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Announcement · 30 September 2026

# Mercadona rolls out its own AI platform, already used by more than 500 engineers: how Atenea works

**Publication**

elEconomista (Spain)

**Author**

Unsigned

**Published on**

30 September 2026 · read in the publisher's feed

## Summary

Mercadona has developed its own artificial intelligence platform, called Atenea. More than 500 engineers are already working with the tool within the company.

Summary based on the article's title and standfirst, as the text is not accessible.

[Read the article on elEconomista →](https://www.eleconomista.es/retail-consumo/noticias/14017591/09/26/mercadona-implanta-su-propia-plataforma-de-ia-atenea-con-la-que-ya-trabajan-mas-de-500-ingenieros.html)

## Figures cited

-   500 engineers
    
    number of engineers working with the Atenea platform
    
    Mercadona, Spain
    
    > « con la que ya trabajan más de 500 ingenieros »
    

## Classification

**Country**

Spain

**Company size**

Large companies

**Industries**

Retail and distribution, e-commerce

**Companies**

Mercadona (deploys AI)

**Keywords**

in-house AI platform, retail, engineers, mercadona, atenea

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 elEconomista. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.