Nico Williams and Ainhi García: the 2026 World Cup footballer is dating an AI-specialized engineer
The Athletic Club winger maintains a discreet relationship with Ainhi García, an artificial intelligence engineer trained at the UPV/EHU and Tec de Monterrey. The couple, who began getting to know each other in 2024, have sparked curiosity by joining elite football with the tech world.
By Infobae España · June 26, 2026.
This is a society-page story with a tangential connection to the world of AI: the Infobae article recounts the romantic relationship between Nico Williams, winger for Athletic Club and a star of the Spanish national team at the 2026 World Cup, and Ainhi García, a young engineer specializing in Artificial Intelligence.
The couple met through Nico Williams' younger sister, with whom Ainhi was friends. The relationship gradually took shape from 2024, and for months it was kept out of the public eye. The first rumors emerged at the end of that year, although confirmation came indirectly through shared trips to destinations such as Paris, Barcelona, and Mauritius.
Ainhi García's profile is what gives the news its technological angle. According to the article, she studied Computer Engineering and Artificial Intelligence at the University of the Basque Country (EHU) and completed an academic stay at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, a leading institution in Latin America. She later added a Master's in Teacher Training at the International University of La Rioja (UNIR), directing part of her work toward teaching in technology.
Professionally, she has worked on projects linked to Salesforce and Artificial Intelligence and teaches specialized courses on AI tools and ChatGPT. In an interview cited by the article, given to Diario Vasco, she expressed a pragmatic and non-alarmist view of AI: 'It is not dangerous; people tend to associate it with robots that are going to invade the world, and that's not the case'.
The article notes that, despite the growth of her public visibility due to her relationship with Williams —with tens of thousands of followers on social media—, Ainhi García maintains a profile focused on technology, training, and professional development, far from the 'wag' or influencer archetype that usually surrounds elite footballers.
NOTE TO THE READER: This piece is celebrity gossip and has only an anecdotal connection to artificial intelligence through Ainhi García's professional profile. It contains no relevant developments for the agentic AI ecosystem or for the technology sector in the strict sense.