# Veronyka Gimenes

Co-founder and Institutional Director, Código Não Binário. TIME100 AI 2026, Thinkers. When a viral clip brought a wave of anti-trans hate, she turned to AI and built TybyrIA, an open-source model that detects anti-LGBTQIA+ hate speech. ([time.com](https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/2026/veronyka-gimenes/))

- Born: Cambuci, São Paulo, Brazil ([c-level.folha.uol.com.br](https://c-level.folha.uol.com.br/ia/2026/10/para-mudar-tecnologia-e-preciso-mudar-quem-a-faz-diz-brasileira-destaque-em-lista-de-ia-pela-time.shtml))
- Education: Postgraduate, Globalization and culture, FESPSP, 2011; Technologist, Software development, FIAP, 2005 ([c-level.folha.uol.com.br](https://c-level.folha.uol.com.br/ia/2026/10/para-mudar-tecnologia-e-preciso-mudar-quem-a-faz-diz-brasileira-destaque-em-lista-de-ia-pela-time.shtml), [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/in/travahacker))
- Career: Código Não Binário (Co-founder and Institutional Director, 2022 to now); Blockchain Center (Co-founder, 2016–2017); City of São Paulo (Founder, Núcleo Digital Lab, 2013–2014); Casa da Cultura Digital Porto Alegre (Co-founder, 2012–2013); Núcleo Digital (Founder, from 2008) ([linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/in/travahacker), [time.com](https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/2026/veronyka-gimenes/), [codigonaobinario.org](https://codigonaobinario.org/veronyka-gimenes/))
- TIME profile: https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/2026/veronyka-gimenes/
- Profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/most-influential-people-in-ai/veronyka-gimenes

- Got into computers through video games and taught herself to program so she could run heavier games. ([c-level.folha.uol.com.br](https://c-level.folha.uol.com.br/ia/2026/10/para-mudar-tecnologia-e-preciso-mudar-quem-a-faz-diz-brasileira-destaque-em-lista-de-ia-pela-time.shtml))
- In 2013 her civic-tech network ran inside São Paulo's city government as its digital services and open government unit. ([codigonaobinario.org](https://codigonaobinario.org/veronyka-gimenes/))
- After a viral clip from her podcast set off a hate campaign in 2024, she turned the abuse into training data for an AI that detects anti-LGBTQIA+ hate. ([time.com](https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/2026/veronyka-gimenes/))
- Built TybyrIA, an open-source model that spots anti-LGBTQIA+ hate speech in Brazilian Portuguese, trained on over 12,000 annotated comments. ([linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/in/travahacker))
- Used her model's evidence to bring a public civil action against Meta, Google, X and ByteDance seeking about US$20 million. ([time.com](https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/2026/veronyka-gimenes/))
- Was the only Brazilian on TIME's 2026 list of the most influential people in AI. ([epocanegocios.globo.com](https://epocanegocios.globo.com/personalidades/inovadores/noticia/2026/08/quem-e-veronyka-gimenes-cofundadora-do-codigo-nao-binario-unica-brasileira-na-lista-dos-100-mais-influentes-em-ia-da-time.ghtml))