# Wifredo Fernandez

> Wifredo “Wifi” Fernandez is a Miami-born entrepreneur and technology policy executive who co-founded The LAB Miami with Daniel Lafuente and Elisa Rodriguez-Vila. A former Teach For America educator, he helped build entrepreneurship initiatives at Miami Dade College and Florida International University, graduated from the University of Miami School of Law in 2020, and became a Lightspeed scout. His subsequent government-affairs work includes leadership positions at Twitter/X and xAI; his current public profiles identify SpaceXAI.

- **Role:** Director, Global Affairs at SpaceXAI (as identified in his public X biography)
- **Organizations:** The LAB Miami, Teach For America, Miami Dade College / The Idea Center / CREATE, Florida International University / StartUP FIU, University of Miami School of Law, Twitter / X, xAI, SpaceXAI, Lightspeed Venture Partners
- **From:** Miami, United States
- **Nationality:** Cuban American
- **Education:** B.A. in Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, M.A. in Teaching, American University, Law degree; graduated cum laude, University of Miami School of Law
- **Known for:** Co-founded The LAB Miami and helped secure its $650,000 expansion funding in 2012., Helped establish entrepreneurship programs at Miami Dade College and Florida International University., Selected as a national finalist for the White House Fellowship in 2016.

## Career timeline

- **2009-2011** — Teach For America corps member teaching in Washington, D.C., while earning a teaching master’s.
- **2011** — Developed The LAB Miami concept with Daniel Lafuente; Elisa Rodriguez-Vila joined as third co-founder.
- **2012** — Opened The LAB Miami’s first 700-square-foot Wynwood space; $650,000 expansion funding announced in December.
- **2013** — The LAB moved into its 10,000-square-foot campus; by September it had 130 members from 85 organizations.
- **2014** — Announced departure from daily LAB management and a move to its board; helped launch the Idea Center at Miami Dade College.
- **2015** — Directed the 16-week CREATE accelerator at Miami Dade College.
- **2016** — Worked on a university-wide startup initiative at FIU; became a national finalist for the White House Fellowship.
- **2017** — Began law school on a public-interest scholarship; later said he fully stepped away from The LAB in 2017.
- **2019** — Public-policy fellowship at Twitter during law school.
- **2020** — Graduated from law school, joined Twitter full-time and became a Lightspeed scout.
- **2022** — Public biographies identified him as Twitter’s head of US state and local public policy.
- **2023** — Promoted to a leading US government-affairs and public-policy role at Twitter/X.
- **2024** — Appeared before Canada’s ethics committee as X’s head of government affairs for the US and Canada.
- **2026** — Listed as xAI director of global government affairs at an India AI summit; gave evidence to a UK parliamentary committee for X.

## Achievements

- Co-founded The LAB Miami and helped secure its $650,000 expansion funding in 2012.
- Helped establish entrepreneurship programs at Miami Dade College and Florida International University.
- Selected as a national finalist for the White House Fellowship in 2016.
- Received a public-interest law scholarship and graduated from the University of Miami School of Law in 2020.
- Selected for the Lightspeed scout program in 2020.
- OurSchoolYards proposal named a finalist in the 2017 Knight Cities Challenge.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Future of Privacy Forum listed him as Director, Global Government Affairs, xAI, for its February 17 AI-governance panel at the India AI Impact Summit.
- **2026-03** — Gave evidence to the UK Science, Innovation and Technology Committee on March 24 as Director, Global Government Affairs, X.
- **2026-04** — Signed X’s April 24 response to the UK committee as Director, Global Government Affairs, X Corp.
- **2026-07** — Digitally signed X Corp’s federal lobbying report on July 20, 2026, as its listed contact.
- **2026-10** — At the research check, LinkedIn identified a SpaceXAI affiliation and a public mirror of his X biography described him as a director in Global Affairs at SpaceXAI; this is an observation date, not an appointment date.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wifredofernandez
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/TheRealWifi

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Last updated: 2026-10-21