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LaNIA — National AI Laboratory
Institution: National Center for High Technology
What it is
National public hub for research, training and development of AI applied to high social-impact problems: urban mobility, biodiversity, education, health and seismology. Provides data analysis, product development and spin-off services.
Verified results
Five CENAT labs (CENIBiot, CNCA, PRIAS, LANOTEC, LANBA) redirected toward AI capabilities. Partnership with IDB’s fAIr LAC reinforces the proposal.
Context
Costa Rica’s only national public proposal for an applied-AI R&D hub. It acts as a bridge between public academia (CONARE) and the State, filling a role that ENIA had assigned to the National AI Center of Excellence, still not operational.