Analysis ·
From Excel to artificial intelligence: the technology challenge for Colombian companies debated at Andicom
Original title, in Spanish: “Del Excel a la inteligencia artificial: el desafío tecnológico de las empresas en Colombia se debate en Andicom”
- Publication
- La FM (Colombia)
- Author
- David Rincón
- Published on
- 2 September 2026 · read in the page structured data · updated on 2 September 2026
Summary
At the Andicom congress in Cartagena, experts discussed AI adoption by Colombian companies. Mario Castaño, Chief Technology Officer at CINTEL, says that digitalising is not just about buying hardware or licences, but about first understanding the company's needs. According to him, 18% of SMEs have formal AI processes, while about half of employees already use these tools in their work, often without a policy governing their use ("shadow AI"). Andrés Gallego, of Grupo Energía de Bogotá, describes the use of AI and advanced analytics for predictive maintenance and team planning, as well as the use of Copilot and GPT to speed up information analysis. The speakers cite the lack of training, resistance to change, poor data management and cybersecurity risks as the main obstacles.
Summary based on the full text of the article.
Read the article on La FM →Figures cited
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18 %
share of Colombian SMEs with formal AI processes
SMEs in Colombia
« Solamente el 18 % de las pymes están con procesos formales de IA »
Source: CINTEL
Classification
- Country
- Colombia
- Company size
- SMEs, Large companies
- Industries
- Energy, utilities, environment · All industries, or industry not specified
- Companies
- Frontech (cited), Microsoft Copilot (supplier), GPT (supplier), Cintel (cited), Grupo Energía de Bogotá (deploys AI)
- Keywords
- smes, shadow ai, predictive maintenance, digital transformation, ciberseguridad, colombia
Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to La FM and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.