threat of job displacement, we should recognize AI as a powerful tool that complements human judgment and enhances productivity. Looking forward, Izurieta envisions a transformation in the labor market toward more flexible, objective-based "micro-work" models and encourages individuals to maintain a mindset of constant curiosity, asking not what technology will do to them, but what they can achieve by leveraging these tools to become more competitive.
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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Innovation
Hoy por Hoy Chile es - AI
Radio Agricultura
June 16, 2026
In this interview, Angel Izurieta brings an optimistic, forward-thinking perspective on technology, emphasizing that Chile acts as a vital laboratory for digital transformation and innovation. Throughout the discussion, he advocates for overcoming the fear of change by embracing new tools—such as artificial intelligence—as resources to enhance productivity rather than threats to employment. Izurieta highlights the necessity for flexible education and corporate training to prepare workers for a liquid, ever-evolving job market, and he shares his own entrepreneurial experience in Oulalab e to illustrate the importance of agile leadership and the ability to pivot when data indicates a need for strategic change. Ultimately, he encourages individuals to shift their mindset from asking how technology will impact them to actively deciding what they can create with it.
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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Innovation
CEO Interview
E-negocios
November 26, 2025
In this interview with Revista E-Negocios, Ángel Izurieta, CEO of Google Cloud Chile, shares his professional journey from 90s software development to corporate leadership and startup investing, while highlighting his deep personal commitment to preventing school dropouts through the Corporación Jesús Niño foundation. He details how his hands-on leadership style aligns with Google’s collaborative "dogfooding" culture to co-create technologies that maintain a seamless user experience between personal and corporate environments. Looking ahead, Izurieta discusses "Next 25"—Google's 25-year strategic vision focused on open, human-centered innovation—and highlights breakthrough developments like high-efficiency Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) and the open-source Agent-to-Agent communication protocol. Ultimately, he emphasizes that data serves as a vital strategic asset that artificial intelligence transforms into conversational user experiences—implemented securely via Google Cloud environments and validated by successful real-world AI applications with Chilean clients like Canal 13, LATAM, and NotCo.
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Tags: AI, Cloud, Digital Transformation
Felipe Braun reflects on AI with Angel Izurieta, a Huawei executive
Canal 13c
June 04, 2025
In this episode of Sobre la Tierra, host Felipe Braun and guest Ángel Izurieta, a Huawei Cloud VP, reflect on how artificial intelligence is transforming human communication, creativity, and work . They emphasize that interacting with AI requires users to refine their language and think more clearly to get better results, suggesting that this process actually improves human articulation. Both agree that rather than replacing human creativity, AI serves as a powerful tool that allows people to focus on their true passions, while also noting that languages like English can offer more precise results for technical prompting compared to the more interpretive nature of Spanish. Ultimately, they highlight that while humans often repeat mistakes, the fundamental advantage of AI is its ability to learn from data patterns to continuously improve its future performance.
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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Innovation
Huawei Cloud and the China Factor in Artificial Intelligence
Bendita Inteligencia Artificial
June 04, 2025
In this webinar, Ángel Izurieta, VP of Huawei Cloud Latin America, explores the rapid evolution of Artificial Intelligence as it shifts from experimental pilot programs to a practical, execution-focused phase in 2026 (04:10). He emphasizes Huawei Cloud's strategic move toward a Model as a Service (MaaS) framework, which enables businesses to optimize costs by up to 95% through token-based consumption. Drawing on insights from his recent trip to China, Izurieta highlights how the country’s massive scale and willingness to deploy innovations across entire cities accelerate technological learning. He concludes that while future progress will be driven by specialized AI agents operating in collaborative workflows, the human factor—comprising creativity, critical thinking, and empathy—remains an irreplaceable cornerstone of the digital transformation journey.
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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Innovation
The AI Mirage: Why the True Revolution in Chile Requires Solid Foundations to Move Forward?
Hoy por Hoy Chile es - AI
