Teaching the AI Generation with Mireia Torello of Aikreate

Nov 13, 2025

Mireia Torello, CEO and co-founder of Aikreate, is on a mission to revolutionize AI literacy for students and educators worldwide. With a PhD in Earth Sciences, she discusses how AI literacy is a crucial mindset for the future. Mireia reveals how teaching ethics and collaboration with AI can empower students. She emphasizes integrating AI across all subjects rather than confining it to a single class. Mireia also shares insights on training teachers alongside students and highlights the role of safety in adopting AI technologies in schools.

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ANECDOTE

Started Teaching AI Ten Years Ago

Aikreate began integrating AI literacy into a family-founded Barcelona school ten years ago because nothing existed.
Mireia and the founders built a curriculum from a humanistic perspective and piloted it locally.

INSIGHT

AI Literacy As A Mindset

AI literacy is a mindset focused on critical thinking and intentional decisions, not only tool use or coding.
Mireia Torello frames AI literacy as understanding how AI shapes lives, choices, and identities.

ADVICE

Teach Collaboration With AI

Train students to collaborate with AI to solve real problems rather than only learning tool use.
Emphasize human skills like critical thinking, imagination, creativity, and innovation alongside AI tools.

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Mireia Torello is the CEO and co-founder of Aikreate, an EdTech company revolutionizing AI Literacy for students and educators worldwide. With a PhD in Earth Sciences and an Executive MBA from IESE Business School, Mireia brings a unique mix of scientific and entrepreneurial experience. She has led Aikreate through partnerships with schools, universities, and governments and has been recognized at top innovation forums like SXSW EDU and ASU+GSV’s Women in AI. Her mission: make AI accessible, ethical, and empowering for the next generation.

💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode:

Why AI literacy is a mindset, not just a skill
How educators can teach ethics, data, and creativity with AI
The importance of human skills in an AI-driven world
Ways to train teachers and students to learn AI together
How Aikreate is expanding global access to AI education

✨ Episode Highlights:
[00:02:32] Teaching AI literacy as a mindset, not just a toolset.
[00:06:34] How Aikreate scaled from a local school to a global platform.
[00:08:37] Training students to solve problems in collaboration with AI.
[00:11:51] Why AI belongs across subjects—not in a separate class.
[00:13:06] Supporting teachers with approachable, synchronized training.
[00:23:57] Balancing safety, ethics, and student empowerment in AI use.
[00:42:01] Helping students become AI pilots, not passive passengers.

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