Engineer · Founder · Product design
Alvaro
Ariño Cabau
I build software from the Val d'Aran for the people who work in them — schools, guides, rentals and mountain operators that need technology to survive a real season.
Vielha · Val d'Aran · Catalonia
About.
I'm an informatics engineer and entrepreneur based in the Val d'Aran. In November 2020 we founded Maladeta Studio, a software company in the valley, and from there we shipped Lueira, a cloud platform for managing sports schools, rentals and activities.
I work as co-founder, CTO and design lead: I take a product from the first sketch to the code that runs in production, and I care about the two ends equally. A booking screen used by an instructor with cold hands at 8am has to be as good as the architecture behind it.
Right now most of my attention goes to applied AI for sports tourism — agents that answer real customers, automations that remove admin work — and to keeping a technology company alive and healthy 1,000 metres up a valley.
Work.
Companies and products I've built or co-built.
Maladeta Studio
Custom multiplatform software studio in the Val d'Aran. Apps and web for mobility in natural spaces, waste management, sustainable tourism and mountain weather. Co-founder, CTO and design.
ProductMobileWebLueira
Cloud management and booking platform for adventure tourism: schools, rentals, activities, instructors, stock and customers in one ERP. Used by ski schools, dive centres and multi-adventure operators. Includes Lueira AI, an agent that answers on WhatsApp 24/7, handles bookings and automates the back-and-forth that eats a mountain business's day.
ERPSaaSAI agentSports tourismMeteoTrail · NaturPark · GuidAran
Products and projects out of the studio: mountain weather for trail runners, natural-park visitor management, and the official Val d'Aran guide app.
Mountain techPublic sector
Path.
2020 — present · Val d'Aran
Co-founder · CTO · Design
Maladeta StudioFounded a software studio in the valley and grew it into a team shipping custom multiplatform products for private companies and public administrations.
Company buildingArchitectureDesign systems2021 — present · Val d'Aran
Co-founder · CTO · Product & Design
LueiraProduct, technology and design of an ERP for sports and adventure tourism companies, from the first customer to a platform used across Spain — now with an AI agent on top.
SaaSERPAI agentsProduct
Education.
Bachelor's in Informatics Engineering
Sept 2017 – Jun 2022Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Member of the Faculty Board as a student representative [2019–2021]. Member of the FIB Permanent Commission as a student representative [2019–2021]. Final degree project: MeteoTrail, a weather-data aggregation platform for large sport events built for Maladeta Studio.
Master's in Computer Science
Sept 2022 – Jan 2024Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Rural talent platform.
To the bit
Notes on engineering, product and building AI systems from the Val d'Aran — including how we build Lueira.
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