Recognized by the industry. Trusted by the field

Recognitions

STL Partners

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2026
Highlighted Barbara in the "Top 50 edge computing companies to watch in 2026" report.

Frost & Sullivan

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2025
Barbara was recognized as a World-class Solution in the Edge AI platform landscape, highlighting its innovation, scalability, and impact on critical industries.

STL Partners

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2025
Highlighted Barbara in the "Top 50 Edge Companies to Watch in 2025" report.

QKS Group

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2024
Barbara mentioned in the SPARK Matrix™ for Edge Management and Orchestration Platforms 2024.

STL Partners

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2024
Highlighted Barbara in the "Top 100 Edge Companies to Watch in 2024" report.

Sifted

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2024
Barbara included in the Sifted Top 50 fastest growing scaleups of Southern Europe after 3 years of hypergrowth as a deeptech and dev tools company.

Gartner

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2024
Barbara featured as a representative provider in Gartner's Insight "Edge Enhances Power and Utilities Performance".

Gartner

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2024
Barbara recognized in the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Edge Computing, 2024

Gartner

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2023
Barbara named a Cool Vendor in the 2023 Gartner® Cool Vendors™ in Edge Computing report

Awards

Iberdrola

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2026
Bizkaia Smart Grid Award Project Recognition for Barbara from Iberdrola's Innovation Hub.

Patio Campus

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2026
Selected among the 35 companies in the Spanish ecosystem with international projection that are leading and turning AI into real solutions for enterprise.

IoT Solutions World Congress

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2024
Award Winner in Best Energy & Utilities Solution for Barbara's application of Adaptive AI deployment in Edge Nodes at Acciona's water desalination plants, delivering over €250k/year per plant.

Startup World Cup

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2024
Barbara won the Startup World Cup Iberia Regional and competed at the Grand Finale in San Francisco. Organized by Pegasus Tech Ventures, with winners competing for a $1 million grand prize in investment.

La Razón

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2022
Awarded Best Platform for Secure Industrial Digitalization at the first edition of the LA RAZÓN Startup Awards.

WEX Global Summit

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2022
Winner of the Innovation in Digitalised Water Management award, recognizing Barbara's cybersecure operating system that connects, protects, and automates industrial water infrastructure.

Certificates

Barbara, as a software development company specializing in Edge computing and Distributed Artificial Intelligence technologies, focuses its efforts on meeting the needs of our customers and stakeholders. Our target customers are large industrial enterprises with high security sensitivity, operating in an increasingly complex threat environment due to the interconnectivity of their assets and evolving technology. As part of our commitment to them, we pursue quality and industrial-grade security certifications.

ISO 9001
ISO 27001
IEC-62443-4-2

In the News

Tinku Televisión
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July 1, 2026

David Purón, CEO of Barbara, on Tinku Televisión’s Energy and Sustainability Programme

David Purón, CEO at Barbara, joined the Energy and Sustainability programme, hosted by Aránzazu Rodríguez Ruiz, on grid capacity, renewables and digital twins. He explained how industrial Edge AI enables real-time autonomous decisions, stronger cybersecurity, and a dramatic reduction in operational costs and field interventions in an increasingly distributed and complex grid.
Infonegocios
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June 17, 2026

The Next 35 by PATIO Campus highlights Magnific, Clarity AI and Bdeo as leaders in AI transformation

PATIO Campus presents the third edition of The Next 35, a report identifying 35 companies from the Spanish artificial intelligence ecosystem — including Barbara — that are solving real business challenges with AI applications.
Forbes
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April 6, 2026

Palantir And Anduril Build Offline AI And That's No Edge Case

In the oil and gas sector, Barbara has built an edge AI orchestration platform specifically for offshore platforms, refineries, and pipeline stations in remote regions with limited connectivity.
El Referente
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February 1, 2026

Aramco Ventures leads a €4.5 million strategic funding round in Barbara

Spanish tech company Barbara has closed a €4.5 million funding round led by Aramco Ventures, strengthening its international strategy and its position in industrial Edge AI solutions applied to critical infrastructure.
El Economista
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February 1, 2026

Tech company Barbara raises €4.5 million in a funding round led by Aramco Ventures alongside Criteria and Iberdrola

Barbara has closed a €4.5 million funding round led by Aramco Ventures, the venture capital arm of Aramco, with the aim of accelerating its expansion across Europe, the Middle East, and the United States.
Diario El Canal
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February 1, 2026

Bilbao PortLab presents two security innovation projects

During the event, attendees learned first-hand about the results achieved by a Global Safety & Security Center project developed with Barbara and Keynetic Technologies.
Iberdrola
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December 1, 2025

Iberdrola's Global Smart Grids Innovation Hub has enabled us to validate our technology in real distribution networks

David Purón, CEO of Barbara, highlights how the collaboration with Iberdrola has enabled the validation of technologies applied to smart power grids and accelerated the energy transition.
Expansión
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November 10, 2025

These startups are the "rescuers" of infrastructure

With tools based on data, IoT, AI, and sensors, infrastructure becomes safer, with fewer risks and more agile in responding to unexpected events and incidents.
Techdogs
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September 1, 2025

Barbara and Tech Mahindra Form Strategic Alliance to Deliver Industrial Edge AI at Scale

Barbara and Tech Mahindra announced a strategic partnership to accelerate Edge AI adoption, enabling enterprises to orchestrate intelligence at scale and shape the future of Industrial AI.
Edge Infrastructure Review
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October 22, 2024

Iberdrola taps Barbara for edge computing overhaul in smart grid substations

Iberdrola and Barbara collaborate on the development of Edge Computing firmware for secondary substations as part of their international smart grid strategy.
SPRI
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December 1, 2023

Our Edge AI platform enables companies to deploy Artificial Intelligence models with privacy and in real time

The Biscayan startup Barbara has developed advanced cybersecurity and Edge AI solutions for the energy and industrial sectors.
Cinco Días
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November 23, 2023

The strength of Bizkaia's entrepreneurial ecosystem, key at South Summit Industry & Energy Bilbao

Representatives from companies and startups in the fields of Industry 4.0, Energy Transition, and Mobility, such as Barbara, discuss the challenges facing these sectors.
The Spain Times
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September 1, 2023

UST and Barbara sign a partnership to accelerate industrial transformation through the deployment of AI at the Edge

The partnership will leverage real-time data processing and local storage to accelerate the time to market for private and decentralized apps for Industry 4.0.
El Español
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November 17, 2022

Predicting chemical levels in Acciona plants in real time thanks to the power of edge computing and AI

A project by Acciona together with Barbara improves operations at its water supply and treatment plants by analyzing parameters in real time using artificial intelligence.
Sumindustria
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May 1, 2022

Iberdrola and Caixa Capital Risc invest €2.5 million in Barbara IoT

Iberdrola and Criteria Venture Tech invested €2.5 million in Barbara to drive the digitalization of smart grids and industrial cybersecurity.
La Razón
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February 23, 2022

First Edition of the LA RAZÓN Startup Awards

Barbara was recognized in the category of Best Platform for Secure Industrial Digitalization at the first edition of the LA RAZÓN Startup Awards.

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