From the third wave of Artificial Intelligence to the transformation of cities, governments and companies across Central America. Every milestone is a neuron: explore it.
“We were not born out of AI. We were born out of a problem: how to use data and technology to improve the decisions that affect millions of people and create value for companies.”
GOBAI is born when Transformer models, generative AI and multimodality turn AI into cross-cutting infrastructure for governments, companies and cities.
The Transformer architecture accelerates models able to understand and generate language at scale.
OpenAI consolidates the logic of pre-trained generative models.
Generative AI takes a leap in scale and shows general-purpose capabilities.
A generation of companies emerges focused on advanced models, safety and AI usefulness.
Generative AI reaches the mass market and accelerates global adoption.
The advantage shifts toward proprietary data, sector knowledge and real implementation. The space where GOBAI appears.
Carlos G. Cálix takes part as a Fellow in a regional leadership program run by Fundación CALI, a member of the Aspen Institute. There the idea emerges: a technology-based civic platform to transform Central American cities.
At a meeting on state transformation, Leonardo Rivera talks about civic platforms to improve quality of life. Carlos proposes building an AI company based on citizen data together. The complementarity is clear: Rivera from AI and technology; Cálix from governance, data and institutions.
Over three months the project is formulated and the core thesis takes shape:
Before the legal formalization of GOBAI Ventures, its founders developed experiences and projects that validated the business model later incorporated in March 2025.
Legal incorporation in Honduras before the Tegucigalpa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIT) and the Revenue Administration Service (SAR). On 16 March the GOBAI trademark registration begins before the Property Institute.
Academic and institutional alliance with Universidad Tecnológica de Honduras (UTH) to create AI Centers in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula: training, research, innovation and development of applied solutions.
The portfolio expands into El Salvador, Panama, Costa Rica and the United States. In parallel, GOBAI develops solutions for companies, chambers, industry, banking, retail, technology and services: from year one, a model for both the public and private sectors.
Tegucigalpa and Marcovia become pioneering AI programs for smart cities: citizen services, automation, data, territorial intelligence and municipal management.
The Honduras Digital Municipalities Network is launched to share infrastructure, data, best practices, automation and public innovation, with the goal of gathering 10 municipalities in 2026 and a projected expansion to up to 28 municipalities during 2027.
The September 2024 idea —using technology and data to transform cities— evolves into a regional Smart Cities strategy.
A civic platform to transform Central American cities.
Model validation and first projects in Honduras.
Academic alliance with UTH and AI capacity in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula.
Alliances with COHEP, Sicon, ROME, Intcomex/AWS and Numia.
Smart Cities, the Digital Municipalities Network and Central American expansion.
Turning social, civic and business data into intelligence for better decisions — for people, institutions, companies and cities.
GOBAI was born conceptually in September 2024, took shape as a project in October 2024 and was legally incorporated as GOBAI Ventures S. de R.L. de C.V. on 13 March 2025.
Sources: story provided by GOBAI's founders · Progress Report — GOBAI Strategic Alliances 2026 (16 July 2026).