
Barbara is redefining how industries run AI with its Edge AI Platform, enabling organizations to deploy, orchestrate, and scale intelligence across thousands of edge nodes. This platform empowers industrial companies to manage their infrastructure more simply than the cloud, providing real-time, data-driven capabilities that enhance operational efficiency and security. With a focus on sectors like energy distribution and manufacturing, Barbara is positioned as a leader in the Edge AI space, recognized in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Edge Computing.

Barbara is redefining how industries run AI with its Edge AI Platform, enabling organizations to deploy, orchestrate, and scale intelligence across thousands of edge nodes. This platform empowers industrial companies to manage their infrastructure more simply than the cloud, providing real-time, data-driven capabilities that enhance operational efficiency and security. With a focus on sectors like energy distribution and manufacturing, Barbara is positioned as a leader in the Edge AI space, recognized in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Edge Computing.
Product: Edge AI platform to deploy, orchestrate, and manage ML/AI models across distributed edge locations
Headquarters: Bilbao, País Vasco, Spain
Founded: 2016
Employees (reported): 11–50 (Crunchbase); another source reports 76
Recent funding: Convertible note closed 2024-05-10; investors include Criteria Venture Tech and Iberdrola
Edge AI for industrial use cases (energy distribution, infrastructure operators, manufacturing).
2016
Industrial Edge AI / IoT
Convertible note round; investors include Criteria Venture Tech and Iberdrola
Seed round with participants including Seed Capital Bizkaia, Iberdrola, GoHub Ventures, Basque Fondo
“Investors include Criteria Venture Tech and Iberdrola”