AIDI Asociación

What AIDI Asociación does

AIDI Asociación is a Spanish non-profit association (Asociación para la Investigación, el Diseño y la Innovación, CIF G87415170) founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid. It positions itself at the intersection of culture, education and science, building a portfolio of proprietary community engagement formats — Saraos (21 events since 2022), Diseñatón (five editions, including a 2025 edition in Getafe with 40 participants), La Batidora (a museum transformation lab, 25+ activities over three years with the Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas), Built With Bits (four editions with the Europeana Foundation), Sumergencias podcast (three seasons), Actitud Hateblockers (a youth-focused card game), FUTURATÓN, La Botica and MADRIX. Underlying "technology" is a library of facilitation methodologies and event architectures rather than software platforms; supporting infrastructure includes a wiki repository, WhatsApp community channels, podcast distribution across seven platforms and a club system (Reading, Arts, Plans).

Name

AIDI Asociación

Legal name

Asociación para la Investigación, el Diseño y la Innovación (AIDI)

Website

https://aidi.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AIDI Asociación is a Spanish non-profit association that designs gamified community event formats, museum innovation labs, educator programs and cultural engagement methodologies, partnering with cultural institutions, foundations and public funders in Spain and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Cultural Engagement Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (6117), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Human Rights Organizations (813311)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDADALAB

International Development & Donor-Funded Education Programs

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/Education Partnerships, Intergovernmental & NGO Programs

SECONDARYEDAIAGAO

Volunteer Program Funding, Scholarships & Fundraising Support

Education/International Education & Study Abroad/International Service Learning, Volunteering & Gap Year Programs

Keywords

• Community engagement events
• Cultural innovation programs
• Museum transformation labs
• Design marathon facilitation
• Citizen laboratory methodology

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Institutional Project Funding: Projects funded by institutions (government, foundations, EU) are coordinated and executed by autonomous professionals working in fluid networks. A percentage of each project funds fixed costs. This is the primary revenue stream supporting operations.
2. Community Contributions: Community members who propose initiatives do so voluntarily as part of personal motivation, outside project restrictions. No direct monetary contribution required from members.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

AIDI Asociación is a non-profit association that develops and delivers a portfolio of community-driven event formats and programmes at the intersection of culture, education, and science. Its offerings include gamified community events (Saraos), design marathons (Diseñatón), innovation labs for museums (La Batidora), an international citizen laboratory programme for educators (Built With Bits), a podcast (Sumergencias), an anti-hate-speech card game (Actitud Hateblockers), a neighbourhood laboratory methodology (La Botica), and future-scenario workshops (FUTURATÓN). Activities are delivered through fluid teams of independent professionals funded by institutional project grants.

Product overview

AIDI is a non-profit association that operates as a community-driven platform offering a diverse portfolio of formats and programmes at the intersection of culture, education, and science. The core offerings include community event formats (Saraos, Diseñatón, FUTURATÓN), educational programmes (Built With Bits), museum innovation labs (La Batidora), a podcast series (Sumergencias across three seasons), a counter-hate initiative (Actitud Hateblockers), a neighbourhood methodology (La Botica), and an immersive cultural centre (MADRIX), all supported by a wiki repository. Most activities are free, open, and participatory, coordinated by a network of independent professionals working in fluid teams for institution-funded projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Diseñatón: Design marathon experience, with five editions held as collaborative problem-solving events.
• Built With Bits
• La Batidora
• Saraos
• Sumergencias
• FUTURATÓN
• Actitud Hateblockers
• La Botica
• MADRIX

Products and services

• Saraos Community events combining gamification and artistic creation to spark collective reflection on current societal topics. AIDI has held over 21 Saraos since 2022 at venues such as Bastardo Hostel.
• Diseñatón Marathon-style design event bringing together participants to collaboratively solve challenges through creativity and play. AIDI has run five editions of the Diseñatón format, including one in Getafe focused on an archaeological interpretation centre.
• La Batidora Community innovation labs focused on the transformative future of museums, working with institutions such as the Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas. Over 25 activities coordinated over three years.
• Built With Bits International online citizen laboratory programme that teaches educators and professionals to build virtual learning environments using digitised cultural heritage, in partnership with Europeana Foundation.
• Sumergencias Audiovisual podcast pairing two unacquainted community members who share a passion, facilitating a live conversation to explore that theme and reach new audiences. Three seasons produced.
• FUTURATÓN Workshop format that invites participants to envision and visualise what the world might look like in 50 years' time, exploring future scenarios through collective imagination.
• Actitud Hateblockers Card game designed to help teenagers identify, mitigate, and stop hate speech and disinformation on social media platforms.
• La Botica Methodology for creating citizen laboratories in neighbourhood spaces and rural environments.
• MADRIX Concept positioned as the first immersive, universal, open, and free cultural centre, operating as a physical or virtual space for cultural engagement.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 25 activities coordinated with Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas over three years
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and flagship.

• Europeana FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Fourth edition of Built With Bits international citizen laboratory, teaching educators to create virtual learning environments using digitized heritage from European institutions.
• LABThyssenminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Invited community for Sarao #10 on art and memory. Thematic collaboration around museum engagement.
• Fundación NadineminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Invited community for Sarao #9 on intimacy and secrets. Thematic partnership on social topics.
• Cámara CívicaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Invited community for Sarao #12 on nostalgia. Civic engagement collaboration.
• Museo Nacional de Artes DecorativascoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Three-year collaboration through La Batidora program, coordinating 25+ activities to envision the museum's future. Includes transformation labs, dialogue events, and community engagement initiatives.
• Bastardo HostelflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary venue for Saraos events since 2022, hosting over 21 community gatherings. Venue partnership for El Futuro de la (contra)cultura 10th anniversary event.
• itd – UPMminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Dialogue (im)probable event at Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas transformation lab.
• ETSIDI – UPMminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity collaboration on Toca Madera project and Toca Madera: Objetos Infinitos at Madrid Design Festival.
• Fundación CarassominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCultural innovation lab collaboration as part of museum transformation initiative.
• Madrid International LabminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollective methodology workshop collaboration in 2020.
• Medialab-PradominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partner on TERRACEO Virtual seminar and other initiatives.
• Design Institute of SpainminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organization of Diseñatón: Ciudades en Transisición #DiseñatónMNN in 2021.
• FinsaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaterial sponsor for IDesignMadrid events and venue for Off Topic scenography event. AIDI presented 'diseño sensible' at Finsa21.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Europeana Foundation: Pan-European digital cultural-heritage platform that runs EU-funded education and citizen-engagement programs. Directly comparable as AIDI's partner on Built With Bits, and structurally analogous as a grant-funded cultural-education platform.
• Fundación Cotec: Spanish foundation for innovation that funds and convenes civic, design and education projects across Spain. Comparable in mission (Spanish, foundation-funded, design-and-innovation oriented) and as a likely counterpart/competitor for the same pool of institutional funders.
• Fundación Carasso: Spanish/French philanthropic foundation funding cultural innovation labs and civic engagement (existing AIDI partner on La Batidora). Comparable as a Spanish institution that both funds and co-creates cultural-innovation programs of the type AIDI delivers.
• Matadero Madrid: Large public cultural-creation complex in Madrid covering design, theater, contemporary thought and community programming. Comparable as a Madrid institution that hosts design festivals and participatory cultural formats in which AIDI has historically exhibited (Madrid Design Festival).
• Espacio Fundación Telefónica: Madrid cultural and educational space hosting exhibitions, citizen labs and learning programs at the intersection of culture, education and technology. Comparable as a Spanish institutional space that runs educational/citizen-engagement programming funded by foundations.
• La Casa Encendida: Madrid cultural center of Fundación Montemadrid running cultural, educational and civic-engagement programming. Comparable as a larger Madrid institution combining community, education and cultural experimentation in formats AIDI also operates (workshops, labs, lectures).

Direct peers

• Impact Hub Madrid: Madrid-based community and innovation hub focused on social entrepreneurship, civic engagement and collaborative programming. AIDI's community-led model with events, clubs and institutional project work closely mirrors Impact Hub's member-and-community-driven approach in the same geography.
• Design Institute of Spain (DDI): Spanish design institute that co-organized Diseñatones with AIDI (Diseñatón: Ciudades en Transisición). Comparable as a Madrid/Spain-based design-event organizer that designs and convenes design-format marathons for the same institutional and professional audience.
• Medialab-Prado: Madrid-based citizen laboratory run by Madrid City Council that hosts participatory experimentation, design and cultural-innovation programs. AIDI has actually collaborated with Medialab-Prado (e.g. TERRACEO Virtual seminar), and the two operate similar community-led, format-driven cultural experimentation in Madrid.

Emerging players

• Creative Mornings: Global community-driven breakfast lecture series for the creative industry with local chapters. Comparable to AIDI's Sumergencias/Saraos model of recurring, community-led creative gatherings that pair strangers around shared topics.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@aidi_aso
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aidiaso
• Instagraminstagram.com/aidi_aso

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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