PeopleofSuperintelligence

Company, Spain

Telefónica

Includes Telefónica Germany.

Statistics

People here now
0
People ever
4
Full moves in and out
2 in, 2 out

Our research follows 7,547 researchers, builders, lab leaders and public voices through cited biographies. Missing career records can lower counts. Outdated roles can overstate current counts and change ranks. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026. Career and profile data as of 22 October 2026.

We estimate that 4 people shaping AI have worked at Telefónica, all as former affiliations with no current roles recorded. Its tracked sub-organization is Telefónica Germany (1 ever, 0 now). By all-time headcount, Telefónica is tied for 155th among 3,344 companies (tied for 1,053rd of 8,827 organizations overall). Researchers make up 3 of the 4 people who have worked here. Dated work records span from 1991 to 2017. Across dated career transitions, we record 2 full moves in and 2 out.

Microsoft shares the largest career overlap with Telefónica, at 2 of 4 people with work records elsewhere.Organizations where people with work records at Telefónica also worked at any time in their careers (4 people across 16 organizations; degrees excluded).

A ranked chart shows 5 organizations with people who also have work records at Telefónica. Each count is a distinct person with work stints at both organizations.

Source: People of Superintelligence affiliations and work stints, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
OrganizationShared people
Microsoft2
Apple1
Cadenza Capital1
Carnegie Mellon University1
E.ON1

People here now

We have no evidence of a current role here. Our last dated work record here ended in 2017. All 4 people associated with Telefónica appear under former affiliations below.

People with former affiliations

We record 4 people who formerly worked at Telefónica. 4 of the 4 have a recorded current role at another organization. Across the 2 former people with confident OpenAlex records, combined career citations total 32,663 (median h-index 54).

Posts that include Telefónica

Telefónica appears in 1 research post comparing organizations across AI.

  1. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.