We’re just a bunch of nice nerds building new technology and methodologies to answer the world’s “why” questions. And we don’t have any bosses.
Abzu builds artificial intelligence that finds transparent and understandable answers to the world’s unanswered questions in science, business, and everyday life.
Respecting that the answers we provide are merely hypotheses, we will always ensure that:
Founded in January 2018, Abzu is a deep-tech startup with offices in Barcelona, Spain and Copenhagen, Denmark.
“Abzu” is an Ancient Sumerian word meaning “subterranean water,” with the additional religious context of “the source of everything.” Peremptorily, we define “Abzu” as “the source of the waters of wisdom.”
31 Abzoids
Abzu exists to find transparent and understandable answers to the world’s unanswered questions.
11 nationalities
Abzoids hail from Argentina, Brazil, Denmark, Estonia, India, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and the USA.
3 global offices
Abzu is incorporated in Barcelona, Spain and Copenhagen, Denmark, and we have an office in Basel, Switzerland.
8 PhDs
42% women
Abzu rates 20 points higher than the global average for women working in science, technology, engineering, and math.
0 bosses
Abzu is self-managing, which means we don’t have any bosses. We determine our own salaries, schedules, and work priorities.
Updated: March 2023
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We don’t have any bosses. Abzoids determine their own salaries and schedules and decide their work priorities for themselves.
This requires transparency and trust — qualities which are integral to our technology and who we are.
This document speaks to the core values at Abzu, explains our self-managing philosophy, and describes the foundational processes we practice at Abzu.
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Where we are
Abzu Barcelona
℅ Carrer d’Àlaba, 100
08018 Barcelona
Spain
+34 937 37 97 30
B67165647
Abzu Copenhagen
Orient Plads 1, 1.
2150 Nordhavn
Denmark
+45 31 23 47 64
DK39248530