Mercedes Bidart is the Co-founder and CEO of Quipu, a financing platform that provides an equitable AI credit score for informal businesses in Latam. Born and raised in Argentina, she studied Political Science at the University of Buenos Aires and worked with CIPPEC, supporting local governments in Latin America, and with TECHO in its microfinance program.

She completed a master's degree in Cities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on a Fulbright scholarship.