Federico Antoni
@federicoantoni
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AI is on track to be as open and global as the Internet. While giants like OpenAI, Google, or Elon Musk play important roles, no single player or country will own AI’s future. Open-source innovators like Meta, Deepseek, and Mistral are paving the way for an international AI protocol—one that’s more powerful, affordable, and ubiquitous. Sure, big investments may try to keep the old narrative alive, but just like the Internet, true value will come from the applications built on open platforms. Somewhere—whether on a campus in Buenos Aires or a coffee shop in Cape Town—a visionary is building a GPT wrapper that will change the world. Your modest GPT wrapper idea might be the catalyst for change. Go build it!
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As AI reshapes the workplace, an organization’s headcount could become a key indicator of its tech evolution... fewer hands may mean more algorithms
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✨ 🌎 I'm excited to share the first comprehensive map of early-stage AI startups in Latin America: @hi_ventures_ AI 100 Early Stage. This map highlights how the power of intelligence is transforming challenges into opportunities. Problems that entrepreneurs once struggled to solve are now within reach. Startups that couldn't scale before—because they were up against legacy giants—are now emerging as true competitors. And business models with tough unit economics or lacking genuine economies of scale can finally be revisited. Think healthtech, edtech, legaltech, or a second wave of fintech and e-commerce innovation. Among these logos could be the next great Latin American startup. If you stopped looking at the region for great investment opportunities, maybe you should look again :)
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The next wave of unicorns in Latin America will be different. Startups are adopting AI fast. The speed at which this is happening in Latin America is striking. Unsurprisingly, smaller and newer startups have adapted first. There's a widening gap between startups led by technical teams with a developer mindset and those that are merely tech-enabled. Before this shift, business-background founders had the edge—they could attract more talent and capital, compensating for weaker engineering. In the era of cheap capital, these teams often outpaced hacker-led startups. Most Latin American unicorns minted between 2019 and 2021 were built by business-heavy teams. The rare exceptions—like Bitso or Cornershop, founded by engineers—stand out. I believe future unicorns in the region will be more like these exceptions. Technical teams have caught up in their ability to attract resources. They’ve learned the VC game, secured backing from top US investors earlier, and gained access to a global talent pool. In the AI era, where teams will be leaner, this matters even more. But the biggest shift? The efficiency and UX gap between AI-native startups and tech-enabled ones is now a chasm. Even when AI isn’t their core product, technical founders are embedding it across every process and reinventing themselves at each AI breakthrough. At this pace, tech-enabled startups face the risk of becoming legacy businesses. Meanwhile, AI-first startups have a built-in pivot to becoming pure AI companies—offering two layers of upside for investors betting on these kind of teams. Deepseek was China’s first AI-first surprise. Maybe Latin America is next.
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AI isn't just a tool – it's your second founding. Startups can now multiply their capabilities, reinvent their core value, and create markets that didn't exist yesterday.
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Great post by a cool Mexican VC playing the long-term game 👇🏼
As I was preparing my speech for our annual DILA Day, here are my reflections and learnings:
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RT @paulg: It was the best of times (rapid progress in technology), it was the worst of times (boneheaded tariffs).
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Mad king
Time to accept that we simply have a mad king. The guy slapping 25% tariffs on Canada's postage while calling for its annexation - and releasing scarce water into the Central Valley to fight already-contained fires in LA - isn't doing a bit or pursuing a secret, rational strategy
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It’s just a demo… but so was the first online checkout, the first drag-and-drop website builder, the first mobile app.
Perhaps there’s a new way to think about the web. watch how @EneiGonzalo and @ignaciosoffia are bundling and unbuilding the internet with @perhapsinc
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Very cool!
Our newest project is taking flight: meet codename goose! 🪶 Today, we launched an open source on-machine AI Agent. It’s modular, works with your preferred LLM, and integrates seamlessly with developer tools and other software via MCP.
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