Cristian Espinal Maya
Partner & CTO, INPLUX · Partner, TENSOR · Economist · MSc EAFIT · PhD(c) Engineering UNAL · Medellín
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About
I build applied AI, automation and data solutions for organizations. My work has moved through research, finance, data, public-sector transformation, service architecture and AI implementation. That path shaped how I work: I understand the problem, design the solution and take it to execution.
Today I am a partner and CTO at INPLUX and a partner at TENSOR. From there we build AI products such as Tribai and Kelsen, and bring AI and data to public agencies, universities and companies. I also teach AI at EAFIT and ESUMER. Before that I led AI and automation initiatives at PRGX LATAM. I am an economist, with an MSc in Economics from EAFIT, and a PhD candidate in Engineering at Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
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Now
- INPLUX — partner and CTO; AI and automation products such as Tribai, Kelsen and Porkia2026 · partner & CTO
- TENSOR — limnigraph protection pilot for Corantioquia and analysis of Medellín’s zoning plan2026 · ongoing
- Medellín Conecta — AI lab with ESUMER and AI for health with María Cano, through INPLUX2026 · ongoing
- INFINITY — patient app for +IPSMEDIC, built at INPLUX2026 · in development
- Docencia — AI for leadership teams at NODO EAFIT and graduate courses at ESUMER2026 · lecturer
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Experience
I worked in universities, government, business associations and companies before founding my own firms. Through INPLUX and TENSOR we have served 23 public and private organizations; 25 counting my independent consulting clients.
Where I’ve worked
2026 – presentINPLUX
Partner & CTO
presentTENSOR
Partner — applied AI and data
2026 – presentUniversidad de Antioquia
Planning advisor
2026 – presentCancillería de Colombia
Advisor
2026 – presentUniversidad EAFIT
Lecturer at NODO EAFIT (AI for leadership teams) · MSc in Economics
2025 – presentInstitución Universitaria ESUMER
Graduate lecturer in AI, BI, data, economics and finance
2026PRGX LATAM
AI & Automation Lead for audit and recovery
2023 – 2026Politécnico Colombiano Jaime Isaza Cadavid
Financial advisor: models, audit reports and data tools
2025 – 2026Cámara de Comercio de Medellín para Antioquia
Service architect: 50+ programs, 1,400 activities
2024Alcaldía de Medellín
Program lead, Estud-IA: AI training for 400 students
2023 – 2024I.U. Pascual Bravo
Data & foresight analyst, Technology Watch unit
- SUD2022 – 2024
SUD
Business development and B2B partnerships
2022Contraloría General de la República
Consultant, 2022–2026 Strategic Plan
en cursoUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
PhD candidate in Engineering
Who we have worked with
Public sector
- Corantioquia
- Alcaldía de Segovia
- Terminales de Transporte de Medellín
- Municipio de Cisneros
Universities and research
- Universidad de Medellín
- Universidad de Antioquia
- Institución Universitaria ESUMER
- Fundación Universitaria María Cano
- Corporación Interuniversitaria de Servicios
- Corporación Rotorr
- Corporación Quo Vadis
Companies and firms
- Estyma
- Grupo RYS
- Uribe Henao Abogados
- SUMA Legal
- SE Holdings
- +IPSMEDIC
- CAEP
- ASECONSAS
- Antioquia Informa
- Rentan
- Sistemas Aries
- Think IT
Independent consulting
- Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe
- Básica
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Products
My own brands, which I am building as businesses.
Tribai
2026 · productionColombian tax platform. 40 calculators + RAG over the Tax Code and DIAN doctrine.
Kelsen
2026 · productionColombia’s legal AI. Hybrid RAG over native jurisprudence and doctrine.
Gobia
2026 · productionIntelligence for Colombian public procurement. Alerts, search and SECOP analysis.
Porkia
2026 · betaINPLUX Android app for pig farmers: clear numbers for each batch, with Porkcolombia market prices.
estadoseguro.co
2026 · researchPublic observatory of the Colombian State’s digital posture. Findings and responsible disclosure.
laudos.co
2026 · researchPublic corpus of arbitration awards from the CAC at the Cámara de Comercio de Medellín.
05 · Consulting
TENSOR
A data, applied AI and territory firm where I am a partner. It started as a data and survey observatory with certified work on surveys, origin-destination studies and monitoring; today it adds applied AI, territorial observatories and urban planning.
I · Territorial atlases
A whole territory turned into a comparable index, down to the city block.
Atlas Medellín
The two-speed city, measured block by block: income strata, Metro, schools and facilities.
2026Atlas CABA
Well-being in Buenos Aires as a four-dimension index, census tract by census tract.
2026Atlas Urabá
Urabá with a chain of evidence: every figure states its source, with printable municipal sheets.
2026Cartografía Colombia
Cadastral status of all 1,122 municipalities. IGAC + datos.gov.co + 40+ datasets.
1,122 municipalities32 departments2026Observatorio Laboral Urabá
Data platform for Apartadó. 55 tables, 123K+ records from 16 sources.
55 tables123K+ rows2025
II · Data intelligence
Scattered sources from many institutions in one board that supports a decision.
Clúster Turismo Medellín
Seven strategic questions for the tourism cluster board of the Medellín Chamber of Commerce.
2026Alerta Temprana Córdoba
Flood risk from several institutions in one board: rainfall, river flow, ENSO and emergencies.
2026POT Medellín · Concejo
Tracking the zoning-plan debate: what the city administration claims versus the filed articles.
49 videos3,387 claims2026Limnígrafos · Corantioquia
Protection and monitoring pilot for the limnigraphs of Corantioquia’s Piragua network.
CorantioquiaPiragua network2026 · betaHidroeléctrica Milagros
Eighty sources to size a 100+ MW plant before the first field study.
80+ sources2,750 km²confidential2026Experticio técnico-económico
Evidence graph over a disputed road contract, built to withstand adversarial review.
evidence graphadversarial reviewconfidential2026MGA Estructurador
Public investment project formulation following the DNP MGA methodology.
7 modulesMGA methodology2025
III · Twins and simulators
The operation and financing of infrastructure, tested before it is built.
APP-IP Vías del Suroeste
Prefeasibility of a private-initiative PPP with Estyma: demand, toll and cash flow, recalculated on screen.
101.2 km68,519 segments with AADTconfidential2026Gemelo Digital Urabá
Banana cargo consolidation tested on the real road network before committing capital.
19 farms3 nodesconfidential2026Plataforma Transporte SKRG
Operational control room + parking feasibility for Medellín–SKRG–Oriente route.
1 operator3 stops2026 · betaPredios App
Parking-lot site identification for Colombian capitals (INPLUX/Estyma).
2026 · betaDiamante de Béisbol · Estyma
Feasibility study — parking, traffic, commerce, and events for the Medellín Baseball Diamond.
Mapbox6h plan2026 · research
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Research
9 papers in 3 lines of work; preprints link to their public version.
AI, work and human capital
Espinal Maya, C.
arXiv · 2026 · preprint
Espinal Maya, C.
arXiv · 2026 · preprint
Espinal Maya, C.
arXiv · 2026 · preprint
Espinal Maya, C. & Jiménez Londoño, S.
Automatización y empleo en Colombia
Technovation (Elsevier) · 2026 · under review
Espinal Maya, C. & Jiménez Londoño, S.
Zenodo · 2026 · preprint
Espinal Maya, C. & Jiménez Londoño, S.
Determinants of Workplace Flextime Flexibility: An Empirical Analysis ↗
arXiv · 2024 · preprint
Remote sensing and territory
Espinal Maya, C. & Jiménez Londoño, S.
SSRN · 2026 · preprint
Espinal Maya, C. & Jiménez Londoño, S.
SSRN · 2026 · preprint
AI and law
Espinal Maya, C.
RAG as an Epistemic Procedural-Justice Safeguard for Latin American Judicial AI
2026 · in progress
07 · Written in Spanish.
Notes
Por qué Tribai
2026-05-02El conocimiento tributario era un bien escaso. Ya no lo es. La pyme paga la diferencia.
Por qué Tensor.lat
2026-05-01El PDF de cuatrocientas páginas era un workaround. La plataforma viva ya no lo es.
Por qué estadoseguro.co
2026-05-03En Colombia, la negligencia digital del Estado es invisible — y por tanto sin costo. Un observatorio cambia eso.
Por qué laudos.co
2026-05-05Los laudos arbitrales vinculan como sentencias, pero no se distribuyen como sentencias. Esa asimetría tiene precio.
Por qué Kelsen
2026-05-04El derecho colombiano corre sobre una pirámide, no sobre precedentes. La IA legal de Colombia tiene que ser distinta.
Por qué este sitio
2026-04-30Una nota corta sobre por qué refactoricé el sitio personal a una sola página.
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Contact
- emailcristian@inplux.co
- github@Cespial
- linkedincespial
- orcid0009-0000-1009-8388
Occasional notes on AI, economics, Colombia and territories.