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The record holds 21 entries from Venezuela, across 8 industries, led by Government & Public Sector, then Healthcare & Life Sciences. Last updated 29 Oct 2026.

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Evidence of adoptionGovernment & Public SectorVenezuela22 Sep 2026

Infocentro and Cantv train health workers in AI on Isla de Coche

Infocentro and Cantv — Medical students, physicians and nursing staff at Isla de Coche's Centro de Diagnóstico Integral Haydée Suárez gained an AI training for healthcare workers on 22 September 2026, organised by Fundación Infocentro alongside Cantv. Instructors walked through AI's origins, natural language processing and prompt-writing tactics, then guided attendees through practical drills on Gemini. Nueva Esparta's session aimed to sharpen digital fluency for both treatment-related and office-based responsibilities, reflecting wider AI skills for medical staff efforts in Venezuela.

infocentro.gob.ve
Evidence of adoptionGovernment & Public SectorVenezuela4 Sep 2026

Fundacite Anzoátegui trains Guanta municipal workers in AI

Fundacite Anzoátegui and Fundabit — Guanta municipal staff received local government AI training from Fundacite Anzoátegui and Fundabit, learning core concepts, tools and prompt writing to lift service quality. A 10 September follow-up adds image generation, media production and web design, extending this municipal AI capacity-building drive, 'Inteligencia Artificial Aplicada a la Gestión Pública'.

mincyt.gob.ve
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorVenezuela25 Jul 2026

Mincyt deploys AI to assess earthquake damage from satellite imagery

Ministry of Popular Power for Science and Technology (Mincyt) — AI damage assessment earthquake response now runs at Mincyt, Venezuela's Ministry of Science and Technology, which built the system after the double earthquake of June 24. Drone and satellite feeds train the model to spot, classify and flag structural harm, plotting results onto colour-coded maps graded from critical red down to minor yellow. Output reaches the armed forces, civil protection teams and the presidential infrastructure commission, giving relief coordination a shared, geo-tagged picture of where damage is worst — a form of AI-based infrastructure damage categorisation applied directly to disaster response.

Disaster response officialmincyt.gob.ve
RegulationGovernment & Public SectorVenezuela29 May 2026

Vice-Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Productive Efficiency

Presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela — Decreed 29 May 2026 by Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela's new Vice-Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Productive Efficiency sits under the Ministry of Science and Technology, extending AI in government toward industrial modernisation. A parallel Technology and Data Management Centre applies predictive-maintenance and output-optimisation software to hydrocarbons. Officials frame this as groundwork for broader artificial intelligence in the public sector.

rnv.gob.ve
Evidence of adoptionGovernment & Public SectorVenezuela21 Apr 2026

Mincyt launches free online AI course on Prisma platform

Ministry of Science and Technology (Mincyt) — Venezuela's Ministry of Science and Technology (Mincyt) is offering a free, self-guided online AI course, 'Introducción a la Inteligencia Artificial: Machine Learning y Deep Learning', through Prisma, its new educational platform. Anyone can enrol at prisma.mincyt.gob.ve; lessons span AI history, deep learning, machine learning algorithms and ethics. Minister Gabriela Jiménez Ramírez unveiled this AI training on World Creativity and Innovation Day.

mincyt.gob.ve
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorVenezuela21 Mar 2026

Chacao deploys AI-powered robot dogs for municipal patrols

Chacao municipality — Venezuela's Chacao municipality, Miranda state, runs AI robot dog patrols with two self-guided machines, Voltio and Turbo. Fitted with high-definition cameras and movement detectors, each streams live footage to the council's situational room, reads car number plates and spots stealing or vandalism of civic assets. Chacao calls this robotic patrol a Latin American municipal first.

Police officerelnacional.com
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorVenezuela2026-03

Chacao deploys AI-powered robot dogs for public safety patrols

Chacao municipality (Alcaldía de Chacao) — Turbo and Voltio, two AI-powered robot dogs public safety patrols units, roam Chacao's squares in eastern Caracas after dark. Cameras and motion sensors relay live video to the command centre, helping staff spot odd movement and verify plates. Gustavo Duque called the AI-powered robotic patrol units support, not a stand-in, for police.

Police officeres.euronews.com
RegulationGovernment & Public SectorVenezuela19 Feb 2026

Venezuela presents ethics code for responsible AI development

Ministry of Popular Power for Science and Technology (Mincyt) — Nine principles now anchor AI regulation Venezuela, among them humanist AI, equity, safety and environmental responsibility. This new AI ethics framework, unveiled by Venezuela's Ministry of Science and Technology, is called the Code of Ethics for the Development and Responsible Application of Artificial Intelligence, meant to steer tech use on ethical grounds. A related law has cleared its first National Assembly reading.

mincyt.gob.ve
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorVenezuela5 Sep 2025

ONCOP launches Clara Contadori AI chatbot for public accounting

Oficina Nacional de Contabilidad Pública (ONCOP) — Venezuela's National Public Accounting Office (ONCOP) debuted Clara Contadori, an AI chatbot for public accounting, during festivities marking the agency's 25th anniversary on 15 September. Powered by natural language processing, the tool fields questions on the Public Accounting System, helps visitors navigate the ONCOP site, and shares round-the-clock guidance on available coaching and consulting offerings. As an AI-powered virtual assistant for government accounting services, it operates continuously without human staffing limits.

Public accountantoncop.gob.ve
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorVenezuela25 Jul 2025

San Diego municipality launches Dieguito AI assistant for citizen services

Alcaldía de San Diego — Residents in San Diego, Carabobo state, can now message Dieguito, a new AI assistant for citizen services, through WhatsApp any hour of the day to flag broken street lights, potholes and security concerns. Mayor León Jurado Laurentín framed the tool as a move toward quicker, more contemporary handling of neighbourhood requests, confirming it is already running and open to the public. San Diego becomes, according to the mayor, the first municipal authority in Venezuela to roll out this kind of AI-powered virtual assistant for public services, built to speed up 24-hour response.

Municipal civil servantacn.com.ve
RegulationGovernment & Public SectorVenezuela24 Feb 2025

National Artificial Intelligence Plan for Sustainable Development

Presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela — A three-pillar national AI plan Venezuela unveiled under President Nicolás Maduro builds specialised talent, sovereign computing infrastructure for domestic models, and capacity for the ALBA AI agency. Branded the National Artificial Intelligence Plan for Sustainable Development, it launched 25 February 2025 for transformation via innovation, now covering education, health, hydrocarbons, and banking and finance under this sovereign AI development strategy.

prensapresidencialvenezuela.gob.ve
RegulationGovernment & Public SectorVenezuela19 Nov 2024

Artificial Intelligence Bill approved in first discussion

Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela — Venezuela's National Assembly unanimously cleared the Artificial Intelligence Bill in a first reading, a Venezuela AI regulation framework spanning 57 articles and four chapters on development, applications and rights safeguards. Lawmakers propose a National AI Agency as oversight body under this AI governance framework. Second discussion lies ahead before enactment.

asambleanacional.gob.ve

Healthcare & Life Sciences

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DeploymentHealthcare & Life SciencesVenezuela26 May 2026

Hospital Clínico Universitario resumes robotic surgery with AI

Hospital Clínico Universitario (UCV) — UCV has relaunched AI in robotic surgery in Venezuela, pairing a multi-arm robot with AI tools and a digital platform linking records to booking. Acting President Delcy Rodríguez opened this AI-assisted surgical setup, spanning urology, gynaecology, thoracic and general procedures with Chinese-made equipment, for wider rollout across state hospitals.

Surgeonnoticierove.com
DeploymentHealthcare & Life SciencesVenezuela12 Dec 2025

Venezuela launches AI-powered unified health record system

Ministerio del Poder Popular para Ciencia y Tecnología — One unified patient file, nationwide: Venezuela's Historia Clínica Única (HCU) gives every public hospital access to an AI-powered health record system running on domestically engineered artificial intelligence. Its built-in assistant helps clinicians move faster through consultations, powering this unified medical record platform as adoption spreads.

Doctorscenditel.gob.ve
DeploymentHealthcare & Life SciencesVenezuela10 Mar 2025

Hospital Universitario de Caracas gets AI-powered MRI machine

Hospital Universitario de Caracas — Hospital Universitario de Caracas now runs an AI-powered MRI machine, called by Delcy Rodríguez the nation's first scanner with embedded AI. Radiologists keep final say; the system only flags findings. Officials call it part of a wider shift toward AI-assisted imaging in Venezuelan hospitals.

Radiologistsmpps.gob.ve

Business Operations

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Evidence of adoptionBusiness OperationsVenezuela21 Sep 2026

AI use reaches 11.3% of Venezuela's working-age population, Microsoft finds

Microsoft AI Economy Institute (Global AI Diffusion Report Q2 2026) — AI adoption in Venezuela reached 11.3% of 15-to-64-year-olds by June 2026, 1.0 points above 10.3% in Q1, against 18.8% worldwide. Microsoft's Global AI Diffusion study derives that generative AI use estimate from pooled, anonymised telemetry, corrected for operating-system and device mix, connectivity and headcount. Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela share identical figures.

microsoft.com

Education & Training

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DeploymentEducation & TrainingVenezuela15 Sep 2025

Venezuela adds AI classes to school curriculum from 2025

Gobierno de Venezuela — Schools and high schools across Venezuela will teach AI classes in schools from the 2025-2026 academic year, under a directive from President Nicolás Maduro. The plan links this new AI education in Venezuela to building homegrown, sovereign technology skills, preparing a future workforce of engineers and programmers.

Teachersconatel.gob.ve

Finance & Insurance

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DeploymentFinance & InsuranceVenezuela2025-11

Activo Banco Universal deploys AI virtual assistants for customer service

Activo Banco Universal — Activo Banco Universal now runs round-the-clock AI customer service chatbots, built on natural language processing, fielding client queries 24/7. Tricky cases route straight to human executives, cutting wait times. Announced at IA Tech Day, the bank's next step adds chatbots grasping conversational context.

Customer service agentsbancaynegocios.com

Media, Telecom & Entertainment

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DeploymentMedia, Telecom & EntertainmentVenezuela17 Mar 2025

Circuito Líder launches Venezuela's first fully AI-run radio show

Circuito Líder 94.9 FM — Circuito Líder 94.9 FM in Caracas became Venezuela's first station to run AI-generated radio content without any human hosts, launching 'Vacílate Esto IA' on weekdays. The format clones the voices and personalities of its creators, systematising output through Perplexity and ChatGPT.

Radio presenters and producerslacalle.com.ve

Retail & Consumer

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Evidence of adoptionRetail & ConsumerVenezuela11 Aug 2025

Eight in 10 Venezuelan e-commerce firms use AI tools

Cavecom-e — Cavecom-e, the Venezuelan Chamber of Electronic Commerce, put the share of active online retailers using AI in e-commerce at 80%, mainly to lift sales and follow up with buyers before and after purchase. Richard Ujueta added that 40% overall are starting to add AI agents for social-commerce queries.

bancaynegocios.com

Technology & Software

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DeploymentTechnology & SoftwareVenezuela2 Dec 2025

Ridery launches Panita, Venezuela's first homegrown AI assistant on WhatsApp

Ridery — Panita, Ridery's AI assistant on WhatsApp, racked up 830,000 monthly messages and 40,000 chat-booked journeys before its 2 December debut. Built with domestic talent, it organises taxi rides, film tickets, coach fares, cargo jobs and everyday queries in colloquial Venezuelan Spanish. Since 26 November 2025, it stands as the nation's pioneering WhatsApp virtual assistant.

Customer service agentlacalle.com.ve
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  • Evidence of adoptionAI use reaches 11.3% of Venezuela's working-age population, Microsoft findsBusiness Operations21 Sep 2026microsoft.com
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