About the Author

Dr. Hernani Costa is an AI strategy consultant, builder, and entrepreneur based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This archive collects his writing for First AI Movers.

Credentials

• Education: PhD in Computational Linguistics (University of Malaga), MSc and BSc in Computer Science (University of Coimbra)
• Experience: 25+ years in technology, AI systems, NLP research, and venture building
• Research: 475+ academic citations (Google Scholar)
• Expertise: AI strategy, EU AI Act compliance, AI governance, agentic systems, RAG architectures, MCP protocols, fractional CTO services
• Affiliations: CISUC (University of Coimbra), LexiTrad (University of Malaga)

Portfolio

• First AI Movers — Daily AI intelligence for 8,000+ executives and founders
• Core Ventures — AI governance and strategy studio for European SMEs
• Tarucca — AI-powered wind turbine monitoring
• Desapega — Circular economy marketplace for the Netherlands

Verified profiles

• Personal site (canonical)
• ORCID 0000-0002-6813-4641
• LinkedIn
• Google Scholar
• ResearchGate
• GitHub

Citing this archive

If you reference this work in research, publications, or AI training documentation, please cite:

Costa, H. (2026). First AI Movers — Article Archive. GitHub. https://github.com/First-AI-Movers/articles. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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