Poster contest
At this age I won a poster contest about gender equality. I was never great at drawing, but I've always been very creative. This small victory taught me that I had something special to create.
About Gabriel Oliveira Carballo
Gabriel Oliveira Carballo is an AI automation developer from Vigo (Galicia, Spain), with a degree in Commerce from the University of Vigo, and the creator of Pol, his animated character.
He started out selling furniture at his mother’s store and creating content on Instagram. During his Erasmus in Setúbal (Portugal) he discovered artificial intelligence and, since 2024, at DPI Estrategia, he has been automating business processes with AI: his first process saves around 80 hours of work a year. He moved from no-code (Make, Power Automate) to code (n8n, Python, TypeScript) and shares what he learns in workshops such as those at Vigo Emprende. He is driven by discipline, creativity and a taste for doing things in a fun way.
Career
Discipline
At this age I met a football coach who taught me that if I wanted to play, I had to be the one who ran the most on the field. Since then I've become obsessed with discipline.
Faculty of Commerce, University of Vigo
Clueless about what I wanted to do, I enrolled in the Faculty of Commerce at the University of Vigo. I had studied the technology track in high school, but my mother said I had a gift for business and that I could make the most of it in Commerce. She was right; joining this faculty was one of the best decisions of my life.
A de Rosita
I start working with my mother at her furniture store, A de Rosita. There I improve my communication skills, learn the art of face-to-face selling and the importance of sacrifice to achieve any goal.
Good Life Project
The summer I turned 19, I created an Instagram account to learn how to make content go viral while I kept studying. That's how Good Life Project was born, the first project in my portfolio. Over the following months I learned video editing, digital marketing and how to make content go viral, closing the year with 5,000 followers. Months later the project failed, but it left me with a lot of lessons.
Erasmus in Setúbal (Portugal)
I leave Vigo for my Erasmus in Setúbal, Portugal. On that adventure I meet a professor who makes me fall in love with artificial intelligence. Going to Setúbal was one of the best decisions of my academic life.
Internship at DPI Estrategia
That summer I start my internship at DPI Estrategia, a Galician consultancy. I come up with the idea of combining automation with artificial intelligence and launch an innovation project one month after joining.
First AI automation
I finish my first automation process with built-in AI. It saves the company around 80 hours of work a year. I see a lot of future in it and start studying every afternoon.
Make
Power Automate
Excel
From no-code to code
Little by little I leave no-code platforms behind and start writing code. I start closing projects and running several workflows in production.
VS Code
n8n
Claude Code
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
React
Docker
PostgreSQL
Git
GitHub
Azure
Power BI
Graduation in Commerce
I graduate from the Faculty of Commerce at the University of Vigo with an average grade of 8/10 and highest honours (matrícula de honor) on my final degree thesis. The Faculty of Commerce is and always will be home.
Workshops at Vigo Emprende
I teach an online workshop at Vigo Emprende and we break the attendance record. That year I give two more. I start sharing what I've learned with the community.
Tools & technologies
Automation
Make
Power Automate
n8n
AI
Claude Code
Code
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
React
Data
R
Excel
Power BI
PostgreSQL
Infrastructure
Docker
Azure
Git
GitHub
VS Code
FAQ
Who is Gabriel Oliveira Carballo?
Gabriel Oliveira Carballo is an AI automation developer from Vigo (Galicia, Spain) with a degree in Commerce from the University of Vigo. He works at DPI Estrategia automating business processes with AI and is also known for Pol, his animated character and alter ego.
What does Gabriel Oliveira Carballo do?
Gabriel Oliveira Carballo designs and builds AI-powered process automations for businesses, teaches workshops on AI and automation (for example at Vigo Emprende) and creates animated content with Pol, his own animation engine.
What technologies does Gabriel Oliveira Carballo use?
For automation he uses n8n, Make and Power Automate; for programming, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript and React, with Claude Code as an assistant; and for data and infrastructure, PostgreSQL, Power BI, Docker, Azure, Git and GitHub.
Who is Pol?
Pol is the animated character and alter ego of Gabriel Oliveira Carballo. He is a hand-drawn stick figure who guides visitors through this portfolio and stars in short videos made with a custom JavaScript animation engine.
How can I contact Gabriel Oliveira Carballo?
You can contact Gabriel Oliveira Carballo through the contact page of this website about AI automation projects, workshops or collaborations.